Category: Court
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Celsius Drags Tether To Court In $3.5 Billion Legal Showdown
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Celsius, a cryptocurrency lender, has filed a lawsuit against Tether, accusing it of misappropriating assets. The move comes amid the cryptocurrency company, which filed for bankruptcy in 2022,’s latest attempt to recover billions of dollars in funds for creditors. Why is Celsius asking for over $3.5 billion from Tether? Bankrupt…
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Win for Moi estate as Supreme Court overturns Sh1 billion payout
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The Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal ruling that ordered the estate of former President Daniel Moi and businessman Jaswant Rai to pay more than Sh1 billion to an Eldoret family for allegedly seizing their land in 1983. The family of Noah Chilugwe, the former leader who died…
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Petitioner in court to scuttle proposed JKIA expansion deal
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Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and the government have been taken to court over contracts with an Indian company for a proposed $1.85 billion (Sh238 billion) concession to build a new passenger terminal and refurbish existing facilities at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Mr Isaac Lango Gayo wants the proposed deal for…
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Court stops Joho family firm Sh5.9bn grain facility at Mombasa port
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The High Court has temporarily halted the construction of a second bulk grain handling facility at the Port of Mombasa, which was awarded to companies linked to mining cabinet secretary nominee and former Mombasa governor Hassan Joho. The High Court, headed by Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, ruled that the…
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USDOJ tells court to reject TikTok challenge to crackdown law By Reuters
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By David Shepardson The U.S. Justice Department late Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to dismiss legal challenges to a law requiring Chinese company ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban. “The serious national security threat posed by TikTok is real,” the department said.…
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Trump lawyers push New York appeals court to overturn $500m verdict
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Following our victories in other legal cases, Donald Trump On Monday, Trump pressed a New York appeals court to overturn a judgment in a nearly $500 million New York civil fraud case that threatens to drain his personal cash reserves as he continues his campaign to reclaim the White House.…
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Bangladesh extends curfew ahead of court hearing on controversial job quotas By Reuters
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Written by Muhammad Bonir Hussein and Sam Jahan DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh extended a curfew on Sunday to control violent student-led protests that have killed at least 114 people as authorities prepared for a Supreme Court hearing later in the day on government job quotas that have sparked anger. Military…
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U.S. court rules against Booking.com in Ryanair screen-scraping case By Reuters
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – A U.S. court has ruled that Booking.com violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by accessing part of Ryanair’s website without permission, court documents showed. The Irish airline, Europe’s largest by passenger numbers, said the ruling would help end unauthorised manipulation of passenger data by booking sites.…
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Win for St Bakhita parents as court suspends school fees hike
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Parents and guardians of St. Bakhita Schools in Nairobi have been granted amnesty after the High Court temporarily barred the management from increasing school fees and other charges. In her ruling, Judge Janet Molwa said parents and their children would suffer if the notice issued by the administration in March…
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No Bail For Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev, Dutch Court Rules
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The ongoing legal dispute over the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer has put the blockchain sector on alert as developers consider the troubling consequences of assigning programmers responsibility for the use of their software by others. Pertsev’s Dilemma At the center of the storm is Alexei Pertsev, a 31-year-old Russian developer…
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US court temporarily puts net neutrality rules reinstatement on hold By Reuters
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court said on Friday it has temporarily halted the Federal Communications Commission’s reinstatement of landmark net neutrality rules until Aug. 5 while it considers legal challenges from the broadband industry. The Federal Communications Commission voted in April along party lines to…
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US court rejects challenges to FCC approval of SpaceX satellites By Reuters
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to approve SpaceX’s plan to deploy thousands of Starlink satellites to provide broadband internet service in space. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has rejected the legal challenge…
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Why court declined to temporarily suspend the housing levy
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The Supreme Court declined to temporarily suspend parts of the Affordable Housing Act, including the collection of the housing tax, saying the public interest favored allowing the law to run until the petitions were decided. A three-judge panel said laws enacted by parliament have a presumption of constitutionality and the…
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Spouse Of Do Kwon Scores Major Victory In South Korean Court
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While Do Kwon’s extradition has yet to be decided in Montenegro, Terraform Labs founder Lee’s wife has won a major legal victory against the South Korean state. The court ruled that some real estate shares and subscription rights in Officetel, previously seized in Lee’s name, should not be subject to…
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Spouse Of Do Kwon Scores Major Victory In South Korean Court
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While Do Kwon’s extradition has yet to be decided in Montenegro, Terraform Labs founder Lee’s wife has won a major legal victory against the South Korean state. The court ruled that some real estate shares and subscription rights in Officetel, previously seized in Lee’s name, should not be subject to…
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More Samourai Devices Seized: Bitcoin Privacy Activist Appears In Court Ahead of Bail Release
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Today marked the first public hearing of the court at the US Department of Justice. Case Against Samurai Wallet Developers William Lonergan Hill and Keyon Rodriguez since May 28, 2024, when Rodriguez appeared in court for the first hearing in the case. I attended the hearing of William Lonergan Hill…
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More Samourai Devices Seized: Bitcoin Privacy Activist Appears In Court Ahead of Bail Release
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Today marked the first public hearing of the court at the US Department of Justice. Case Against Samurai Wallet Developers William Lonergan Hill and Keyon Rodriguez since May 28, 2024, when Rodriguez appeared in court for the first hearing in the case. I attended the hearing of William Lonergan Hill…
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Court declines to stop new South Sudan cargo charge
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The High Court has refused to issue interim orders suspending the implementation of the directive to impose a fee of $350 (Sh44,878.51 at current exchange rates) on each container of all goods destined for South Sudan. A preservation order maintains the status quo to preserve a matter until the motion…
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Court halts Kenya Power’s Sh285m emergency towers purchase tender
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The High Court has ordered Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) to stop the award of a Sh285 million contract for the procurement of Emergency Restoration Towers (ERTs) and galvanized steel structures for use in premium customer service schemes and various primary and secondary substations. Emergency response systems are structures…
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US Court Orders Hedge Fund Owner To Pay $84 Million
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In the crypto world, a federal judge in Chicago has ordered Oregon resident Sam Ecorti and his related companies to pay more than $120 million to victims of what the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) described as a “Classic Ponzi scheme.” The ruling, issued by Judge Mary Rowland on July…