Mark Zuckerberg
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Technology
Elon Musk Sends Legal Threat To Facebook And Once Facebook Finishes Laughing I'm Sure They'll Get Right Back To Him
Musk won't cage fight Zuckerberg, so he'll have to settle for getting whupped in court. -
Finance
Zuck-Musk Billionaire Fight Club Seems On At UFC, Proving There Is A Place For Violence In Society
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.24.20
* Facebook is paying up to $650 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company violated Illinois’ facial recognition law. That’s basically a parking ticket for Zuckerberg… [Vox]
* Michael Cohen is being released from prison again after a federal judge found that he was sent back to the clink in retaliation for publishing a book on President Trump. [CNBC News]
* A lawsuit has been filed against Disney by two writers who claimed they developed a spec script for Pirates of the Caribbean years before the movies were produced. [Business Insurance]
* The former police officer accused of killing George Floyd has been charged with tax evasion, along with his wife. [ABC News]
* Tesla has filed a lawsuit against rival Rivian for allegedly poaching talent and trade secrets. Nerd fight! [TechCrunch]
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Technology
Mark Zuckerberg's Ridiculously Wrong, Misleading, And Self-Serving Statements Regarding Twitter Fact-Checking The President
Well, it looks like one guy is scurrying from the fight. -
Finance
Leave Elon Musk Alone; Or, The Stupidity Of Financial Analysts Who Think A CEO’s Job Is To Be A Smiling Cardboard Cutout
The job of most CEOs, in other words, is to just not crash the ship. -
Technology
The Facebook Hearings Were Raw Legislative Emotion In Search Of A Legal Theory
It's not just that Senators don't understand Facebook, it's also that they don't understand how laws work. -
Blogging, Media and Journalism, Technology
Fake News On Facebook? Not A Problem For Lawyers Or The Public
Less than one percent of news and information on Facebook is fake, according to the social network. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.12.16
* The new treatise on race and the law in the post-Obama age. [The Crime Report]
* A deep dive into the Iowans on Trump’s SCOTUS shortlist. [Des Moines Register]
* And two of the Coloradans too. [Denver Post; Denver Post]
* Plus more on who might be Trump’s pick for Solicitor General. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Rural areas really need lawyers. [KCUR]
* The latest legal challenge to Brexit. [The Independent]
* Does Mark Zuckerberg have political aspirations? [Law and More]
* RIP retired federal judge, Miles Lord. [ABC]
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Biglaw, Old People, Partner Issues
Stats Of The Week: Biglaw Bosses Are Old
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Biglaw, Facebook
More Bad News For DLA Piper And Milberg
A judge is allowing Facebook's lawsuit against DLA Piper and Milberg to move forward. -
Biglaw, Facebook, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Kasowitz Benson, Kellogg Huber, Lawsuit of the Day, Litigators, Milberg Weiss, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Lawsuit Of The Day: Facebook Sues DLA Piper
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Celebrities, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Drugs, Facebook, Gay, Labor / Employment, Marijuana, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.23.14
* Yesterday afternoon, two of D&L’s former executives quietly settled a clawback suit filed by Alan Jacobs, the firm’s bankruptcy trustee. Dewey know how much Messrs. Sanders and DiCarmine had to pay the piper? [WSJ Law Blog]
* GrayRobinson is the latest firm to hop aboard the medical marijuana bandwagon by launching its own regulated products practice group. Lawyers will soon puff, puff, pass around those lovely billable hours. [Daily Business Review]
* Pain at the pump apparently extends to this gas giant’s résumé dumps. A suit alleging bias in ExxonMobil’s hiring moves forward thanks to the Illinois Human Rights Commission. [Washington Blade]
* Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg will be testifying against Paul Ceglia in court to prove that the alleged huckster faked a contract that claimed he owned more than half the company. Like. [Bloomberg]
* It seems that Kid Rock has been subpoenaed over a glass sex toy that was supposedly given to him by a former Insane Clown Posse employee. Kid Rock is probably thrilled to be in the news again. [MLive.com]
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Biglaw, Contracts, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Facebook, Kids, Layoffs, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs, Trials
Morning Docket: 03.10.14
* Dewey know who Zachary Warren is? Per this failed firm’s insiders, he seems to be a “man of mystery” who apparently worked in the “bowels of the bureaucracy” that ultimately led to D&L’s demise. [Am Law Daily]
* “You can cross-examine the witness. You can’t cross examine an email.” Defense of the Dewey defendants may be tough when it’s time for trial — and you can bet your ass there’ll be a trial. [New York Law Journal]
* Fear not, friends, because Patton Boggs has found a way to weather the storm. It’s the same way most barely buoyant firms stay afloat: more layoffs. Expect more on this news later today. [National Law Journal]
* Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he owns half of Facebook’s fortunes, can’t toss his criminal charges. Sometimes wheeling and dealing with allegedly faux contracts will land you in the clink. [Bloomberg]
* Because no father wants to see his daughter become “tabloid fodder”: Rachel Canning, the New Jersey schoolgirl who sued her parents, is being “savaged” by the public. Aww, poor little Millennial. [Daily Record]
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Biglaw, Celebrities, Entertainment Law, Facebook, Movies, Small Law Firms
Who are America's Top 100 Entertainment 'Power Lawyers'?
The Hollywood Reporter has just released its list of the top entertainment lawyers in America. Who do you recognize? -
Copyright, Defamation, Depositions, Facebook, Intellectual Property, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Facebook Litigation Continues: A Closer Look at Aaron Greenspan
Was Aaron Greenspan the programmer Facebook forgot? Let's hear, in his own words, the story of his various lawsuits against the social network… -
California, Facebook, Family Law, Quote of the Day, Weddings
Quote of the Day: Now I Ain't Sayin' She a Gold Digger...
Should Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg have gotten a prenup before he got married? -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, California, Canada, Celebrities, Facebook, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Sex, Sex Scandals, Weddings
Morning Docket: 05.21.12
* With more allegations of misconduct revealed, the Canadian Judicial Council met to discuss Justice Lori Douglas’s sex scandal inquiry. Unlike her legs in her nude picture spread, this media circus will likely close in July. [Winnipeg Free Press] * “I want to apologize. Obviously, mistakes were made.” Admitting you’ve got a problem is just the first step. Greenberg Traurig’s executive director apologized for the Biglaw firm’s apparent screw-ups in a Rothstein-related trial. [Miami Herald] * Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng will be enrolling at NYU Law School on a fellowship. The administration is giving him a ritzy faculty apartment that comes complete with a kitchen full of Chinese food. He already knows how to eat like a law student. [New York Times] * Facebook is being sued in an amended consolidated class-action complaint for $15B over privacy issues, but Mark Zuckerberg was too busy getting married to Priscilla Chan to let it bother him. [Bloomberg] * “What [the f**k] comes next?” That’s what law school grads asked themselves when their commencement speakers tried to slap on a happy face and speak positively about the job market. [Connecticut Law Tribune] * But perhaps future law school grads will be able to find jobs more easily thanks to class offerings geared toward in-house counsel lawyering skills. Keep on dreaming that impossible dream. [Washington Post] * How does a small-time DUI attorney from California go from being an unknown to being a household name overnight? By filing a lawsuit filled with tawdry allegations against actor John Travolta. [Los Angeles Times] -
Copyright, Defamation, Facebook, Federal Judges, Intellectual Property, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Another One of Zuckerberg's Former Classmates Tries -- and Fails -- to Cash in on Facebook
One of Mark Zuckerberg's old Harvard classmates sued the producers of The Social Network for "defamation by omission." He said he was just too important to be left out of the Oscar-winning film… -
Facebook, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Facebook Moves to Dismiss Ceglia Ownership Suit
Attorneys for Facebook went on the offensive yesterday, filing a bold motion to dismiss Paul Ceglia‘s lawsuit, which claims a 50 percent ownership stake in the company. -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Facebook
What's Next for Paul Ceglia's Facebook Suit? Secret Email Addresses and a Possible Winklevoss Connection
Paul Ceglia‘s war with Facebook is the ridiculous lawsuit gift that just keeps on giving. We have covered the inveterate scam artist’s losing court battle for an ownership stake in Facebook time and time again. We can’t help it, because the stuff still being disclosed continues to be so absurd. Last time we mentioned the […]