Paul Ceglia Fined $5,000 In Facebook Case

An anonymous reader writes "U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio has sanctioned Paul Ceglia, a man that claims he owns half Facebook, and ordered him to pay $5,000 to the court. The judge also ordered Ceglia to pay for part of Facebook's attorney fees and expenses, an amount which will likely be much higher. The social networking giant hopes to have Ceglia's lawsuit dismissed early this year."

Re:Wow...

[rudy_wayne]

Five minutes and nobody's posted yet. That says a lot about what people think of Facebook :)

fixed that for you.

Re:The one thing I don't get

[ZombieBraintrust]

He is paying legal expenses because he pissed off the judge by telling his lawyers to ignore the Judges order. This caused a delay in the proceedings. The $5000 is for wasting the judges time. The legal expenses are for the opposing sides time during that delay.