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Yahoo sues ex-employee over book on Marissa Mayer

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Dissent

Matt O’Brien reports:

Yahoo has sued a former employee for allegedly feeding confidential information to a journalist who wrote a book about CEO Marissa Mayer published earlier this year.

“Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!” by Business Insider journalist Nicholas Carlson relied heavily on anonymous sources to recount Mayer’s first two years running the struggling Internet pioneer, including several unflattering missteps.

As first reported by Bloomberg News, the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court accuses the former employee, Cecile Lal of Cupertino, of breaching her contract and fiduciary duty. It says she gave Carlson access to a password-protected site with confidential information about the company.

Read more on Contra Costa Times.

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