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Meg Whitman Allegedly "A Monster" Testifies Buckmaster in eBay Trial

Posted by msch on Dec 15, 2009 11:06:00 AM

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 .

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Week 2 of the Craigslist-eBay Trial Begins

Posted by msch on Dec 14, 2009 11:44:00 AM

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.

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Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster Takes the Stand in eBay v. Craigslist

Posted by msch on Dec 11, 2009 4:09:00 PM

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."

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Day 5 -- Craig Newmark Cross-Examined by Michael Rhodes

Posted by msch on Dec 11, 2009 11:57:00 AM

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.

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Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark Takes the Stand in eBay Trial

Posted by msch on Dec 10, 2009 2:58:00 PM

Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark began to offer testimony in the eBay v. Craigslist Trial on Day 4 of the trial.

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