Articles Tagged with Ceglia

Facebook Insists Ceglia Attorney Can Withdraw Under Two Conditions Updated: by

Defense attorneys for Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg won’t oppose attorney Dean Boland's motion to withdraw from representing plaintiff Paul Ceglia, as long as he can’t have his cake and eat it too, according to a new federal court filing (read it below). First, they insist that a withdrawal "not…

Why Do Facebook Litigant Paul Ceglia’s Lawyers Keep Dropping Out? Updated: by

Paul Ceglia, the embattled Facebook, Inc. litigant claiming a 50% ownership stake in the social media company, is likely to lose yet another lawyer to represent him in his two-year-old lawsuit. Early this year, Facebook's and Mark Zuckerberg's lead attorney Orin Snyder described Ceglia's "revolving door of lawyers [as]...additional evidence…

Facebook Wins Protective Order Against Ceglia Barring ‘Irrelevant’ Discovery Updated: by

Yesterday Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg scored a huge win against Paul Ceglia, the plaintiff claiming 50% ownership of the social media company, but whose allegations the defendants have consistently maintained are based upon a fraudulent work for hire document. In a 24-page decision and order (D&O) issued Wednesday (read it…

Court Threatens to Sanction Ceglia, Again, in New Facebook Case Decision Updated: by

Today U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio warned that the court is "more than suspicio[us] that" plaintiff Paul Ceglia" filed no less than five (5) motions against Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in his lawsuit claiming a fifty-percent (50%) ownership of the company, "solely to unreasonably and vexatiously multiply the proceedings."…

Facebook, Zuckerberg, and Ceglia Court Hearing Today on 8 Motions Updated: by

Tensions could reach a new high point today in the Facebook ownership claim lawsuit between plaintiff, convicted felon Paul Cegilia (inset), and Defendants Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. A court hearing today in Buffalo, New York is scheduled to consider no less than eight (8) motions with roughly eighty (80) pleadings…