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We'll talk about how something this strange could possibly happen and what lessons all companies can learn from this. Jones Days' Andy Lelling and Amy Burkhart were there when this bizarre story unraveled. district court judge called the situation, "Just nuts," and I think she was being charitable. The inexplicable retaliation included not only online threats, but also a barrage of deliveries of unwanted items, including a funeral wreath, and live cockroaches, and ultimately, the campaign escalated to physical surveillance. That couple ran an online newsletter, focusing on eCommerce that some eBay employees believed was unfairly a critical of the company. This is about a harassment campaign undertaken by a group of employees at eBay, targeting a suburban Boston couple. We're all familiar with the term cyberstalking, but I can almost guarantee that you've never heard anything quite like what we're about to talk about today. In this podcast, these veteran enforcement lawyers explain what companies must do to mitigate the corporate risks posed by employee misconduct, with a focus on management expectations, the importance of internal reporting and communications across teams, and the role executives must play in encouraging compliance through ethical behavior. Jones Day’s Andrew Lelling and Amy Harman Burkart, brought the federal criminal case against the rogue eBay employees, when Lelling was the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and Burkart the Chief of the Cybercrime Unit in that office.

The bizarre episode led to a high-profile federal prosecution of seven people in Boston federal court and a major civil suit against current and former eBay executives. The employees worked for eBay, one of the largest, oldest Silicon Valley companies. In mid-2019, a group of corporate employees based in Silicon Valley launched a months-long campaign of online harassment, threats of violence and physical surveillance targeting a middle-aged couple in Massachusetts who ran an online newsletter covering eCommerce.