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MarketsFeaturedFear &amp; Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback&nbsp;—&nbsp;Amazon secured a major legal victory in its fight with rival eBay over seller poaching, with an arbitration panel ruling in its favor earlier this month, according to court filings by the company on Tuesday.eBayhad filed two lawsuits — against Amazonin and against a group of Amazonmanagers in the — accusing the Seattle-based company of illegally poaching eBaysellers by infiltrating its internal messaging system. eBayalleged that Amazonsales representatives were told to create and use eBayaccounts to access the company’s internal messaging system for members to solicit “many hundreds” of eBayvendors to sell on Amazon. eBaysaid Amazonexploited its system to “inflict harm on eBay.”The arbitration panel appointed by both courts found that while eBay proved claims of a breach, the company “did not prove it suffered damages as a result.”The panel denied all of eBay’s claims against Amazon, according to the filings. The ruling still needs to be confirmed by the courts.Amazon declined to comment on the arbitration rulings. eBay did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The rulings are a key win for Amazon at a time when it is facing increased regulatory scrutiny in the United States and overseas, with the European Union hitting the online retail giant with earlier this month — a few months after CEO Jeff Bezos was over similar concerns.Ad FeedbackAd FeedbackAd Feedback

MarketsFeaturedFear &amp; Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback&nbsp;—&nbsp;Amazon secured a major legal victory in its fight with rival eBay over seller poaching, with an arbitration panel ruling in its favor earlier this month, according to court filings by the company on Tuesday.eBayhad filed two lawsuits — against Amazonin and against a group of Amazonmanagers in the — accusing the Seattle-based company of illegally poaching eBaysellers by infiltrating its internal messaging system. eBayalleged that Amazonsales representatives were told to create and use eBayaccounts...

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