May 09, 2013
A New York federal judge on Thursday ordered now-indicted Paul Ceglia, who claims a disputed contract with Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg gives him 50 percent of the social networking giant, to pay more than $3,700 Zuckerberg spent in compelling documents from the alleged fraudster.
March 26, 2013
A New York magistrate judge said Tuesday that now-indicted Paul Ceglia had likely fabricated a 2003 contract with Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg that promised him a 50 percent stake in the company and that his civil suit over the contract should be dismissed.
March 21, 2013
The attorney for now-indicted Paul Ceglia, who is suing Mark Zuckerberg for a 50 percent stake in Facebook Inc., lost a bid to withdraw from the suit Wednesday, after a New York magistrate judge ruled that a quick end to the "highly unusual" case required his participation.
November 27, 2012
The man accused of doctoring evidence so he could claim a stake in Facebook Inc. has missed key deadlines to keep his case alive, Facebook said Tuesday, raising the possibility his civil suit could collapse as he fights criminal charges.
November 20, 2012
A New York federal judge Tuesday blocked Facebook Inc.'s request for disclosures from a forensic document expert for a man who claims company founder Mark Zuckerberg promised him half the business, saying the additional details aren't essential to a fair outcome in the case.
October 31, 2012
The man who has accused Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg of breaking a deal to give him half of the company, and who now faces criminal charges for allegedly forging evidence, can't toss a report by the social network's forensic document examiner, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday.
October 30, 2012
The attorney for the plaintiff in a civil fraud suit accusing Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg of breaching a contract offering him half of the company asked a New York magistrate judge to be relieved as counsel, less than a week after the man was charged with fabricating the contract.
October 17, 2012
A New York federal judge on Wednesday granted a protective order to Facebook Inc. against several discovery requests by the man who claims Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg signed a contract giving him a 50 percent stake in the company.
September 07, 2012
Facebook Inc. on Friday asked a New York federal judge to compel the man who claims company founder Mark Zuckerberg signed a contract giving him a 50 percent stake in the company to turn over copies of the alleged contract.
June 28, 2012
A New York federal judge on Thursday ordered the man who says a contract entitles him to a 50 percent stake in Facebook Inc., to produce a letter from his former attorneys at Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP, ruling the letter isn't privileged.