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Winklevii Shoot Back at Larry Summers Over Insult

Rob Quinn — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:00:00 CDT

The twins who claim Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for Facebook don't like being called assholes. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—following some choice remarks from Larry Summers about suit-wearing undergraduates—have accused the former Harvard president of being "tactfully challenged," the Wall Street Journal reports. When they approached Summers about...

Winklevoss Twins Sue Facebook ... Again

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:30:00 CDT

Well, apparently they're not packing it in quite yet: Just one day after dropping plans to appeal their $65 million Facebook settlement, the Winklevoss twins filed a new suit against the social networking site yesterday. This time around, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and business partner Divya Narendra seek to discover...

Winklevoss Twins Drop Facebook Appeal

John Johnson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:37:43 CDT

The Winklevoss twins are finally packing it in. Cameron and Tyler have dropped plans to appeal their Facebook settlement to the Supreme Court, reports Reuters . The twins say Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook and owes them more than the $65 million cash-and-stock settlement they agreed to in 2008....

Winklevoss Twins Appeal to Supreme Court

Kevin Spak — Tue, 17 May 2011 08:34:05 CDT

The Winklevoss twins still haven’t given up in their quest to wring more money out of Facebook; they’ve now decided to appeal their case to the Supreme Court, the law firm representing them announced yesterday. The twins are trying to back out of the settlement they agreed to in 2008...

Now Winklevosses Getting Sued for Facebook Money

Mark Russell — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:32:05 CDT

First the Winklevoss twins went after Facebook, and received $65 million for their efforts. Now, a Boston software developer is saying the Winklevosses owe him, and is taking them to court for up to half of that settlement. Wayne Chang says his P2P software was integrated into the Winklevosses' ConnectU...

Real Creator of Facebook? It's Mark Zuckerberg

John Johnson — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:56:08 CDT

Sorry, Winklevoss twins . And you, too, Paul Ceglia . The person who deserves the credit and the riches for inventing Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg, writes Farhad Manjoo in Slate . Zuckerberg didn't so much invent social networking as perfect the concept by building upon already existing ideas. "The real value of Facebook...

Judge: Winklevosses Can't Renege on Facebook Deal

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:40:17 CDT

A federal appeals court ruled today that former Harvard University schoolmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can't undo their settlement over creation of the social networking site. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss were savvy enough to understand what they were agreeing to...

Facebook Foes Winklevoss Twins Get Sued Themselves

John Johnson — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:31:06 CST

This probably goes over well in the Facebook offices: The Winklevoss twins are being accused of doing to a business partner essentially what they accuse Mark Zuckerberg of doing to them. A web developer named Wayne Chang is suing the brothers, claiming he had an ownership stake in their company...

Winklevoss Twins Sue Facebook Again

Kevin Spak — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:09:39 CST

One $65 million settlement wasn’t enough for Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who once upon a time hired Mark Zuckerberg to develop a social networking site. The twins are suing Facebook again, claiming that Zuckerberg committed securities fraud by lying to them about the value of Facebook, Mashable reports. They’re seeking...