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1 Jun 2018, 10:07 am by Harold O'Grady
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue tells the story of an astonishing modern media conspiracy. [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 11:26 am by Christopher Simon
In a story made for Hollywood, it was recently revealed that billionaire Peter Thiel was quietly funding Hulk Hogan’s litigation against Gawker.com. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 12:17 pm by law shucks
To the rest of the world, Peter Thiel‘s epithet is “early Facebook investor. [read post]
24 May 2016, 9:16 pm by Walter Olson
Now, Ryan Mac and Matt Drange in Forbes write that anonymous sources have told them the hidden funder was Silicon Valley libertarian Peter Thiel. [read post]
18 Dec 2006, 9:26 am
The plan for Facebook is "definitely not" to sell it, Facebook board member Peter Thiel told Bloomberg News in an article published online Friday. “The plan is to actually build it, maybe at some point take it public,” he said. [read post]
27 May 2016, 10:59 am by Kathryn Rubino
[The Hollywood Reporter] * David Lat on why Peter Thiel shouldn't be mad at Gawker for reporting that he is gay. [read post]
28 May 2016, 11:28 am by Paul Caron
Dan Markel Killing Investigated As Murder for Hire, 5-6 More Arrests Expected Man Arrested In Murder Of Dan Markel More On Canaries In The Law School Coal Mine Small Bar Prep Company Files $50 Million Antitrust Action Again BARBRI, 11 Law Schools The IRS Scandal, Day 1112 Peter Thiel's Advice... [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 8:00 am by Robert Ambrogi
With $8 million in backing from some big-name investors, including PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel and Box founders Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, Judicata aims to deliver a legal research platform that […] The post Judicata Brings A New Dimension to Legal Research: Color appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 6:15 am by Steve Brachmann
The fact that Zuckerberg is open to serving in government might actually carry some sway with the Trump transition team, which includes a Facebook connection through Peter Thiel... [read post]
23 Jul 2007, 5:24 am
Peter Thiel, a Facebook director who invested $500,000 in the site’s first round of funding in 2004 (and an undisclosed amount [...] [read post]
10 Jun 2016, 6:20 pm
"Gawker, Filing for Bankruptcy After Hulk Hogan Suit, Is for Sale": Sydney Ember of The New York Times has an article that begins, "Gawker Media, under pressure from a $140 million legal judgment and facing a determined foe in the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is putting itself up for sale. [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 4:48 pm
In a long feature article on the Founders Fund, started by venture capitalist Peter Thiel, the San Francisco Chronicle buried a bit of news: Sean Parker has joined the fund as its fourth partner. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 3:15 am by Peter Harter
Peter Thiel, Reince Priebus and Jared Kushner are hosting technology industry giants for a policy discussion at Trump Tower on December 14, 2016. [read post]
11 Jul 2021, 7:06 am
I know it's tough for you because the Yale Club's guest rooms are closed until Labor Day, but you can ask your billionaire funder, Peter Thiel, if you can stay at his Park Avenue apartment. [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 8:00 am by Robert Ambrogi
With $8 million in backing from some big-name investors, including PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel and Box founders Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, Judicata aims to deliver a legal research platform that […] The post Judicata Brings A New Dimension to Legal Research: Color appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. [read post]
7 Jan 2008, 7:45 am
For a summary of its venture capital genesis (angel investors include Lawrence Summers, Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, Tom Scott, the founder of Nantucket Nectars, and others), see today's New York Times article. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 5:01 am by Walter Olson
Billed as a federal remedy for so-called revenge porn, the proposed Intimate Privacy Protection Act is hailed by Peter Thiel in Monday’s New York Times as a “step in the right direction. [read post]
30 May 2016, 2:54 am by Walter Olson
Davey Alba and Jennifer Chaussee at Wired quote me on Peter Thiel’s financing of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit as part of a campaign to take down Gawker Media (earlier here, here). [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 2:41 am by Walter Olson
The Peter Thiel/Hulk Hogan story has brought the topic of litigation finance into the news, and a recent Alison Frankel column notes an alleged secret $10 million investment in the BP gulf spill case that might possibly have served as overstimulus: “Most of 40,000 seafood workers …turned out to be phantom clients…one, famously, was actually a dog. [read post]