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.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the job cuts are necessary as the company builds “the most important technologies in the world.”

A lawyer representing Meta in an intellectual property lawsuit said he has dropped the tech giant as a client over Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to scrap fact-checking on his social media platforms. Mark Lemley,

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.