The Strange Saga of Amazon's Virginia Real Estate Deals
It’s a drama that involves the FBI, anonymous whistleblowers and the demise of a beloved women’s co-working space.
Hi folks, it’s Brad. A dense thicket of legal cases emanating from the real estate division of Amazon.com Inc.’s profitable and fast-growing cloud services unit seems pulled right from the pages of a John Grisham novel. The saga includes FBI visits to the homes of former Amazon employees, a whistleblowing email to the world’s richest man, competing lawsuits in Washington state court, Virginia federal court and Delaware Chancery Court—and as the unfortunate collateral damage, a popular Seattle-based co-working space for female professionals.
Here’s a brief summary of the convoluted drama, as well as a reason to watch it unfold. You might want to buckle in.