LOS ANGELES TIMES – Nov 22 – IAC alleged in a new court filing that Rad secretly recorded multiple conversations with Tinder employees and his supervisors, potentially violating California law requiring both parties to consent to being recorded. Attorneys for Rad responded with a motion to dismiss the amended claim, arguing that the recordings and transfers of company files did not violate the terms of his employment, though some may have violated California law. The new filing also raised the amount of damages sought to $400M.
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Former Tinder CEO Greg Blatt Is Suing Rosette Pambakian for Defamation
LOS ANGELES TIMES – Oct 3 – In August, Rosette Pambakian, a former VP at Tinder, filed a lawsuit alleging that Greg Blatt, the onetime CEO of Tinder and its parent companies Match Group and IAC, sexually harassed and assaulted her at a company Christmas party in 2016. On Thursday, Blatt filed a defamation suit against her, and against Tinder's co-founder and former CEO Sean Rad, alleging that the sexual battery accusations are part of a smear campaign designed to give Rad and Pambakian leverage in a separate multibillion-dollar legal battle over the value of Tinder stock. A spokeswoman for Match Group said neither the company nor its parent is a party to Blatt's suit.
Former Tinder Exec Sues Company, Alleging Sexual Assault
LOS ANGELES TIMES – Aug 5 – IAC's former CEO Greg Blatt is named as a defendant in a new lawsuit by former Tinder executive Rosette Pambakian. She is suing him for sexual battery – and suing the company itself for firing her after she went public with her accusations in an earlier lawsuit. In the suit, Rosette Pambakian alleges that Gregory Blatt harassed and assaulted her at a company Christmas party held at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills in December 2016.