Re:Facebook Steps Up Attack On Man Who Claims Ownership
by anigbrowl on Thursday June 02, 2011 @03:30PM
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'This looks shopped to me. I can tell from some of the pixels, and from having seen quite a few shops in my time.' ;-)
On the one hand, Ceglia has looked like a highly questionable plaintiff from the outset, and when his first suit sank without trace I wasn't terribly surprised. On the other hand, he's now represented by DLA Piper, one of the largest law firms in the US, and the senior partner who is the lead counsel on his case has a long and distinguished reputation.
It seems unlikely that the firm would risk its time or reputation on such a questionable case without doing some due diligence of their own. There's a big enough market in document authentication/forensic analysis for the legal industry to sustain several companies; they advertise regularly in legal magazines and newspapers. It's not like a new or high-tech concept that would be unfamiliar to Ceglia's lawyers. Sure, it's possible that Ceglia is hiring Kip Hall [1] and his team by the hour, but much more probable that they're working on contingency because they think he has a credible case.
On the one hand, Ceglia has looked like a highly questionable plaintiff from the outset, and when his first suit sank without trace I wasn't terribly surprised. On the other hand, he's now represented by DLA Piper, one of the largest law firms in the US, and the senior partner who is the lead counsel on his case has a long and distinguished reputation.
It seems unlikely that the firm would risk its time or reputation on such a questionable case without doing some due diligence of their own. There's a big enough market in document authentication/forensic analysis for the legal industry to sustain several companies; they advertise regularly in legal magazines and newspapers. It's not like a new or high-tech concept that would be unfamiliar to Ceglia's lawyers. Sure, it's possible that Ceglia is hiring Kip Hall [1] and his team by the hour, but much more probable that they're working on contingency because they think he has a credible case.
1. http://www.dlapiper.com/kip_hall/