In April 2008, eBay announced it was suing Craigslist to "safeguard its 4-12 months economical expense". eBay claimed that in, Craigslist executives took actions that "unfairly diluted eBay's financial interest by more than ten%".[31] Craigslist submitted a counter-suit in to "remedy the sizeable and ongoing harm to reasonable Competitiveness" that