Washington DC's attorney general has sued Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold the Facebook co-founder personally responsible for his alleged role in allowing the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica to harvest the personal data of millions of Americans during the 2016 election cycle.
Mark Zuckerberg was accused of stealing the idea for Facebook from ConnectU.com, which involved three classmates and clients who wanted a social website for Harvard students.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; (personal injury, property damage, federal violations) Covington & Burling; (personal injury and contract) Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr; (antitrust, fraud, civil rights)
Zuckerberg identified himself as an atheist for years, but on Facebook on Christmas he wrote back: “No. I was raised Jewish and then I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important.”
3.2 billion USD (2022)Cameron Winklevoss / Net worthCrypto entrepreneurs and brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, each have an estimated $5 billion fortune thanks to their cryptocurrency investments and stakes in crypto exchange Gemini.
The Winklevoss twins' Bitcoin journey. Facebook settlement (2008): The twins reach a settlement with Zuckerberg for $65 million in a mix of Facebook shares and cash. They claimed he copied their idea and some of the code they'd paid him to create.
Amazon relies broadly on a stable of major firms for litigation and other work in Washington. Morrison & Foerster and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represent Amazon in its Washington court challenge over a $10 billion cloud-computing U.S. government contract.
Kirkland & Ellis is the largest law firm in the world by revenue in 2020 exceeding USD 4.15 billion.Dentons is the largest law firm in the world by headcount with over 10,000 lawyers at its practice.
Bloomberg Law reported last month on the go-to law firms for top technology companies like Apple and Microsoft. The group includes Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, the latter of which advised Apple on an $18 million FaceTime settlement approved this week by class action plaintiffs.
a $1 salaryZuckerberg accepted a $1 salary from Facebook, as he has in previous years, and didn't receive any bonus payments or incentive compensation, the company said in the filing. Facebook and other social media platforms faced a surge in misinformation on their sites when the pandemic started and the US elections kicked off.
23Zuckerberg first became a billionaire at 23 after Facebook's 2008 IPO. As the social network ballooned in size — including acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp — so too did its founders' net worth. As for how Zuckerberg spends his wealth, he plans to give a significant chunk of it away.
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