Judge Orders ConnectU To Pay Its Former Lawyers $13 Million In Facebook Case

techcrunch.com — A New York state judge has confirmed lawyer firm Quinn Emanuel’s $13 million payout for representing ConnectU in intellectual property litigation against Facebook, distorting its former client's attempts to stay the award while it challenges the $65 million settlement it struck with Facebook back in 2008. Ok, that may be a bit of a confusing lede, so let's tackle this one from A to Z. Trust me, it's quite worth the read. Nov 11, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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Judge Orders ConnectU To Pay Its Former Lawyers $13 Million In Facebook Case

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danbarker Nov 11, 2010

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Good, these guys were bloody idots and didn't make anything.

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amaoican Nov 11, 2010

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They made $65 million. Also, if the Winkles hired Mark to create the web site, then it would rightfully be there's - work for hire. The question is, is that what happened? Was Mark working for them when he made FB or was he working for himself? The world may never really know.

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biocandy Nov 13, 2010

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Even if you hire someone to code for you, you don't necessarily own the source code - at least not in Denmark. E.g. a freelancer can reuse his code on multiple clients' websites even though the clients pay him to do the website.

superman101 Nov 11, 2010

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The drama around Facebook is almost as entertaining as the movie. So strange and interesting.

youre Nov 11, 2010

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karma

norman619 Nov 11, 2010

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Summary FTA:

"ConnectU retains law firm, sues Facebook and reaches a settlement with them for a reported $65 million. ConnectU later appeals for a higher settlement fee and delays payment to said law firm, Quinn Emanuel. Law firm doesn’t want to wait for its money and gets sued by ConnectU. A judge has now awarded Quinn Emmanuel its $13 million contingency fee."