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In re Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation

  1. October 13, 2022

    Bitfinex Judge Boots Roche, Rejects 'Drunk & Stupid' Excuse

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday tossed Roche Freedman LLP off a market manipulation suit against cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin Tether, saying remarks by the firm's founding partner describing a secret pact with a blockchain company to sue other crypto firms can't be dismissed as merely "drunk and stupid."

  2. October 03, 2022

    'Uniquely Stupid' Roche Comments Leave Bitfinex Judge Torn

    A Manhattan federal judge blasted Roche Freedman LLP founding partner Kyle Roche's "uniquely stupid" comments about a supposed plan to take down blockchain companies, but seemed uncertain Monday about the law firm's future role in a market manipulation suit against cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the stablecoin tether.

  3. September 21, 2022

    Tether, Bitfinex Must Hand Over Financial Docs In Buyer Suit

    A federal judge in New York has ordered the company behind cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the stablecoin tether to produce documents relating to the backing of the stablecoin and certain transactions, rejecting the defendants' arguments that the document requests were too general.

  4. September 06, 2022

    Co-Counsel Want Roche Freedman Axed From Tether Suit

    Roche Freedman LLP's co-counsel in an investor suit over the cryptocurrency tether want the firm cut from the case following a report that founder Kyle Roche formed a secret pact with a blockchain company to sue competitors — a report that also allegedly led to threats of physical harm against Roche in another case. 

  5. September 02, 2022

    Roche Freedman Fights Disqualification Bid In Tether Suit

    Roche Freedman LLP on Friday urged a New York federal court to let it continue representing investors suing the company behind the stablecoin tether and cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, saying accusations against the firm's founding partner shouldn't warrant disqualification of the entire firm.

  6. September 01, 2022

    Tether Wants Roche Freedman Cut Over 'Secret Pact' Report

    The company behind the stablecoin tether and cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex wants law firm Roche Freedman LLP terminated as plaintiffs' counsel in a market manipulation class action it's facing, after an anonymous report alleged the firm's founding partner Kyle Roche formed a "secret pact" with a blockchain platform to sue crypto competitors.

  7. September 29, 2021

    Tether, Bitfinex Must Face Crypto Market Manipulation Claims

    Crypto asset buyers can pursue many of their claims that the company behind cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the stablecoin tether manipulated the digital asset market and artificially inflated prices, a New York federal court found Tuesday.

  8. November 06, 2020

    Investors Defend $1.4T Crypto Price-Rigging Conspiracy Suit

    Investors accusing Tether, Bitfinex and several others of a "far-reaching conspiracy" to manipulate the market for cryptocurrencies are asking a New York federal judge to reject recent bids to nix their $1.4 trillion antitrust suit.

  9. September 04, 2020

    Crypto Cos. Want Out Of $1.4T Bitcoin Manipulation Suit

    Tether, Bitfinex, embattled former NFL investor Reginald Fowler and others accused of manipulating the bitcoin market asked a New York federal judge to let them out of a $1.4 trillion proposed securities class action in a flurry of motions filed Thursday.

  10. February 27, 2020

    Roche Cyrulnik Takes Lead In $1.4T Bitcoin Manipulation Suit

    Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP confirmed Thursday that a New York federal judge has appointed it interim lead counsel in a bitcoin market manipulation case against Bitfinex and Tether that could be worth up to $1.4 trillion in damages.

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