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Month: September 2020
Unregistered ICO Issuer Agrees to Disable Tokens and Pay Penalty for Distribution to Harmed Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Unikrn Inc., an operator of an online eSports gaming and gambling platform headquartered in Seattle, Washington, for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO)… Article source: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-211
Zaps Transport (Aust) Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (controller appointed) v Catlin Syndicate No 2003 [2020] FCA 1311 (11 September 2020) (Allsop CJ)
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – security for costs – applicant in liquidation – respondent insurer – where applicant a third party to the contract of insurance – whether the litigation will be stifled – whether those who stand to benefit from the litigation are impecunious – whether applicant’s impecuniosity arises out of respondents’ conduct –…
Alani Golanski: Why Corrupt Pardons Violate The Rule of Law
Jean-Jacques Rousseau opined in Émile that “[t]he universal spirit of the Laws of all countries is always to favour the strong against the weak, and the one who has against the one who has nothing.” This perspective casts law in a less than flattering light. Anatole France famously showed that the formal equalities provided by…
Façade Designs International Pty Ltd v Yuanda Vic Pty Ltd [2020] VSC 570 (15 September 2020) (Riordan J)
Catchwords: BUILDING CONTRACTS – Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) (‘the Act’) – Application for judgment after principal failed to provide payment schedule – Principles to be applied in determining validity under s 14 of the Act – Whether payment claim invalid for insufficient identification of construction work – Whether payment…
Chan v Valmorbida Custodians Pty Ltd (Ruling) [2020] VSC 590 (14 September 2020) (Delany J)
Catchwords: EQUITY – Trusts – Beneficiary application for inspection of trust documents – Alleged breach of trust – Existing and prospective discovery orders – Piecemeal provision of limited trust documents – Whether beneficiary proprietary right to inspection – Whether inspection discretionary in court’s supervisory jurisdiction – Application granted – Orders made for inspection to enable…
RE EXORE RESOURCES LTD; EX PARTE EXORE RESOURCES LTD [No 2] [2020] WASC 333 (15 September 2020) (Vaughan J)
Catchwords: Corporations law – Scheme of arrangement – Application for orders pursuant to s 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – Whether statutory and procedural requirements observed – Whether court ought to exercise its discretion to approve the scheme – Turns on own facts Article source: https://jade.io/viewArticle.html?aid=765129&pid=-1&h=406995063
Medical Board of Australia v Islam (Review and Regulation) [2020] VCAT 994 (10 September 2020) (H. Lambrick, Deputy President, Dr A. Reddy, Member, Dr L. Warfe, Member)
Catchwords: Review and Regulation List – Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 s 196. Inappropriate prescribing of scheduled medications; dishonest conduct. Cancellation of registration. Disqualification from reapplying for registration as a registered health practitioner for a (further) period of 14 months (in addition to the period of suspension already served under immediate action). Article…
The decline and limited revival of citizenship deprivation: Germany and Switzerland as deviant cases?
Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies; 09/15/2020(AN 145470161); ISSN: 1369183XAcademic Search Complete Article source: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=145470161&site=ehost-live&custid=s2775460
Strategic behavior and social optimization in a clearing queueing system with N-policy and stochastic restarting scheme.
Applied Mathematics & Computation; 09/15/2020(AN 143233704); ISSN: 00963003Academic Search Complete