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CD Projekt Settles Cyberpunk 2077 Lawsuit, Will Pay $1.85 Million
17.12.2021
This time last year a group of investors filed a class-action lawsuit against CD Projekt Red over Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch, saying the game was “virtually unplayable on the current-generation Xbox or Playstation systems due to an enormous number of bugs”.Read more
Activistion Blizzard Faces Second Lawsuit Over First Lawsuit
3.8.2021
A class action lawsuit filed today in the U.S. District Court of Central California on behalf of investors alleges that Activision Blizzard’s intentional failure to disclose its ongoing problems with sexual harassment and discrimination artificially inflated the company’s stock value. In layman’s...
NCLA Files Appeal Against the IRS — Law Firm Claims Tax Agency Unlawfully Seizes Crypto Data of Thousands
10.7.2021
On Friday, the public interest law firm New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed an opening brief in the cryptocurrency case of James Harper v. Charles P. Rettig. The NCLA argues that Harper’s Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights were violated by the Internal Revenue Service...
Craig Wright’s Law Firm Granted Permission from High Court to Serve Bitcoin.org Operator Cobra
22.4.2021
On April 22, published documents stemming from law firm Ontier LLP show London’s High Court is granting the law firm permission to serve legal proceedings over copyright infringement against the owner of bitcoin.org, a pseudonymous operator called “Cøbra.” The legal...
Law Firm Slaps BitClout Creator With a Cease and Desist Letter
24.3.2021
As a lawyer implied would happen, a prominent law firm sent a cease-and-desist letter to the alleged creator of the new, fast-turned-controversial, blockchain-based social network BitClout.
Major US-based law firm Anderson Kill has sent a letter to Nader Al-Naji, who they understand launched...
BitClout’s Alleged Leader Hit With Cease-and-Desist by Prominent Crypto Law Firm
24.3.2021
The legal letter is the latest twist in the controversial project's short history
EY, Quadriga Law Firm Warn of ‘Imitation’ Site
10.2.2021
The imitation site is not authorized by EY and affected users have been advised to avoid at all costs
Report: Bitcoin Bull Run and Rising Awareness of Digital Currencies Led to a 20% Increase in Crypto Related Lawsuits in China
28.1.2021
A report from China says as many as 872 lawsuits relating to cryptocurrencies were filed in the past year, a figure which is approximately 20% more than that of 2019. Using data obtained from the China Judgment Document Network (CJDN), the report shows that the province of Guangdong had the highest...
CFTC Attorney Who Let Regulators Trade Crypto Joins Private Law Firm
25.1.2021
Daniel Davis oversaw the CFTC’s legal division, including administrative actions
Reports Show Crypto Custodian Xapo Set to be a Digital Bank in Gibraltar
21.1.2021
According to a recent report, the cryptocurrency custodian Xapo is getting ready to become a “fully-fledged” bank in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The region located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula has also been extending “regulatory guidelines...
U.S. law firm says IRS is coming after Coinbase users who evade taxes
11.11.2020
Once an IRS investigation or audit is opened, it's too late to make amends, warn tax lawyers
Global law firm launches 'high value asset' token platform ‘TOKO’
6.11.2020
DLA Piper’s new tokenization platform has already completed its first asset tokenization with a “piece of fine art.”
QuadrigaCX Users’ Law Firm Launches Blockchain Analytics Investigation
8.9.2020
Miller Thomson, the law firm representing QuadrigaCX's former users, has hired Kroll and Coinfirm to conduct blockchain sleuthing services
Law Firm Sees Crypto Investors Flocking to St. Kitts & Nevis for Dual Citizenship
15.8.2020
This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with Jennifer Harding Marlin from the St. Kitts & Nevis islands law firm JH Marlin. The business specializes in all types of law practice and citizenship by Investment (immigration) is very popular. Marlin explained that recently, the company is getting...
Reports Claim UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ‘Pressurized’ to Remove Onecoin Scam Warning
8.8.2020
A recent episode of the popular BBC Sounds podcast the “Missing Cryptoqueen” has shown the public a very interesting view of the powerful Onecoin Ponzi. According to two witnesses the BBC interviewed, a London law firm and a reputation management company allegedly managed to get...
Poloniex, Bittrex Named in Lawsuit Involving the Alleged Tether-Fueled Crypto Pump
9.6.2020
On April 3, the cryptocurrency community learned about 11 class-action lawsuits against various executives and digital asset companies. The law firm that filed the lawsuits is also involved with a class-action against Tether and Bitfinex for allegedly manipulating the price of bitcoin. On June...
‘Black Thursday’ Liquidations Sparks $28M Lawsuit Against Maker Foundation
15.4.2020
The Maker Foundation is being sued in a class-action lawsuit for $28 million over the March 12 event that caused over $2 million in liquidations. The lawsuit alleges that the team behind the Makerdao project did not explain the extreme risk of loss to investors. Also read: ETH Price Strains Defi...
Bitcoin Lawsuit: Lawyers Accuse Craig Wright of Forgery, Can’t Locate Former Nchain CEO
4.3.2020
The Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit in Florida continues to unravel as the plaintiff’s law firm has accused Craig Wright of forging documents that allegedly stemmed from the mysterious bonded courier. Kleiman’s attorney has scheduled a few more depositions with people like Wright’s wife...
UK’s FCA Suspends Epayments Service – Over £100M Frozen and Alleged Onecoin Connection
27.2.2020
Epayments, one of the largest payment providers in the U.K., has halted operations after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) suspended the company for “weaknesses” related to its anti-money-laundering (AML) process. Since Epayments shut down on February 11, customers have been...
Law Firm Representing Quadriga’s Former Users Want Information About ‘Shadow Bank’ Crypto Capital
23.1.2020
Miller Thomson, the court-appointed law firm representing former users of the QuadrigaCX exchange, wants information about Crypto Capital and whether it holds any of Quadriga's funds