Yesterday, Facebook sued DLA Piper along with three other firms and nine lawyers who represented Paul Ceglia, a New York man who emerged in 2010 with claims that he was entitled to at least 50 percent of Facebook. Given that it’s nearly 2015, Facebook’s move comes as something of a surprise. Ceglia’s suit against Facebook […]
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StrictlyVC: September 17, 2013
Good morning, Readers! Top News in the A.M. Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington’s widespread online spying, a move feared to be a first step toward politically fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by governments. By Paying Employees to Be Closer, Startups Take a Risk Paying employees to live […]
By Paying Employees to Be Closer, Startups Take a Risk
Paying employees to live closer to the office may seem like a smart idea, but employment attorneys say startups should steer clear of the small but persistent practice. Before it was acquired by Microsoft in 2008, semantic search engine Powerset offered financial incentives to employees to live close to its office. At one point, Facebook […]