Facebook Seeks Contract, E-Mails in ‘Scam’ Ownership Suit
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Facebook Inc. and its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg asked a court to order Paul Ceglia, the New York man who claims half of Zuckerberg’s holdings, to turn over the original contract and e-mails on which he bases his suit, saying the steps are needed to short-circuit a fraud on the court.
Facebook today asked a federal judge in Buffalo for an order requiring Ceglia, 37, to provide expedited fact-finding, or discovery, in the case. The company said forensic examination of the documents will support its claim that the contract is “an amateurish forgery” and the e-mails are fabricated.