While it may not significantly impact the industry, the Supreme Court’s ruling to back Coinbase's appeal reinforces the ability of firms to channel customer and employee disputes into arbitration.
Cøbra, who was successfully sued by Dr. Craig Wright for copyright infringement over his hosting of the Bitcoin white paper, argued that to prevent him from participating in proceedings without identifying himself would be ‘draconian.’
The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is on a PR blitz with its chief legal officer, Jessica Jonas, giving a slate of interviews in which she calls Dr. Craig Wright a ‘frivolous’ litigant who is intent on destroying open-source software.
With the latest SEC lawsuits, Binance and other exchanges are in hot water, legally and business-wise, as most reasonable investors turn elsewhere with their capital.
The English Court of Appeal heard argument Thursday that the trial judge in Dr. Craig Wright’s successful libel action against Peter McCormack was not legally entitled to reduce the damages awarded in the case.
A decision was made at a case management conference on how best to definitively settle the issue of whether Dr. Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, at least for Dr. Wright’s ‘passing off’ cases and COPA vs Wright.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has given the parties until 5 p.m. on June 15 to report back on their progress before she makes any final decision regarding the SEC’s request to freeze funds.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick ruled in favor of the CFTC in its lawsuit against Ooki DAO, ordering Ooki DAO to shut down and pay a civil monetary penalty of $643K.
The attorney, Paul Huck, was appointed by W&K’s owners in an attempt to re-take control of the company after Kleiman purported to use it in order to sue Dr. Craig Wright.
Coinbase's move to keep its customers' biometric data without notifying them following the completion of its KYC procedures allegedly runs against the BIPA law, plaintiffs claim.
The digital asset company has taken legal action against the SEC, asking a federal judge to force the U.S. financial markets regulator to respond to a previous petition for digital asset specific rules.
Lawsuits filed against Silvergate have been consolidated as all cases share allegations regarding the bank's role in supporting FTX in allegedly defrauding customers.
