Stanford law professor Mark Lemley represented Meta in a 2023 copyright case in which the company used a data set containing copyrighted e-books to train its

Mark Lemley said he could not “in good conscience” represent Mark Zuckerberg given recent decisions to "encourage disinformation and hate speech" on his company's platforms. A suit pending in Northern California alleges Meta infringed the copyrights of several authors by using their works to train its generative AI program.

Mark Lemley, a Stanford professor and prominent Bay Area lawyer, dumped Meta as a client in its legal battle over copyrights after Zuckerberg's policy changes.

Mark Lemley, a lawyer and Stanford lecturer announced that he is no longer representing Meta because of the company's and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness." Lemley had represented Meta in an intellectual property lawsuit.

Mark Lemley, a lawyer representing Meta in an intellectual property lawsuit said that he has dropped Meta as a client over Mark Zuckerberg's decision to scrap fact-checking on his social media platforms.

A lawyer representing Meta in a copyright case said he was dropping the company as a client due to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity.” The move comes as employees and associates of the social media company grapple with their founder’s apparent attempts to pivot rightward before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.

Lawyer and Stanford professor Mark Lemley said he's dropping Meta as a client over what he said was the company and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness." Lemley shared his harsh words and reasoning in a Bluesky thread and on LinkedIn on Monday.