Paul Ceglia Hires 5 More Lawyers In Facebook Ownership Fight

BUFFALO, N.Y. — An upstate New York man who says he's entitled to half ownership of Facebook has added five attorneys to his legal team.

Paul Ceglia's (SEHG-lee-uhs) lead attorney, Dean Boland, said Monday that the addition of the lawyers should be seen as an indication of the case's strength.

Ceglia is suing Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg in federal court in Buffalo. Ceglia says a contract he signed with the then-Harvard University freshman in 2003 entitles him to half of the multibillion-dollar social networking site.

Lawyers for the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company say the contract is doctored and had nothing to do with Facebook.

The social networking site has 845 million users and recorded $3.7 billion in revenue last year.

A scheduling conference is set for April 4.

Comments

[StarGazr5992]

07:44 AM on 03/07/2012

What the human race will do for Money...

[Christine K]

03:33 PM on 03/06/2012

I would think Paul Ceglia would be intelligent (???) enough to hire a lawyer who doesn't tweet others regarding the case. It was surprising to receive a tweet to my account from Dean Boland stating that this whole thing is NOT a con. I don't think much of the attorney after that.

[Quai DOrsay]

12:44 PM on 03/06/2012

The funny thing is that these stupid lawyers no matter if they know that this kid is a con, they ll still back him up just to help them pay their bills ... Sick world we live in

[Christine K]

03:34 PM on 03/06/2012

Yup Dean Boland tweeted me yesterday stating it wasn't a con (see my above post). I don't think much of him after that.

[rafm0ney]

08:44 AM on 03/06/2012

HEY LOOK i just found an old cell phone contract........ damn wrong contract!!

[she says stroke her ego]

07:34 AM on 03/06/2012

Right!

[Lohikaarme]

06:39 AM on 03/06/2012

He just wants to prove that as a "businessman" he has created thousands of jobs and therefore he is as qualified as Mitt to be president.

[trppnlift]

01:22 AM on 03/06/2012

What a funny creature he is !! when face book is not popular where he gone ?? when today face book becomes a rock then he comes for share ..what a stupid creature....

http://www.treppenlift.ag

[IanWill715]

09:40 PM on 03/05/2012

They're just hoping to get a settlement. They're not realistically aiming for equity or any sort of %. They're hoping Facebook settles out of court for a couple of hundred million.

[scandihoovian]

10:40 PM on 03/05/2012

I kinda wish the headline had just said this, and the article was summed up in a period to complete the headline sentence-article.

[Rich Phitzwell]

08:53 PM on 03/05/2012

He cant own half, I just found a contract stating I own 90% of all social networks.

[Quai DOrsay]

12:40 PM on 03/06/2012

You can't get 90% , I just found my contract and it says I own 100% of all internet websites in the Milky Way galaxy ...including the one you are looking at right now ... Buh Bye ....Thanks for coming :)

[Debbra Salo]

08:27 PM on 03/05/2012

If he threw money in to jumpstart, and it was a contract/rough or not, then go for it. I've seen scam artists steal from me and get away with it...even on contract. I just can't afford 5 lawyers. Good luck.

[Jeandre Gerber Pretorius]

06:50 PM on 03/05/2012

Lighting up the doobie of I-don't-care

[Alicia Tan]

06:30 PM on 03/05/2012

Wil there be a settlement ?

[ScottNY]

06:43 PM on 03/05/2012

After seeing how one of the founders got shafted in the movie, I doubt it.

[BLinCincinnati]

11:30 AM on 03/06/2012

I'm guessing you didn't watch the very end.

[the-lexicon]

06:29 PM on 03/05/2012

"hey, look honey, I just found a contract in a storage box from ten years ago that assigns me 1/2 the value of facebook corporation. Gee, I had completely forgotten all about that."

[Rick2783]

06:28 PM on 03/05/2012

Is he a winklevoss by any chance?

[Christine K]

07:27 PM on 03/05/2012

No a loser from Wellsville NY - look at the article on The Buffalo News from last summer on how he's a known con artist in that area.

[Richard Garabedain]

06:15 PM on 03/05/2012

I bet it is fake. But I also bet he does get some good money. The contract is fake. So is nearly everything else about Facebook.