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2022-06-25 01:30:04| Engadget

Pinterest must now face a lawsuit from a former friend of one of its founders who claims she helped create the platform. Bloombergreported that Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Seabolt on Thursday denied the companys motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Christine Martinez, the plaintiff, claims she was asked by co-founder Ben Silbermann to help revive the app. The digital market strategist claims to have developed features tied to Pinterests Boards and created a marketing plan to enlist bloggers to promote the platform, among other contributions. Martinez filed a lawsuit against the company in September, and Pinterest filed the motion to dismiss in December. The company argued that Martinezs claims are too old to fall within the statute of limitations. Seabolt disagreed with this and said Martinez sufficiently alleges that she and the Pinterest founders agreed to deferred compensation. Pinterest went public in 2019, an event that Seabolt deemed transformative and in his view sealed the company's obligation to pay Martinez.In a statement to Engadget, Pinterest's chief communications officer LeMia Jenkins Thompson noted that the court dismissed several of Martinez's claims. Thompson also stated that, "as the facts come out, we are confident the evidence will confirm that Plaintiffs claims are meritless and that the rest of this baseless lawsuit should be dismissed." According to the New York Times, Martinez was never formally employed at nor did she ever sign a written contract with the San Francisco-based company. Instead, Martinez argues that the agreement was implied, based on her discussions with Sciarra and Silbermann.Martinez, who is a former lifestyle blogger and founder of an eccomerce startup, told the Times she was eager to help friends. [...The Pinterest co-founders] had no marketing background or expertise in creating a product for women.


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