Facebook sues lawyers for pressing dubious ownership case

Facebook is taking revenge against what it says were bogus claims in a now-dormant case brought on by Paul Ceglia, an upstate New York entrepreneur who claimed in 2010 that CEO Mark Zuckerberg had struck an agreement with him in Facebook’s early days to give him a substantial stake in the company.

The social media company filed suit against several of Ceglia’s lawyers, including DLA Piper, one of the world’s largest law firms, claiming they knew the claims were false but pursued the case in hopes of gaining a large settlement, according to the New York Times.

Filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, the suit claims Ceglia’s multifirm legal team continued to press the case even after discovering evidendence on Ceglia’s computer indicating the claims were false and informed all his other lawyers.

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