Investors who were parties to the 2022 litigation may be closer to pursuing legal action against celebrities who promoted EthereumMax (EMAX) tokens after a recent decision by a California judge.
Judge Michael Fitzgerald, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, granted an motion to allow class action lawsuits filed in four U.S. states, but rejected a national-class request to the EMAX promoter. The order will involve investors who purchased EMAX from May 2021 to June 2021 and continue in New York, California, Florida and New Jersey.
“The plaintiffs demonstrated that the proposed state ranks would be concluded with requirements for federal civil action rules,” the filings read out Wednesday. “However, the risk of inappropriate out-of-regional application of California and Florida laws is simply too high for the proposed national class, as there is a risk of individual questions that are not suitable for the general evidence at trial.”
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The decision has enabled state-level civil lawsuits against celebrity Kim Kardashian, boxer Floyd Mayweather and former NBA star Paul Pierce. Everyone will promote tokens, with individuals and organizations including Emax Holdings, Emax co-founder Giovanni Peronet, Emax “Consultant, Recruise” Jonatsmas, Emax co-founder Emax, Kardashian could promote tokens on Instagram stories in 2021, reaching up to 200 million people.
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The throwback to 2021 and what led to the Emmax lawsuit
Ethereummax, which the white paper describes as a “cultural token,” attracted the attention of many in the crypto industry in 2021 after being supported by some A-list celebrities, including Kardashian. Many claimed the project was a “pump and dump” scheme after price rose more than 116,000% in a week, then fell more than 99%, with many investors holding the bags.
Fitzgerald initially rejected the class action lawsuit in December 2022, saying that token buyers were expected to exercise due diligence before they invested, but he left the door open for them to rebury. They made sure to be supervised by the same judge about seven months later in the same district.
Separately, Kardashian reached a $1.2 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in October 2022, failing to disclose its $250,000 payment to promote EMAX.
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