Facebook security offered more details on yesterday’s announcement that it was teaming up with the attorney general’s office in the state of Washington to take on scams on the social network.

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Self-described Facebook “co-owner” Paul Ceglia is about to see his bank account become $5,000 lighter, and that may just be the tip of the iceberg.

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Believe it or not, someone exists with a shakier legal strategy against Facebook than Paul Ceglia: Israeli entrepreneur and Like Store Co-Founder Rotem Guez, who responded to a lawsuit from the social network by changing his name to Mark Zuckerberg.

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The issue of Facebook using its members’ likenesses in advertising returned to center stage with a ruling by a court in California that a class-action suit against the social network can proceed.

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Facebook is looking to land a counterpunch against Timelines.com, responding to the digital scrapbooking company’s claim that it owns the trademark to the word “timeline” by filing a countersuit and seeking to strip the trademark on the grounds that the word is generic.

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A patent-infringement lawsuit ended up leading to an acquisition, as relationship-management-software developer WhoGlue announced that it was acquired by Facebook.

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The trademark lawsuit filed by Timelines.com to block Facebook’s use of the term “timeline” is experiencing a delay, making the official rollout of the advanced profile before year end unlikely.

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An amended class-action lawsuit filed against Facebook over its use of members’ names and pictures to promote its friend finder feature suffered the same fate as its pre-amendment predecessor: dismissed by a federal judge in California.

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If your company’s employees are active social networkers, the viral nature of status updates and links can create a human resources nightmare –- especially when those employees are disgruntled.

How far can a company go to prevent or discover problematic posts?

Beware of Gag Orders

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Now that Facebook has produced the so-called smoking gun evidence that Paul Ceglia fabricated evidence in his claim to half ownership of the company, there’s an opportunity to turn the tables: the social network could file a criminal lawsuit against him for fraud and related charges.
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