Judge reverses own ‘mistaken’ dismissal of Overstock lawsuit
A United States federal judge has reversed his decision to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Overstock manipulated its share market by distributing a security token in 2019. A Utah federal judge has reversed his own dismissal of a class-action lawsuit against online retailer Overstock that alleges it manipulated the market by issuing a security token “Digital Dividend” to shareholders last year.On Jan. 6, Judge Kimball reversed his previous decision to dismiss the lawsuit, granting the plaintiffs’ request from October to file an amended consolidated complaint. The class-action was filed by....
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The plaintiff may now file an amended complaint against Overstock and former CEO Patrick Byrne.
The lawsuit, accusing Overstock of market manipulation through its security token airdrop, has been turfed by a federal judge. A Utah federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit that accused Overstock ($OSTK) of market manipulation by distributing a ‘digital dividend’ of security tokens to shareholders and repeatedly revising retail earnings guidance upward to punish short-sellers.U.S. district judge Dale Kimball granted two motions to dismiss the suit on September 28, finding that the digital dividend did not manipulate the market, and that the revised earnings statements were protected by the....
A lawsuit against Binance accusing the cryptocurrency exchange of selling unregistered crypto securities has been dismissed. The plaintiffs listed nine cryptocurrencies in the lawsuit.
Binance’s Lawsuit Dismissed
U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter dismissed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Binance Thursday.
The motion to dismiss was filed by Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). The lawsuit (case no. 20-02803) was originally filed in April 2020 in the U.S. district court in the Southern District of New York.
Binance is accused of violating....
Judge Analisa Torres is again being asked to reopen her own final judgment in the XRP lawsuit between Ripple Labs and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Yet in the corridors of crypto law the real debate is not procedural, but psychological: will the judge indulge the parties’ second-try joint motion, or will she […]
Plaintiffs accusing BitMEX of market manipulation and racketeering violations will not be able to file their complaint again after being shot down by Judge William Orrick for the second time. A U.S. District Judge has dismissed amended racketeering allegations brought by traders against the parent company of derivatives exchange BitMEX, HDR Global trading, noting that many of the plaintiff’s accusations had been copy and pasted from a different lawsuit filed against the platform.On Sept. 7, Judge William Orrick dismissed the plaintiff’s claims that BitMEX had engaged in market....