The Stanford Law professor represented Facebook in the copyright case brought on behalf of creators claiming the social media giant infringed their IP while training its large language model, in a case that could have profound implications for generative AI’s future prospects.

Lawyer Mark Lemley said he's firing Meta as a client over Mark Zuckerberg's "descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness"

A US lawyer representing Meta has publicly announced that he has “fired” the company as a client, citing “Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness”.

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

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