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The Blockchain Association has thrown fresh support behind six plaintiffs suing the United States Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over its sanctions on the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.In a Nov. 20 amicus curiae brief to a U.S. appellate court, the crypto advocacy group argued OFAC’s decision to sanction
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The company behind Atomic Wallet has asked a United States court to dismiss a class action suit seeking damages from a $100 million hack arguing the claims should’ve been filed in Estonia where it's based.In a Nov. 16 dismissal motion in a Colorado District Court the Estonian firm argued it
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Investors pursuing legal action against Robinhood over trading restrictions imposed in early 2021 have faced another setback after the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida rejected a request for class certification by the plaintiffs on Nov. 13, 2023. Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga said that after thoroughly considering
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Binance’s arguments used in its motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the United States securities regulator relies on an incorrect legal analysis and have no basis in law, the regulator has argued.In a Nov. 7 court filing the SEC rebuffed Binance’s earlier bid to toss the regulator’s suit saying no
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The SEC pushed back against Binance and Binance.US's motion to dismiss the suit it brought earlier this summer, saying the motion relies on "distorted" and "tortured" interpretations of both federal law and precedents. The SEC first sued Binance in June, a day before suing Coinbase, arguing both companies offered unregistered
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Artists have been dealt a setback in their copyright fight against generative artificial intelligence (AI) firms after a class-action lawsuit against several of the firms was dismissed by a United States judge, citing a lack of evidence.In an Oct. 30 order, California District Court Judge William Orrick said the copyright
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The Securities and Exchange Commission overstepped its authority when it classified Coinbase-listed cryptocurrencies as securities, the exchange has argued in its final bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the securities regulator.In an Oct. 24 filing in a New York District Court, Coinbase chastised the SEC claiming its definition for what
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“I am neither an attorney nor legal expert, but I don’t think there’s any scenario in which Grayscale will sell their bitcoin and dissolve their trusts, regardless of this lawsuit,” said Weisberger. “Even if DCG is forced to sell the trust, it would just come under operational management by a
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Big Tech player Google is seeking to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit that claims it’s violating the privacy and property rights of millions of internet users by scraping data to train its artificial intelligence models. Google filed the motion on Oct. 17 in a California District Court, saying it’s necessary to
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The plaintiffs of the EthereumMax (EMAX) investor class action lawsuit have been given a final chance to amend their claims against the celebrities they accuse of promoting the now-defunct cryptocurrency. In an Oct. 3 court order, United States District Court Judge Michael Fitzgerald said he’s giving the EMAX investors a third
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