Ed Wes, the Perkins Coie partner who advised Craigslist, took the stand Tuesday afternoon as  CVN continued its live webcast of the  Craigslist-eBay trial.  With the factual preamble mostly completed, the trial began to focus on the specific events in controversy -- Craigslist's implementation of a shareholder rights agreement ("poison pill") that required eBay to grant Craigslist a right of first refusal (ROFR) or see its equity diluted. 

 

 

CVN  has made available for webcast all sessions for live and on-demand viewing, and is also webcasting video highlights clips of the trial.

 

Topics: Securities, eBay v. Craigslist

Monday afternoon Jim Buckmaster shared some hard words about Meg Whitman when he recounted a meeting at which eBay's Garrett Price allegedly said that there were " two Meg Whitmans" and that Craigslist had met the " Good Meg, but there was another Meg, the Evil Meg, and that we would be best served if we got with the program, or we were going to meet Evil Meg, and that Meg could be a monster when she got angry, and got frustrated."

 

A  video clip of this testimony , along with other clips from each day, is included in  CVN's daily highlights package . 

 

 

CVN  is webcasting the  eBay-Craigslist trial live and on-demand, and is also making available 6-10  clips from each day's testimony .

 

Topics: Securities, eBay v. Craigslist

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster's testimony filled Day 6 of the eBay v. Craigslist trial.  On direct examination, Buckmaster testified that eBay CEO Meg Whitman promised him, "CEO-to-CEO," that if Craigslist did not want to be acquired, they would gracefully unwind the deal.

Topics: Securities, eBay v. Craigslist

The eBay-Craigslist battle continued when Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster (6'8") began his testimony.  Buckmaster met with eBay's Garrett Price over beer and chicken wings. "He said that unlike Google, it was common for eBay to acquire a minority interesting and hold it for an unlimited time."

Topics: Securities, eBay v. Craigslist

On the 5th day of the eBay-Craigslist trial, Cooley Godward litigation partner Michael Rhodes pressed hard on Craigslist founder Craig Newmark during cross-examination, challenging Newmark to deny that the eBay-Craigslist agreement never said that eBay would not compete with Craigslist, and that that agreement expressly stated it was the entire agreement between the parties.

Topics: Securities, eBay v. Craigslist