Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Lawyer for New York man suing Facebook wants out of the case




The New York man facing federal charges that he attempted to defraud Mark Zuckerberg and the company Zuckerberg founded Facebook Inc. may have lost yet another lawyer, according to a report in the LA Times.

Dean Boland, who is representing Paul Ceglia in a civil lawsuit that federal prosecutors allege is fraudulent, has filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Buffalo to withdraw as Ceglia's counsel. He is one in a long line of lawyers who have withdrawn from the case since it was first filed in 2010.

In the motion, Boland insisted his reasons for withdrawing "have nothing to do with any belief by the undersigned that plaintiff is engaged in now or has been engaged in during the past, fraud regarding this case."

In an email, Boland said: "The motion speaks for itself." A Facebook spokesman declined to comment….

Wait…wait…there’s more at http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-lawyer-for-new-york-man-facing-federal-charges-he-tried-to-defraud-facebook-wants-out-of-the-case-20121030,0,6141436.story

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