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Civil Litigation

Sep. 15, 2021

Designer accuses Pinterest executives of exploiting her ideas

Paul B. Salvaty, a partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP, representing plaintiff Christine Martinez, said her story is an example of gender bias at the image sharing and organizing platform that is popular with women.

A former creative director and designer at Walmart accused Pinterest and its founders in Alameda County Superior Court of exploiting her when she helped them conceive the site's "visual discovery" online corkboard now valued at $14 billion.

Paul B. Salvaty, a partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP, representing plaintiff Christine Martinez, said her story is an example of gender bias at the image sharing and organizing platform that is popular wi...

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