Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign

eBay has agreed to a $55.7 million settlement to resolve a civil lawsuit regarding a malicious harassment campaign against the founders of EcommerceBytes. The settlement includes significant payouts to the victims and requires the company to publicly condemn the actions of the former employees involved.
A civil litigation case against eBay, filed by the founders of a Massachusetts-based news site that covers ecommerce, has just been settled. The gist of it: The company and former execs have to own up to—and pay up for—perhaps the most disturbing harassment campaign ever led by a giant tech company against its critics.
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