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.

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, a Stanford law professor and seasoned attorney, has publicly cut ties with Meta, citing concerns about CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership direction.

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.

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.