Matt Mullenweg Hires New Lawyer In Fight Against WP Engine via @sejournal, @martinibuster

A ineligible papers filed successful national tribunal formally notifies that Automattic and Matt Mullenweg person added caller representation, a lawyer who has antecedently represented Meta and Facebook. The caller documentation is formally called NOTICE of Appearance. There whitethorn beryllium an further ineligible filing that whitethorn bespeak that the erstwhile ineligible squad whitethorn nary longer beryllium representing Automattic and Matt Mullenweg.

New Attorney

A ineligible signifier was filed titled “NOTICE of Appearance filed by Rosemarie Theresa Ring connected behalf of Automattic.” Rosemarie Theresa Ring is an lawyer astatine Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 1 of the apical instrumentality firms successful the United States.

Gibson Dunn was founded successful 1890 and has represented George W. Bush successful the Bush v. Gore ineligible combat implicit votes successful Florida, Apple, Inc. successful an infringement suit against Samsung and besides has represented Meta and Facebook.

The instrumentality steadfast that has antecedently represented Automattic and Matt Mullenweg successful their defence successful the WP Engine national suit are Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, a prestigious planetary instrumentality steadfast specializing successful litigation. According to a citation successful Wikipedia, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan person been recognized arsenic a apical tier ineligible steadfast for intelligence property, patent, trademark, and copyright law, arsenic good arsenic different categories.

The Court Listener website has two entries:

“77 Jan 24, 2025
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Rosemarie Theresa Ring connected behalf of Automattic Inc., Matthew Charles Mullenweg (Ring, Rosemarie) (Filed connected 1/24/2025) (Entered: 01/24/2025)

Jan 24, 2025
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney”

The ineligible documents aren’t yet disposable to presumption but this nonfiction volition beryllium updated erstwhile they are.

What Does It Mean?

It’s unclear if the erstwhile ineligible practice is inactive representing Automattic and Matt Mullenweg arsenic portion of their ineligible squad arsenic defendants successful the WP Engine lawsuit. But it does look that the defendants are preparing to combat backmost with immoderate earnestly experienced ineligible representation.

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