Wake Up Call: Facebook Owner Hit With Lawsuit Over Meta Name

In today’s column, after falling in 2020, big company legal chiefs’ pay soared last year; an insurer dropped coverage for two Big Law firms after they joined litigation against its industry; alternative legal services provider Integreon poached a vice president from a rival.

• Leading off, Pryor Cashman said it filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in New York federal court against Meta platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, on behalf of its client MetaX, LLC. MetaX, said its small, 12-year-old business providing augmented and virtual reality services was crushed after Facebook took its name. (Bloomberg News)
• After sinking during ...