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Man Sued Winklevoss Twins in 2009, Saying They Stole Company Stake From Him

67 点作者 aepstein超过 14 年前

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grellas超过 14 年前
This suit was filed in December <i>2009</i> and I'm not sure why it is being reported now as if it were a new filing.<p>The procedural context is intriguing, though. Among other things, when the court fights first started, Facebook sued ConnectU, the Winklevoss brothers, <i>and</i> Mr. Chang for what is known as declaratory relief. This is a special court remedy by which a party can anticipate that another party will sue for relief and beat that party to the punch by suing first. The point of the preemptive suit is to file in a favorable venue and ask the court to consider and resolve the conflicting claims to the subject matter in dispute (here, the rights to FB's assets). Thus, Facebook sued all these parties in order to get a declaration (and judgment) from the court that neither ConnectU nor any other party had any rights to the FB assets but that, instead, Mr. Zuckerberg and FB owned all such assets free and clear of any of their claims. This included asking for such a declaration against Mr. Chang as well.<p>According to the allegations in Mr. Chang's suit, the Winklevoss brothers retained counsel to defend the declaratory relief action and also paid for such attorneys to represent Mr. Chang as well. Mr. Chang then alleges that his own attorneys sold him out in favor of the Winklevoss brothers by failing to advise him properly concerning the settlement that was ultimately reached in the case by which the brothers received a huge payout and he got nothing (he claims that he and the brothers had formed an entity into which the assets of ConnectU, including the FB-related rights, were transferred and that he therefore owned up to half those assets and should have received up to half the settlement proceeds as a result of this).<p>So you have claims that the Winklevoss brothers stole what belonged to Mr. Chang, that Mr. Zuckerberg then stole what belonged to the brothers and Mr. Chang either separately or jointly, and that the attorneys representing the brothers and Mr. Chang connived with the brothers to stick the knife into Mr. Chang while extorting a massive payout from FB. And, to cap it off, the brothers and ConnectU have moved to set aside this settlement because they claim the Mr. Zuckerberg misled them about the value of the FB stock when he did the settlement.<p>Definitely one for the books.
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aepstein超过 14 年前
The actual court docs, if you're in to that kind of thing: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/irony-alert-man-sues-winklevoss-twins-says-they-stole-company-stake-from-him-2010-12#chang-is-also-suing-the-winklevoss-twins-business-partner-divya-narendra-and-their-father-howard-winklevoss-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/irony-alert-man-sues-winklevo...</a>
rayval超过 14 年前
Per the comments in the link, this story is almost one year old, and was first covered by Caroline McCarthy of CNET<p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10424028-36.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10424028-36.html</a>
alanh超过 14 年前
Summary: The man (Chang) said ConnectU (the Winklevoss venture) joined with his company and the litigation was an asset, but he received none of the settlement.<p>An interesting argument. IANAL but it sounds like a compelling case.
ajaimk超过 14 年前
Hmmm the wonderful sound of irony.
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candre717超过 14 年前
If Wayne was a programmer - a good one at that -, why did the twins hire Zuckerberg
arrty超过 14 年前
Why did he wait this long?
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lotusleaf1987超过 14 年前
Awesome, this has to be karma.
AndrewMoffat超过 14 年前
<i>cues Yakety Sax</i>