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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by webwright on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @10:38AM (#2437375)
Seems pretty dismiss-able to me...

1) The guy said it took so long for him to come forward because he "forgot" about the contract/emails.

2) Selling 50% of the company for $2k seems like an odd move... I don't know my facebook history perfectly, but didn't Zuck have a business partner with a lot of money already?

3) The guy has a history of fraud convictions.

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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by mattdeboard on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:04AM (#2437483)
Being convicted of a felony does not make you forever an untrustworthy lout, nor a compulsive, criminal liar. It means you committed a crime once and were prosecuted for it.
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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by webwright on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:53AM (#2437729)
That's what we call a "straw man argument"-- I never claimed otherwise. I offered it up as a data point (among several) that caused people to dismiss the claim. Statistically speaking, I imagine people who've been convicted of fraud are liklier to commit fraud than those who haven't been.
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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by mattdeboard on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:05PM (#2438068)
Past performance does not indicate future performance in statistics.
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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by alxv on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:45PM (#2438269)
Uh, what!?
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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by afterburner on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:24AM (#2437572)
If the conviction is for fraud, and it seems like the current case might be fraud, then it's a little more relevant.
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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by sunchild on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:00AM (#2437467)
Doesn't change the fact that it's a colorable claim. It doesn't look to me like any of the defenses you list would lead to summary judgment based on the facts.
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