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“The defense requests numerous open-ended questions about what opinions potential jurors have formed about the case, the defendant, and the defendant’s companies, and asks whether potential jurors can ‘completely ignore’ what they have previously seen,” the letter said. “This is unnecessarily intrusive, and goes beyond the purpose of voir dire.” Source
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"The function of the jury is to decide questions of fact," the DOJ's proposed questions suggested the judge say. "You are the sole judge of the facts and nothing that the Court or the lawyers say or do may encroach in any way on your role as the exclusive fact-finder.
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Amid the ongoing legal battle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the blockchain company, Ripple, CEO Brad Garlinghouse is strengthening his legal defense. Currently involved in a legal dispute in the United States
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United States prosecutors have put forward their proposed instructions to the jury ahead of the October trial for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried.The lengthy 100-page Aug. 21 filing breaks down how prosecutors would like presiding Judge Lewis Kaplan to instruct the jury in Bankman-Fried’s case based on previous jury instructions the
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Prosecutors filed the document, titled "the government's requests to charge," late Monday, adapting from various previous sets of jury instructions including past statements from Judge Lewis Kaplan, the Southern District of New York judge overseeing Bankman-Fried's case. The FTX founder faces seven different charges, ranging from wire, securities and commodities
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The former OpenSea manager who was accused of insider trading of NFTs has been convicted on May 3 of wire fraud and money laundering in a New York federal court, according to a report from Reuters.According to prosecutors, Nathaniel Chastain, a former Product Manager at OpenSea, was in charge of
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Hermès International, the French luxury fashion house, has requested a Manhattan federal court to block artist Mason Rothschild from marketing or owning his "MetaBirkin" non-fungible tokens (NFTs) following a recent jury decision that found Rothschild had violated Hermes' trademark rights in its famous Birkin bags, as reported by Reuters. French luxury
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