Ceglia v. Zuckerberg et al

Filing 286

DECLARATION signed by Alexander H. Southwell re 285 Memorandum/Brief filed by Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Facebook, Inc. filed by Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Facebook, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D)(Snyder, Orin)

EXHIBIT A

Orin Snyder

Orin Snyder is a litigation partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York office, Vice-Chair of the Crisis
Management Practice Group and co-chair of the Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice
Group. He is also a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations, Appellate and Intellectual
Property Practice Groups.
Mr. Snyder is one of the nation’s top trial lawyers and litigators. He is often asked by leading
companies and individuals to handle their most important and sensitive matters. Chambers USA
described Mr. Snyder as “absolutely the best – he’s an aggressive, highly motivated and incredibly
effective litigator” and “ultra smart and highly focused.” In a survey for The US Legal 500, corporate
counsel said, “we always use him as chief litigator,” he is “great in court” and has “excellent technical
skills.”
Partner
osnyder
T: +1 212.351.2400
F: +1 212.351.6335
New York Office
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-0193
USA

Mr. Snyder is ranked as one of the best lawyers in the country by Chambers USA: America’s Leading
Lawyers for Business; The Best Lawyers in America; New York Magazine’s Best New York Lawyers;
The US Legal 500; Benchmark Litigation: The Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and
Attorneys; New York Super Lawyers 2011; The Hollywood Reporter: Power Lawyers 2011; IP Law &
Business Best Lawyers In America; and Law360’s 2011 MVP’s. In 2003, Mr. Snyder was profiled in
The American Lawyer as one of the 45 leading lawyers in the United States under the age of 45. In
2010, Mr. Snyder was featured in The American Lawyer story naming Gibson Dunn “The 2010
Litigation Department of the Year.”
A former federal prosecutor, Mr. Snyder is a seasoned trial lawyer with a breadth of knowledge in
virtually all industry sectors. With more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Snyder has a proven track
record of success across many different practice areas in courts throughout the country.

PRACTICES

Litigation
Appellate and Constitutional Law
Crisis Management
Information Technology
and Data Privacy

Mr. Snyder has handled complex contract disputes, class actions, fraud cases and
employment litigation for major companies, including Atari, Bertelsmann, Cablevision,
Capital One, Conference USA, CNN, Daimler/Chrysler Corp., Facebook, Home Box
Office, NBC Universal, Sony, Starbucks, Time Warner, Turner Broadcasting Systems,
and Warner Music Group.

Intellectual Property

Represents Cablevision Systems Corporation and Rainbow Media in an action against DISH
Network seeking more than $2 billion in damages resulting from the termination of a long-term
agreement to distribute Rainbow Media’s suite of high definition “VOOM” channels.

Media, Entertainment
and Technology

Represents Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg in a breach of contract action brought by an individual
in federal court in Buffalo, New York, alleging an ownership interest in Facebook.

Securities Enforcement

Represents Capital One in a breach of employment case against the former Chief Executive Officer
of a subsidiary in federal court in Virginia, alleging breach of a restrictive covenant.

White Collar Defense
and Investigations

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, 1986
Juris Doctor
Wesleyan University, 1983
Bachelor of Arts

Obtained a rare preliminary injunction victory for NBC Universal blocking the move of one of cable
TV’s most popular programs, “Project Runway,” to Lifetime in a decision that the New York Times
reported “stunned parties on all sides of the deal because such injunctions are so rarely granted in
entertainment industry disputes.”
Obtained dismissal of a $100 million breach of contract case against Warner Music Group
Chairman Edgar Bronfman, Jr. The dismissal was affirmed by the New York Court of Appeals in an
important precedent affirming the application of the Statue of Frauds to oral contract claims.
Secured a dismissal for Starbucks in its dispute with singer-songwriter Carly Simon over the
disappointing sales for her album. Simon filed an amended complaint after the case was first
dismissed by a federal court in Los Angeles. Her amended complaint was dismissed with prejudice
on the grounds that Starbucks had no duty to disclose its business plans to her because she was a
third party with no fiduciary, confidential or transactional relationship to Starbucks.

ADMISSIONS

New York Bar

Won dismissal of consolidated antitrust actions against Warner Music Group in cases challenging
practices in the record promotion business.
Won dismissal of consolidated employment discrimination cases against the popular television
talk-show host Montel Williams and Paramount after persuading a federal judge that the case was
based upon fraudulent allegations.
Mr. Snyder also has represented numerous companies in significant matters involving
the New York Attorney General, including Aetna, Facebook, Freddy Mac, Goldman
Sachs, Vantage Properties, and Warner Music Group.
Represented Facebook in negotiating a groundbreaking settlement with the New York Attorney
General in the area of internet safety that was hailed as a model of compliance and resulted in even
more visitors to the social networking site.
Represented Warner Music Group in negotiating an industry-changing settlement concerning the
record promotion industry.
Represents Freddie Mac in negotiating new standards for the home mortgage industry.
Mr. Snyder has tried and litigated copyright, trade secrets, trademark, patent cases,
privacy and First Amendment cases for media and technology companies, including
Bertelsmann, Hachette, Harper Collins, Home Box Office, IAC/Interactive, Sony, Sharp,
Time Warner, T-Mobile, and ValueClick.
Defended IAC/InterActiveCorp in a trade secrets misappropriation action brought in the Southern
District of New York that resulted in all of the trade secrets claims being dismissed on summary
judgment.
Defended numerous technology companies, including T-Mobile, Sharp, ValueClick and Violin
Memory, in trade secrets cases in courts throughout the country.
Won a verdict at the high-profile trial of the case brought against the Estate of Jonathan Larson
challenging Mr. Larson’s authorship of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Broadway musical “Rent.” The
case resulted in the leading Second Circuit precedent defining co-authorship under the Copyright
Act.
Won summary judgment for HarperCollins and Jessica Seinfeld in a copyright infringement action
involving the New York Times Number 1 Bestselling book, “Deceptively Delicious.” The dismissal
was affirmed by the Second Circuit.
Litigated and tried copyright and trademark cases for Sony, Warner Music, Home Box Office,
Bertelsmann and other clients that resulted in important legal precedents.
Won an important First Amendment case that reaffirmed the libel-proof doctrine for Sony Pictures
involving the film “Donnie Brasco.”
Mr. Snyder also represents well-known individuals in significant matters, including
Julie Andrews, Marc Anthony, Mariah Carey, Anderson Cooper, Cindy Crawford, Bob
Dylan, Phil Falcone, Nancy Grace, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, LeBron James, Kid Rock,
Jennifer Lopez, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, The Rolling Stones, Jerry Seinfeld,
Jessica Seinfeld, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Barbara Walters, Montel Williams,
and Mark Zuckerberg.
In addition to his very public litigation work, Mr. Snyder regularly counsels clients — both
corporations and senior executives — in confidential matters, including criminal and other government
investigations that require expert handling of public relations. These matters include whistleblower
cases, fraud investigations, FCPA and money laundering, obstruction of justice, insider trading, tax
fraud and allegations of personal misconduct.
Mr. Snyder also has handled numerous internal investigations involving alleged insider trading, bank
fraud, mail and wire fraud, tax evasion and alleged sexual harassment and discrimination in the
workplace.
Mr. Snyder also represents, and has represented, numerous non-profit institutions, including Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts, Intrepid Air and Space Museum, Susan G. Koman for the Cure, The
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Larson Foundation and The Museum of the
American Indian.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Snyder was a name partner at Parcher, Hayes & Snyder, a prominent
litigation boutique firm. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States
Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted organized crime and

white collar crime cases and served as Chief of the Narcotics Unit. As a federal prosecutor, Mr. Snyder
handled one of the largest pension fund fraud prosecutions ever brought by the U.S. Department of
Justice.
Mr. Snyder is active in the community and in public affairs. Most recently, he was selected to serve on
the Transition Committee of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Mr. Snyder earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School cum laude in 1986,
and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and
graduated with high honors in 1983.

Thomas H. Dupree Jr.

Thomas H. Dupree, Jr. is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP,
where he is a member of the firm’s litigation department and its Appellate and Constitutional Law
practice group. Mr. Dupree also serves on the firm's Executive Committee and is the hiring partner for
the DC office.
Mr. Dupree is an experienced trial and appellate advocate. He has argued more than 60 appeals in the
federal courts, including in all thirteen circuits and before five en banc courts, and has represented
clients throughout the country in a wide variety of trial and appellate matters, including cases
involving punitive damages, class actions, product liability, arbitration, intellectual property,
employment, and constitutional challenges to federal and state statutes.

Partner
tdupree
T: +1 202.955.8547
F: +1 202.530.9670
Washington, D.C. Office
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-5306
USA
PRACTICES

Litigation
Appellate and Constitutional Law
Transnational Litigation
and Foreign Judgments

In 2007, Mr. Dupree was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General. He served in the Civil
Division at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2007 to 2009, ultimately becoming the Principal
Deputy Assistant Attorney General. In that capacity, he served as the division's second-in-command,
overseeing the more than 900 lawyers in the Civil Appellate, Commercial, Federal Programs and Torts
branches, as well as the Office of Immigration Litigation and the Office of Consumer Litigation. Mr.
Dupree was responsible for managing many of the government's most significant cases involving
regulatory, commercial, constitutional and national security matters on behalf of virtually all of the
federal agencies, the White House, and senior federal officials. Before being named the division’s top
deputy, Mr. Dupree ran its largest litigating branch, managing a staff of 280 lawyers.
In 2010, Mr. Dupree was named one of the top ten appellate litigators in the United States under age
40 by Law360. He received similar honors in 2009, when the National Law Journal and Legal Times
selected him as one of the top 40 lawyers under 40 in Washington, DC, and in 2006, when
Washingtonian magazine named him to its Top 40 Under 40 list. He has also been chosen as a
national rising star by Lawdragon magazine, and Legal Times has called him “no stranger to highprofile work.” Among other things, Mr. Dupree played a substantial role in the successful
representation of George W. Bush before the United States Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore, and
represented Time Inc. and Time’s White House reporter Matthew Cooper in connection with the
investigation into the leak of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Other matters Mr. Dupree has handled include:

EDUCATION

University of Chicago, 1997
Juris Doctor
Williams College, 1992
Bachelor of Arts

Persuading the Supreme Court to grant a petition for certiorari on behalf of a major automobile
manufacturer and to vacate a $290 million punitive damage award, which had been the largest
personal injury award ever affirmed on appeal in United States history.
Successfully representing the government before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit in a constitutional challenge to post-9/11 national security registration programs operated
by the Department of Homeland Security.
Winning an appeal on behalf of Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld in the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit in a copyright and trademark case involving the New York Times #1 bestselling
book Deceptively Delicious.

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar

Mr. Dupree appears frequently on national television as a legal analyst. He is a regular guest on Fox
News Channel, and has appeared on CNN's “Situation Room” and C-Span's “America & The Courts,”
among other programs. He has also been quoted in numerous print publications, including the New
York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and many others,
discussing legal issues and developments. In 2011, Mr. Dupree testified before the Judiciary
Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives concerning the constitutional limits on the President’s
detention authority.
Mr. Dupree graduated cum laude from Williams College, and with Honors from the University of
Chicago Law School, where he served as an Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. After law
school, he clerked for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit.

Alexander H. Southwell

Alexander H. Southwell is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office. His practice
focuses in two main areas: first, white-collar criminal and regulatory enforcement defense, internal
investigations, compliance monitoring, and complex civil litigation; and, second, information
technology and data privacy-related investigations, counseling, and litigation. Mr. Southwell is a CoChair of the firm’s Information Technology and Data Privacy practice group and is also a member of
the White-Collar Defense and Investigations, Crisis Management, Securities Enforcement, and
Litigation practice groups. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Southwell served as an Assistant United
States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Partner
asouthwell
T: +1 212.351.3981
F: +1 212.351.6281
New York Office
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-0193
USA
PRACTICES

Mr. Southwell is an experienced trial and appellate attorney and regularly represents corporate
executives and individuals in connection with white-collar criminal investigations and prosecutions by
federal and state prosecutors as well as related civil investigations by a wide range of regulators. Mr.
Southwell also regularly represents companies and boards in these types of matters and has significant
experience in conducting internal corporate investigations and compliance monitoring. Substantively,
his areas of expertise include securities and accounting fraud, tax fraud, health care fraud and
compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and public corruption, among others. Additionally, Mr.
Southwell counsels a variety of clients on privacy, information technology, data breach, theft of trade
secrets and intellectual property, computer fraud, national security, and network and data security
issues, including handling investigations, enforcement defense, and litigation.
Recent significant engagements include:
Represents Chevron Corporation defending against environmental claims emanating from
Ecuador, in which the plaintiffs allege billions of dollars in damages, including in civil RICO
proceedings in the Southern District of New York and related matters.
Represents a leading financial institution in internal investigation and defense of civil fraud
investigation related to mortgage-related government insurance program.

Litigation
Appellate and Constitutional Law
Crisis Management

Represented a major retailer in an internal investigation and defense of grand jury investigation
and OSHA investigation related to workplace incident.

Electronic Discovery
and Information Law

Represents Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg in a high-profile breach of contract action brought by
Paul Ceglia in Federal Court in Buffalo, New York alleging an ownership interest in Facebook.

Information Technology
and Data Privacy

Represents a public reinsurance company in an internal investigation related to allegations of
collusion and price-fixing.

Intellectual Property

Represents a major educational non-profit institution in a significant investigation by the New
York Attorney General’s Office concerning the institution’s governance.

Securities Enforcement
Securities Litigation
White Collar Defense
and Investigations

EDUCATION

New York University, 1997
Juris Doctor
Princeton University, 1993
Bachelor of Arts

Represents Moneygram in proceedings seeking to recover losses from funds forfeited in related
criminal bank fraud prosecution.
Assisted Gibson Dunn partner who served as Independent Monitor for a medical device company
pursuant to a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States Attorney's Office in New
Jersey, including revising health care compliance policies and training and ensuring compliance
with the Anti-Kickback Statute and other relevant health care laws, regulations, and corporate
policies.
Represented a private equity principal and fund in the public corruption “pay to play” investigation
being conducted by the New York Attorney General's Office and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Represented an investment bank in a securities fraud investigation by the New York Attorney
General’s Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Department of Justice.

ADMISSIONS

New York Bar

Represents a dermatologist who is the target of a criminal health care fraud investigation being
conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Southern District of New York United
States Attorney's Office.
Represented a former executive at an accounting firm in connection with a tax shelter-related
investigation by the Southern District of New York United States Attorney's Office.
Represented a home health aide provider who was under criminal Indictment on health carerelated larceny charges brought by the New York Attorney General's Office.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2011 Trade Secrets Litigation RoundUp
SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on
Cybersecurity Disclosures Under
U.S. Securities Laws
Webcast: Ignorance Is Not an
Option: Environmental Compliance
and Criminal Liability
Webcast: Key Issues in E-Commerce
M&A Transactions
French Data Protection Authority
Announces Increased Inspections for
Compliance with French and
European Union Data Privacy
Requirements

Represented Facebook in an investigation into its privacy and safety policies and procedures by the
New York Attorney General’s Office, which resulted in a groundbreaking settlement that has been
hailed as a model of compliance.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Southwell served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United
States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York from 2001 through 2007. As a member
of that office's Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force for three years, Mr. Southwell
investigated and prosecuted a wide range of cases under the federal securities laws, including
accounting fraud, insider trading, fraudulent offering of securities, market manipulation, and hedge
fund improprieties. Mr. Southwell also focused on investigating and prosecuting computer hacking
and intrusion cases and intellectual property offenses, as well as other high-technology offenses.
Additionally, Mr. Southwell prosecuted a range of cases including wire and mail frauds, insurance
fraud, public corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practice Act violations, bank secrecy act violations, identity
theft, firearms crimes, tax offenses, child exploitation, and immigration crimes. As a federal
prosecutor, Mr. Southwell tried a dozen felony cases and handled over a dozen appeals before the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Southwell is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law where he
teaches a seminar on cyber-crimes, covering computer misuse crimes, intellectual property offenses,
the Fourth Amendment in cyber-space, computer evidence at trial, data breach and privacy issues, and
information security, among other areas.
Mr. Southwell earned his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude , from Princeton University and his
Juris Doctor, magna cum laude , from New York University School of Law. Following law school, Mr.
Southwell was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Southwell also serves on the Firmwide Diversity Committee and is active with the Federal Bar
Council and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, serving on the Association’s
Professional Responsibility Committee and previously serving on the Committee on Information
Technology Law and the Government Ethics Committee.

Matthew Benjamin

Matthew Benjamin is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in
the firm's Litigation Practice Group and also serves on the firm's Community Affairs Committee and
Diversity Committee.
Mr. Benjamin's practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal and regulatory
investigations, and complex commercial litigation. He has represented corporate and individual clients
in the financial services, health care, technology, and construction and manufacturing industries. Mr.
Benjamin's pro bono work includes matters related to immigration and veterans law.

Associate Attorney
mbenjamin
T: +1 212.351.4079
F: +1 212.351.6279
New York Office
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-0193
USA
PRACTICES

Mr. Benjamin received his Juris Doctor degree in 2006 from New York University School of Law,
where he served as an Executive Articles Editor for the Annual Survey of American Law and research
assistant to Professor Amy Adler. He graduated cum laude from Yale College with a Bachelor of Arts in
the History of Art in 2003.
In 2011, Mr. Benjamin was recognized in Super Lawyers New York magazine as a Rising Star in
litigation.
From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Benjamin served as a law clerk to the Honorable George Z. Singal in the
United States District Court for the District of Maine.
Mr. Benjamin is admitted to practice in the State of New York, and before the United States District
Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Publications:
“Losing Ground: In Search Of A Remedy For The Over Emphasis On Loss And Other Culpability
Factors In The Sentencing Guidelines For Fraud And Theft,” PENNumbra, December 2011.

Litigation

“Going It Alone: The Cost of Unilateral Law Enforcement,” Business Crimes Bulletin, June 2008.

Appellate and Constitutional Law

“Possessing Pollution,” 31 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 733 (2007).

White Collar Defense
and Investigations

EDUCATION

New York University, 2006
Juris Doctor
Yale University, 2003
Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

New York Bar

Amanda Aycock

Amanda Aycock is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of
the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.
Ms. Aycock graduated in 2010 with joint degree, consisting of a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School and a French Master, cum laude, in Droit et globalisation
économique, sponsored jointly by the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) and the Institut
d'Études Politiques (Sciences Po). While at Penn Law, she was a Levy Scholar and an Associate Editor
of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law. Ms. Aycock received her Bachelor of
Arts in Comparative Literature and French from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, where she
graduated magna cum laude and with distinction in Comparative Literature.
Ms. Aycock is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Associate Attorney
aaycock
T: +1 212.351.2347
F: +1 212.351.5247
New York Office
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-0193
USA

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, 2010
Juris Doctor
University of Pennsylvania, 2007
Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

New York Bar