Business & Tech

Winklevoss Twins Stop Fighting Facebook

Tyler and Cameron won't appeal to the Supreme Court.

After almost seven years of litigation, the Winklevoss twins dropped their case against Wednesday, choosing instead to hang on to their settlement.  

Their initial suit against Facebook claimed that they had conceived the concept for the social network.  That case concluded when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg settled with them in 2008 for about $45 million in Facebook shares, and $20 million in cash.

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