Facebook and Power.com are battling it out in the Northern District of California in a case that raises some interesting issues around ownership of and control over user data.  (Previous posts here and here.) 

Seattle-based Perkins Coie represented Facebook in this dispute, but Orrick will be taking over.  Access the substitution of counsel filing here: [pdf].  Both firms have represented Facebook in litigation.  There are many different reasons for a change of counsel, and I would not draw any conclusions from this.  Why am I mentioning it?  Good question.  It seems like inside baseball to me, but others may find it interesting.

On a related note, EFF-affiliated Jason Shultz has an interesting post at LawGeek that talks about this case, and telegraphs some of the counterclaims brought by Power Ventures: ("Facebook v. Power Ventures: Fair Use, Misuse, and the fight for access to user-generated data").  It's well worth the read, as they say.