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Paul Ceglia's Big-Firm Lawyers Just Ditched His Case Against Facebook

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Part of me wonders if the big name firm was only a PR stunt to generate news and angle for a settlement. My other theory is that they found out something about their client that made them want out of the case. There could be other reasons, too, of course, but it makes me wonder.

Great PR to jump in a high profile case and then let everyone see you walking out on your client!

Ouch. It seems Ceglia's old firm agrees with Facebook's. This case is basically over, what with Facebook coming right out and saying it can prove the documents are forgeries.

So whether his claims are true or false (obviously they're incredibly likely to be false), he stands no chance now. No other firm is going to touch his case with a ten foot pole.

Except, perhaps, the firm of Jeffrey Lake of San Diego.

Have you read the article?

'The document filed in court today indicates that Ceglia has acquired a new lawyer, Jeffrey Lake of San Diego. Contacted about the change by paidContent, Lake didn’t say anything about why the change took place, but did say in an email that he would have a press release out tomorrow, adding: “In the meantime we are pleased to confirm that our firm has been retained to represent Mr. Ceglia to bring this case to trial so that a jury may review the evidence and decide the case on its merits.” '

Busted. I didn't read the whole article. I should have qualified my statement to say 'big name' law firm.

I'd recommend just reading the article next time. It is much easier than coming up with each and every asscovering phrase you might need.

I just checked. I read 1/2 the article including this paragraph:

>It’s generally not a good sign when a plaintiff or defendant in a lawsuit keeps changing law firms. It can suggest there’s problems with either the case or the client is particularly tough to deal with. In the course of the past year, three different law firms have signed on to Ceglia’s case, gone through the evidence—and then dropped it.

I hardly think I can be accused of not RTFA. The new lawyer bit should have been flagged somewhere in the top half.

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