More court room action ... this time Facebook vs ConnectU

Dailytech

"Facebook vs. ConnectU, round two. Facebook is once again back in court after founder Mark Zuckerberg's former Harvard classmates, who accuse him of stealing code, are attempting to reopen a settlement case that was completed in February.

Several of Zuckerberg's classmates claim they hired Zuckerberg to help them finish working on their project, ConnectU, but Zuckerberg instead allegedly stole their plans for the site.  

Facebook eventually counter-sued ConnectU, attempting to claim company representatives tried to access Facebook servers to steal company data.

"The worst case scenario is that Facebook doesn't own its core code and that it's been using someone else's code for the foundation of its company," said Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law assistant professor and director of the university's High Tech Law institute.  "That could lead to damages that are catastrophic.  In the worst case scenario, this could be a fight for Facebook's life."

ConnectU believes it has stumbled upon new evidence that it will be able to use in court to show Zuckerberg did indeed steal code and ideas. "

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