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How many lawyers does it take to sue Facebook?

This is a mathematical and, who knows, moral conundrum, one that is being examined to the full by Paul Ceglia.

Should you have been been busy suing for your half-share of MySpace lately, you might not be aware that Ceglia is the man who claims that Mark Zuckerberg gave him half of Facebook while he was still even younger than he is today.

Ceglia always seems to have gone away--and then he doesn't. Today, the AP (via CBS Moneywatch) brings us word that he has hired five new lawyers to press his case … Read more

Facebook has accused Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he's entitled to half of the social network, of concealing e-mail accounts during his ongoing lawsuit, including one called getzuck@gmail.com.

The "getzuck" account was uncovered by Facebook's forensics experts, along with three other rather innocuously named accounts that Ceglia has been using since 2003, lawyers for the social network said in a motion filed yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

The motion (see below) asks the court to approve subpoenas allowing Facebook's attorneys to inspect the contents … Read more

Paul Ceglia's efforts to claim the billions of dollars from Facebook he says he is entitled to are starting to put a dent in his bank account.

The New York man, who claims that he has a contract with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg that entitles him to half of the social-networking giant's fortunes, was ordered today to reimburse Facebook $75,766.70 in attorneys' fees related to the case. The fees, ordered by federal Magistrate Leslie G. Foschio in Buffalo, N.Y., is in addition to the $5,000 contempt sanction Ceglia was ordered to pay last month … Read more

Facebook lawyers have asked a judge to order Paul Ceglia to pick up more than $84,000 in legal fees.

Ceglia, the man who claims a contract with CEO Mark Zuckerberg entitles him to a 50 percent stake in the social network, was fined $5,000 earlier this month over delays in making his e-mails available in his case against Facebook. He was also ordered to pay reasonable attorneys' fees.

Facebook also asked Leslie G. Foschio, the federal magistrate for Buffalo, N.Y., to order Ceglia not to file any additional "non-responsive papers or pleadings in the case" … Read more

A federal court judge has hit Paul Ceglia with a fine over delays in making his e-mails available in his case against Facebook.

According to Buffalo News, which attended the court hearing yesterday, Ceglia was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for part of Facebook's attorney fees and expenses for trying to keep his e-mail messages out of his case against Facebook. U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio said in court yesterday that "the circumstances under which [Ceglia] attempted to avoid complying establishes a plain lack of respect for the court's order which cannot be … Read more

Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he is owed half of Facebook, has asked that co-founder Mark Zuckerberg be sanctioned for allegedly deleting e-mails that describe their partnership.

Ceglia said in papers filed yesterday in a federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., that Zuckerberg destroyed messages from his Harvard University e-mail account after receiving a litigation hold on it contents, according to a Bloomberg report. He also sought a court order to prevent Facebook and Zuckerberg from disputing the authenticity of Ceglia's purported e-mail correspondence.

Ceglia claimed in a lawsuit filed last year against Facebook and its CEO that … Read more

Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he has a contract that entitles him to a half ownership in Facebook, is again changing legal representation in his lawsuit against the social-networking giant and its co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

Ceglia filed a motion today in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, N.Y., to delay proceedings for three weeks while he finds new legal representation after allowing Jeffrey Lake to withdraw from the case.

Ceglia is in the "final stages of obtaining new counsel," the filing said. Co-counsel Paul Argentieri will remain on the case, according to the filing.

Lake, who … Read more

The New York man who is suing Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, for half ownership of the social-networking giant, instructed his lawyer not to comply with a court order to turn over evidence in the case, according to court filings.

Facebook filed a motion Friday in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, N.Y., to compel Paul Ceglia to comply with an August 18 order to turn over e-mail accounts and passwords. U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio scheduled a hearing for November 2 to consider whether to force Ceglia to comply with the order and whether to sanction … Read more

Facebook says its inspection of a computer belonging to a man who claims to have a contract that entitles him to half-ownership of the social-networking giant has turned up an "authentic contract" that does not mention Facebook.

Forensic analysis proves that the alleged 2003 contract between Paul Ceglia and Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was an "outright fabrication," Facebook said, asking that Ceglia's suit against Zuckerberg and Facebook be dismissed, according to a Facebook filing yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. The contract, which Facebook contends Ceglia … Read more