On the 9th day of testimony in the eBay v. Craigslist trial, eBay counsel dogged final witness Ananda Martin, a Perkins Coie associate who in a memo had characterized Craigslist's proposed strategy as "crafty," by leaving a Black's Dictionary definition on display during much of Martin's cross-examination.  Martin testified that by using the word "crafty" she had intended to convey that Buckmaster's idea was "creative," and meant it as a compliment.

Topics: Securities, eBay v. Craigslist

Craigslist counsel Ed Wes completed his testimony Thursday morning, and Perkins Coie associate Ananda Martin took the stand.  Martin helped craft the shareholder rights plan that is at the heart of the eBay Craigslist dispute.

Topics: Securities, eBay v. Craigslist

The CVN eBay-Craigslist trial coverage was interrupted briefly this morning due to a power outage at the Delaware Chancery Court (the courtroom went dark and the judge left the bench).  When testimony resumed, questions to Craigslist counsel Ed Wes focused tightly on the development and implementation of the Craigslist corporate governance provisions at issue in the trial, as well as the options considered.

Topics: Securities, eBay v. Craigslist

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