Facebook is the last to name its lawyers
Twitter, Google named them this week
Facebook Inc. is tapping a team of Kirkland & Ellis and White & Case attorneys to represent it and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in former President Donald Trump’s free speech lawsuit.
Kirkland & Ellis litigation and trial lawyers Craig Primis, K. Winn Allen, Kate Epstein, and Ronald Anguas will appear for Facebook and Zuckerberg, based on a motion filed Thursday. White & Case local counsel Maria Josefa Beguiristain and William Dylan Fay filed the motion in the Southern District Court of Florida.
Primis, Allen, and Anguas are partners with experience ranging from Constitutional law to class action suits, and Epstein is a firm associate. Other than Anguas, the Washington-based lawyers have all represented Facebook in the past, their firm profiles show.
Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook is the last of three tech giants to name their lawyers for the class action lawsuits filed by Trump’s lead lawyer John P. Coale that allege the companies violated Trump’s and others’ First Amendment rights.
The lawsuits have been called “frivolous” by legal scholars because the Constitution does not govern private entities like Facebook.
The Kirkland & Ellis and White & Case lawyers, Zuckerberg, and Facebook did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump also sued Twitter Inc. and Google Inc.-owned YouTube and their executives. Earlier this week, Twitter named a trio of WilmerHale partners...
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