Press Releases

WineBid Appoints Marty Sparks as Director of Engineering to Accelerate Innovations in Online Wine Auctions and Ecommerce

"We're very excited to bring Marty on board to lead WineBid's engineering team in our next stage of growth," said WineBid CEO Russ Mann. "Marty's experience is like a great wine pairing. He led large technical and analytics teams through high growth at ecommerce giant Zulily, and led technology groups at global logistics leader Expeditors as they expanded. In addition, Marty is personally passionate about wine, and blogs about Washington wines in comparison to those of France and Spain."

Washington Attorney General sues ReconTrust for illegal foreclosures

SEATTLE – Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced that his office is suing ReconTrust Company, a subsidiary of Bank of America, for conducting illegal foreclosures on thousands of Washington homeowners. “ReconTrust ignored our warnings, repeatedly broke the law and refused to provide information requested during our investigation,” McKenna said. “ReconTrust’s illegal practices make it difficult, if not impossible, for borrowers who might have a shot at saving their homes to stop those foreclosures.”

Attorney General orders window sellers to be transparent in their marketing

SEATTLE – The Washington Attorney General’s Office continued its efforts to clear up alleged deceptive marketing practices among window selling businesses by reaching a settlement this week with Harley Exteriors, of Bothell. “We’re making it crystal clear to Washington window retailers that they have to be upfront and honest about the price of their products and can’t make misrepresentations in order to boost their profits,” said Assistant Attorney General Jack Zurlini.

McKenna, Microsoft announce landmark spyware lawsuit

SEATTLE – Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced the filing of Washington’s first lawsuit under the state’s new computer spyware act. The suit, filed late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, accuses New York-based Secure Computer, as well as associates in the United States and India, of marketing software that falsely claims computers are infected with spyware and selling consumers a program that claims to remove it. In fact, the software renders computers more susceptible to attacks.