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September 14, 2011 02:05 pm

US Launches Criminal Probe in eBay-Craigslist Trade Secrets Case

angry tapir writes with an article in Tech World about the longstanding spat between eBay and Craigslist expanding from a civil into criminal case. From the article: "The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether eBay executives broke the law and stole trade secrets while sitting on the board of Craigslist.org. The investigation is centered on the activities of eBay executives who managed the Craigslist relationship between 2004 and 2007, a period when eBay morphed from a US$30 million Craigslist investor, with a seat on its board of directors, into a direct competitor in the lucrative online classified advertising market."

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