California courts are famously unfriendly to employee non-compete agreements -- which means eBay will have a hard fight to prove its case. Here's a timeline of what eBay says happened, based on the details provided in its lawsuit.March 12, 2001: Stephanie Tilenius joins eBay's staff and signs the company's non-disclosure agreement (NDA), agreeing not to solicit any eBay (EBAY, Fortune 500) employees for one year after leaving the company and not to disclose confidential eBay information.
Nov. 13, 2002: Osama Bedier begins work at PayPal and signs an NDA. He eventually becomes a vice president in charge of bringing mobile payment technology and services to retailers.
January 2004: Tilenius becomes vice president of PayPal merchant services.
2006: Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) launches PayPal competitor Google Checkout. PayPal researches the rival and briefs Bedier on its weaknesses.
2008: EBay begins negotiations with Google to make PayPal a payment option for mobile application purchases on the Android Market.
Oct. 16, 2009: Tilenius resigns as eBay's vice president of North America and global products, and she reaffirms the NDA she signed in 2001. Though she stops working for eBay on a full time basis, she stays on as a consultant for the company.
2010: Bedier becomes the senior PayPal executive in the negotiations with Google.
Feb. 16, 2010: Google hires Tilenius as vice president of electronic commerce. She is still consulting for eBay at the time.
March 3, 2010: Tilenius stops consulting for eBay.
June 2010: Google names Tilenius head of its new commerce and payments division.
July 15, 2010: Tilenius begins attempting to lure Bedier away from PayPal to work for her at Google. She writes a Facebook message to Bedier that says "I heard from a little birdie that you might be open to bigger and better challenges, I have a HUGE opportunity for you, would love to chat if you are interested."
Aug. 25, 2010: Tilenius asks Bedier in a Facebook message if he wants to speak with Google Senior Vice President Jeff Huber.
Aug. 27, 2010: Tilenius makes the connection between Bedier and Huber in an e-mail, saying "You two should talk about the opportunity at Google."
September 2010: Bedier begins interview process with Google as he continues to negotiate with Google on PayPal's behalf to make PayPal a mobile payments option on the Android Market. EBay says Bedier never informed the company of this conflict of interest.
Oct. 21, 2010: Bedier culminates interview process with Google by meeting with top Google executives, including then-President Larry Page.
Oct. 26, 2010: PayPal and Google finalize the Android Market deal. Google, however, declines to sign the deal.
Oct. 28, 2010: In his PayPal capacity, Bedier meets with Android head Andy Rubin about Google's strategic shift.
Oct. 31, 2010: Google offers Bedier a job.
Nov. 1, 2010: Bedier informs PayPal of his job offer. PayPal tells Bedier that he would be in violation of his contract if he accepted Google's offer.
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