Facebook Lawyer `Unsure' Whether Founder Mark Zuckerberg Signed Contract

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Post by vegasbrianc » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 8:45 PM UTC

Facebook Lawyer `Unsure' Whether Founder Mark Zuckerberg Signed Contract
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Post by nkassis » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:22 PM UTC

This is going to be interesting. If this guy wins, facebook is going to have a hell of a time surviving with uncertainty at the top.

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Post by jrockway » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:24 PM UTC

They should hire Lisa's brother, Bart, as co-counsel.

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Post by kwyjibo » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:35 PM UTC

No suprise for me. There were already a few posts on hacker news about Facebook's and Zuckerberg's history, and this is just the creme de la creme.

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Post by obsaysditto » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:40 PM UTC

nkassis wrote: post #2

This is going to be interesting. If this guy wins, facebook is going to have a hell of a time surviving with uncertainty at the top.

Do you think most users will care about this? They'll just want to know if they can still see what their friends are doing, who has posted new photos, etc.

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Post by tamarindo » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:40 PM UTC

  Facebook claims Ceglia remained silent for more 
  than six years and his claim is probably too 
  old to pursue.

Have any independent legal experts corroborated Facebook's statement that "his claim is too old to pursue"?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:45 PM UTC

obsaysditto wrote: post #5

nkassis wrote: post #2

This is going to be interesting. If this guy wins, facebook is going to have a hell of a time surviving with uncertainty at the top.

Do you think most users will care about this? They'll just want to know if they can still see what their friends are doing, who has posted new photos, etc.

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Post by Timothee » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:46 PM UTC

nkassis wrote: post #2

This is going to be interesting. If this guy wins, facebook is going to have a hell of a time surviving with uncertainty at the top.

That is, if his claim has any truth to it and if he doesn't settle out of court, which might be likely to happen considering what is at stake. (cf. previous Facebook lawsuits)

I'm definitely curious about how that kind of things are handled, where a previous contract appears out of nowhere, completely changing how later contracts and investments would have happened.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:48 PM UTC

obsaysditto wrote: post #5

nkassis wrote: post #2

This is going to be interesting. If this guy wins, facebook is going to have a hell of a time surviving with uncertainty at the top.

Do you think most users will care about this? They'll just want to know if they can still see what their friends are doing, who has posted new photos, etc.

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Post by nano81 » Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 9:53 PM UTC

tamarindo wrote: post #6

Facebook claims Ceglia remained silent for more than six years and his claim is probably too old to pursue. Have any independent legal experts corroborated Facebook's statement that "his claim is too old to pursue"?

grellas' analysis from the original article here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1509512