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Elon Musk's lawyers respond to motion to kick Tesla team off Dogecoin case: ‘waste of this court’s time’
7.7.2023
The strongly worded legal filing comes in response to an attempt to have Tesla’s lawyers sanctioned over supposed conflicts of interest and alleged misconduct
Voyager Digital’s Bankruptcy Battle Racks Up Millions in Legal Expenses
4.7.2023
A recent court filing from the now-insolvent Voyager Digital Holdings and its creditor committee revealed that legal expenses amounting to $16.5 million have accumulated from July 22, 2022, through May 18, 2023. The records indicate that between March and May 2023, roughly $5.17 million in legal...
FTX Seeks to Claw Back $700M in Lawsuit Over Alleged Funds Misappropriation and Influence-Building Scheme
24.6.2023
According to a lawsuit filed this week with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, FTX lawyers are seeking to claw back $700 million from K5 Global Technology, its subsidiaries, and the firm’s founders. The attorneys allege that the defendants received funds without...
FTX bankruptcy will be ‘very expensive’ but there’s a reason: Auditor
21.6.2023
The legal fees charged in the first months of FTX’s bankruptcy have been examined by an auditor, who has confirmed the case is “on track to be very expensive.”
5 Charges Temporarily Suspended in FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Legal Battle
17.6.2023
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and federal prosecutors in New York have opted to temporarily suspend five charges against the beleaguered FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). Nevertheless, these five charges have been “severed” and deferred until 2024, potentially leaving...
Binance Lawyers Push Back Against US SEC Claims That Binance.US Customer Assets Are at Risk
13.6.2023
Attorneys for Binance.US and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao argued that the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s temporary restraining order to freeze its assets should be denied.
There is no risk to customer assets, the lawyers said on Monday in a court filing ahead of a Tuesday hearing...
Ripple case more crucial than ever amid Coinbase, Binance SEC crackdown: Lawyers
9.6.2023
Whether XRP is ruled as a security or not in the Ripple case will certainly have an influence on the two latest crypto exchange lawsuits, crypto lawyers told Cointelegraph
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Tried To Land a Job at Binance, the Exchange’s Lawyers Allege
9.6.2023
Before becoming head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler offered to serve as an adviser for Binance, according the crypto exchange, which is now facing heat from the regulator.
In a letter directed towards the SEC’s division of enforcement, counsel for Binance and...
SEC Chair Gensler’s Alleged Past Interest in Advising Binance Surfaces Amidst Legal Battle
8.6.2023
Lawyers for Binance claim that current U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler once sought to become an advisor for the exchange back in 2019. This purported application occurred while Gensler was teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and coincided...
SEC chair Gensler offered to serve as an advisor to Binance in 2019: Lawyers claim
8.6.2023
Years before serving as head of the SEC, Gary Gensler offered up his advisory services to Binance, the exchange's lawyers allege
Could Ben.eth’s PSYOP tokens face legal scrutiny? It depends, say lawyers
31.5.2023
Michael Kanovitz, a lawyer threatening to file a class action against Ben.eth, says the PSYOP scheme bear similarities to cases that have seen SEC enforcement
One of Ripple Labs' Top Defense Lawyers Calls it Quits in U.S. SEC Lawsuit
25.5.2023
The crypto industry awaits the summary judgment in the ongoing case between the US SEC and Ripple.
But while that stands, one of Ripple Labs Inc.’s key defense lawyers, Attorney Kylie Chiseul Kim, announced withdrawal from the case.
Kim filed a motion in the Southern District of New York...
Lawyers Challenging U.S. Tornado Cash Sanctions Say Free Speech Is at Stake
25.5.2023
Open source software isn’t property, and current sanctions laws are ill-equipped to handle this, lawyers argue
Core Scientific Hopes to Emerge from Bankruptcy by September, Lawyers Say
23.5.2023
Core Scientific should “trim” its restructuring timeline by “at least [one] month,” the federal judge overseeing the crypto miner's bankruptcy said during a Monday hearing as creditors called for the insolvent crypto miner to fast-track its plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
UK Will Need New Laws to Accommodate Future Digital Pound, Lawyers Say
22.5.2023
Should the country decide to issue a digital pound, existing data protection, security and anti-money laundering rules would need amending, said Louise Abbott, partner at U.K.-based Keystone Law
Top Argentine Lawyers Hit Out at Crypto ‘Ban’ – Will Government Respond?
19.5.2023
Top Argentinian lawyers have criticized the government’s partial “ban” on crypto trading.
Buenos Aires has moved to block firms from letting their customers conduct transactions with cryptoassets.
This month, the Central Bank of Argentina stated that domestic platforms must not “facilitate”...
Florida’s DeSantis Waging Toothless Campaign Against Digital Dollars, Lawyers Say
17.5.2023
The state-level campaign against a U.S. digital dollar made its first foray into established law with Governor Ron DeSantis’ signature on Florida’s effort to block the use of virtual government-backed money in business transactions
Do Kwon's lawyers propose $436K bail as authorities prepare for June trial
11.5.2023
Lawyers said Do Kwon and Han Chang-joon could be released on bail and largely confined to a Montenegro apartment with the “obligation to periodically report to the state authority.”
FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Seeks Dismissal of Charges Filed After Extradition
9.5.2023
Former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has asked a judge in the U.S. to dismiss several charges against him filed after his extradition from the Bahamas. His lawyers insist that prosecutors have not obtained consent from Bahamian authorities for the additional counts. FTX’s...
Disney Lawyers Are Done Playing, Sue Florida Gov. DeSantis
26.4.2023
The ongoing war between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney is heading to court. Today, Disney and its army of lawyers filed a lawsuit against DeSantis and others over what it calls a “targeted campaign of government retaliation.” It’s the latest chapter in an ongoing war between the two. Read...