Facebook pays $65 million to ConnectU
 

A law firm is claiming Palo Alto-based Facebook Inc. paid $65 million to settle a suit accusing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing the concept for his social network.

The law firm that represented ConnectU, a smaller social network, included the settlement amount Facebook purportedly paid ConnectU's founders in a newsletter.

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