LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The Winklevoss twins’ Facebook lawsuit was lost in the 9th Circuit this week. But the Winklevoss twins’ dispute with Facebook is far from over. In 2008, the Winklevoss twins sold to Facebook Connect U for reportedly $65 million which included cash and Facebook stock. The 9th Circuit claimed that that the twins were represented by nearly a half dozen lawyers during that sale. The twins’ then counsel Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan was set to earn a $13 million contingency fee for their work. The twins claimed that, during those 2008 settlement negotiations, Facebook hid the true value of their shares. Since then, the twins have sought to get that 2008 settlement contract rescinded.

The twins are now represented by Jerome Falk of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin. Facebook is represented by E. Joshua Rosenkranz of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

On Monday, the Ninth Circuit ruled against the twins, asking for litigation about the matter to end. “At some point, litigation must come to an end. That point has now been reached” wrote Chief Judge Alex Kosinski for the Court on Monday.

“With the help of a team of lawyers and a financial advisor, they made a deal that appears quite favorable in light of recent market activity,” the Court held. “For whatever reason, they now want to back out. Like the district court, we see no basis for allowing them to do so.”

Falk disagreed. He issued the following statement to news yesterday. “In my judgment, the opinion raises extremely significant questions of federal law that merit review by the entire Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.” Falk added “For that reason, my colleagues and I will file a Petition For Rehearing En Banc within the next fifteen days.”

And how about $13 million contingency fee? Reportedly, San Jose federal district court judge James Ware had ruled the fee remain in an escrow account pending the 9th Circuit’s decision.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Mark Zuckerberg’s puppy “Beast” (photos below) and Zuckerberg’s openness about his private life is helping impact the public persona of the Facebook owner yet again today.

Priscilla Cha and Mark Zuckerberg had, according to Gawker, not a single photo online prior to 2009. Facebook then battled security issues at the end of that year. Within weeks, Zuckerberg according to Gawker released nearly three hundred photos of him, Cha, and other pictures inside and outside Facebook headquarters. Gawker claimed at the time “Zuckerberg [was] trying to reverse the PR debacle of the new privacy system by opening up the content himself”.

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Today, Zuckerberg, in direct contrast to pre-2009, set up a Facebook page for his new puppy “Beast” continuing his new found openness. In recent months, he has given $100 million to Newark Schools and even appeared on Saturday Night Live.

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The move to open one’s life well maintain privacy has been a delicate balance for the Facebook owner. Recently, Mark Zuckerberg, girlfriend Priscilla Cha, and sister Randi Zuckerberg had to get a restraining order against Pradeep Manukonda, an alleged stalker. Pradeep Manukonda was accused of stalking Priscilla Cha and the Zuckerbergs at their home(s) and place of work.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Mark Zuckerberg, girlfriend Priscilla Cha (photos below), and sister Randi Zuckerberg have gotten a restraining order against Pradeep Manukonda, an alleged stalker. Pradeep Manukonda is accused of stalking Priscilla Cha and the Zuckerbergs at their home(s) and place of work. Manukonda was intercepted at the home of Mark Zuckerberg and accused of threatening the Zuckerbergs online through, what else, but Facebook.

Manukonda’s actions come weeks after countless news sites began running coverage of Zuckerberg’s newly rented home, including the address and its alleged security details.

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Manukonda was reportedly intercepted at Zuckerberg’s home on January 24, 2011. He allegedly approached the non-gated home and was stopped by Facebook security personnel before he could reach the front door.

A judge has reportedly told the 31 year old man to stay 300 feet away from the Zuckerbergs and Cha. Manukonda describes himself as peaceful.

Cha made news when Mark Zuckerberg in fall of 2009 released countless pictures of the two; one news site at the time claimed the pics were released to fend off online privacy concerns about Facebook.

Previously, Gawker has claimed that there wasn’t a mere single photo of Mark Zuckberg online prior to October 2009; but in the sixty days thereafter, Zuckerberg according to Gawker released nearly 300 personal photos online featuring Priscilla Cha inside Facebook headquarters. Gawker claimed that “Zuckerberg [was] trying to reverse the PR debacle of the new privacy system by opening up the content himself”. Some pictures also featured co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Priscilla Cha (photos below) is Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg girlfriend. Priscilla Cha pictures were released by Zuckerberg in fall of 2009 after Facebook came under debate for online privacy concerns.

Priscilla Cha pictures were released by Zuckerberg, where else, but in his Facebook profile. Gawker reported that Zuckerberg chose to reveal a mere one photo of himself online by October 2009. Less than sixty days later, that changed. With no clear explanation, by December 2009 Zuckerberg  released nearly 300 personal photos online. Priscilla Cha filled many of the 290 pictures released by the Facebook co-founder.

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What prompted the change for Zuckerberg? Gawker claimed the release could have been the result at the time of new Facebook default setting or the “Zuckerberg trying to reverse the PR debacle of the new privacy system by opening up the content himself”. Yet, some of the pics came from Chan’s album itself entitled “moments”.

One from Zuckerberg’s profile included the caption “testing mobile photo uploads on [']cilla…” And yes, some pics feature Zuckerberg with co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

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