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(Bloomberg) -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal court for permission to use "alternative means" to serve papers to Binance Holding Ltd. and Changpeng Zhao, noting that the crypto executive is "famously protective of revealing his whereabouts." "Binance and Zhao are not the typical foreign entity and individual, as they are widely known for disagreeing with the premise of a headquarters or domicile, let alone identifying one, and Zhao is famously protective of revealing his whereabouts", the agency said in the filing Thursday. SEC Seeks "Alternative Means" to Serve Papers to Binance's Zhao. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that New York has accused Exxon Mobil Corp. of trying to discourage potential witnesses in a state lawsuit alleging the oil and gas company misled investors about the financial impact of climate change. Topics include Exxon is swamping investors and financial advisers who may be called to testify with demands for documents already covered by the state's own subpoenas, lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a letter to a judge in Manhattan, New York City.

The SEC brought charges against Binance, Binance.US and Zhao in June. (Bloomberg) -- Binance Holdings Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer Changpeng "CZ" Zhao filed court papers Thursday seeking to have a lawsuit against them by the US Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed. [Extracted from the article]

Al-Rumayyan says he and the Saudi investment fund are immune to discovery requests from U.S. courts and denies they "are relevant to LIV's lawsuit in any way", according to the court papers. (Bloomberg) -- The founder of a Saudi-backed golf league that is challenging the PGA Tour's dominance of the sport is refusing to testify or provide documents in a lawsuit pitting the rivals leagues against each other. [Extracted from the article]

Two former traders from Jane Street Group, Douglas Schadewald and Daniel Spottiswood, have denied allegations that they stole a proprietary trading strategy from the firm to use at Millennium Management. Jane Street filed a lawsuit against the traders and Millennium, claiming that they were involved in the development of the strategy and are now using it at Millennium. Schadewald and Spottiswood argue that they have not used any of Jane Street's trading secrets at Millennium and suggest that the strategy may not have been as secret as claimed. Millennium also disputes the existence of any trade-secret information in Jane Street's papers. Jane Street argues that action was necessary due to the harm it was suffering, including a significant drop in profits. The case is ongoing in the US District Court in Manhattan. [Extracted from the article]

Lawyers for O'Neal argued in a court filing in Miami Monday that the service of court papers on him was "inadequate", saying process servers "tossed... legal documents at the front of" O'Neal's moving car, and "le[ft] the legal documents on the road where they landed." (Bloomberg) -- Former professional basketball star Shaquille O'Neal asked a federal court to block a summons served on him in a lawsuit blaming him and other celebrities for misleading investors in the FTX crypto exchange debacle. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The founder of a Saudi-backed golf league that is challenging the PGA Tour's dominance of the sport is refusing to testify or provide documents in a lawsuit pitting the rivals leagues against each other, according to the PGA. Al-Rumayyan says he and the Saudi investment fund are immune to discovery requests from U.S. courts and denies they "are relevant to LIV's lawsuit in any way", according to the court papers. [Extracted from the article]

Tesla never instructed Barraza on the "sequence" of when to leave her prior employer before joining the company, Tesla's lawyer Christina Tellado had argued at the March hearing. Tesla never brought up or presented the arbitration agreement until after Barraza quit her previous job, believing she was hired by the electric vehicle-maker and had completed all the required paper work, Kaus said in his ruling. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Soccer has reached a $24 million agreement with the women's national team to settle allegations that females were paid less than their male counterparts. Last year, the organization representing U.S. men's soccer team players and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed court papers supporting the fight by the women's national team. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Prince Harry and Elton John showed up at a London court hearing into allegations that the Daily Mail tabloid committed widespread privacy breaches including snooping on phone calls and voicemails of celebrities. Harry was "largely deprived of important aspects of his teenage years", due to suspicion and paranoia caused by the unlawful articles in the newspapers, his lawyer David Sherborne said in the filings. Lawyers for Harry, Duke of Sussex, and a group of high-profile figures claim that the paper's publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd historically was responsible for unlawful information gathering. [Extracted from the article]

Lawyers for Harry, Duke of Sussex, and a group of high-profile figures including Elton John claim that the paper's publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd historically was responsible for unlawful information gathering. (Bloomberg) -- Prince Harry showed up at a London court hearing into allegations that the Daily Mail tabloid committed wholesale privacy breaches including snooping on phone calls and voicemails of celebrities. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The startup successor to Jawbone, the once-famed Bluetooth headset maker, is asking a California court to dismiss a fraud suit against it. Dubai-based investor Polymath Holdings said in a lawsuit last summer that All.health overpromised and under-delivered on its technology and production capacity. In its response, All.health credits the rising tensions to a disagreement over intellectual property - and said that Polymath managing director Ali Hashemi wanted the startup to transfer its IP to a company he controlled, which it refused. [Extracted from the article]

Companies associated with far-right radio host Alex Jones, including the website Infowars, have filed for bankruptcy in an attempt to settle lawsuits brought by the families of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting. The bankruptcy filings allow the companies to continue operating while working on a turnaround plan and pause pending civil litigation. Jones and his companies were previously found liable in defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook victims' families. The establishment of a trust in the bankruptcy proceedings aims to ensure that litigation creditors can be paid in full. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- A forced pay-raise for drivers and bevy of lawsuits drove ride-sharing startup Juno into bankruptcy, according to court papers filed in the case. Revenue at Juno, which launched in 2016, slumped 34% annualized for the nine months to Sept. 30 after the wage floor went into effect, Kibler said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Trade Commission is likely to sue Amazon.com Inc. later this month, capping a four-year antitrust investigation into the company, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. One month later, the FTC again sued Amazon in a consumer protection case, alleging the company duped consumers into signing up for Prime membership and deliberately made it hard to cancel. [Extracted from the article]

The bank said Moby failed to show that Morgan Stanley interfered in Moby's relationship with its creditors or that it had done anything wrong in purchasing the company's bonds. (Bloomberg) -- Beleaguered Italian ferry operator Moby SpA dropped its request for an order blocking Morgan Stanley from trading in the company's debt or interfering in its restructuring. Morgan Stanley on Friday filed court papers deriding the U.S. lawsuit as a meritless attempt to dictate the outcome of Moby's Italian restructuring proceedings. [Extracted from the article]

Amazon has pushed the FTC to recuse Khan from its case, citing her academic work and prior statements about the company. (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. will meet with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and the agency's three other commissioners next week in a final push to avoid an antitrust lawsuit, according to people familiar with the matter. [Extracted from the article]

The USVI on Monday asked the judge overseeing the case to authorize alternative means of serving the April 28 subpoena on Musk. (Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk was issued a subpoena by the US Virgin Islands in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co. of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk was issued a subpoena by the US Virgin Islands in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co. of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking. The USVI on Monday asked the judge overseeing the case to authorize alternative means of serving the April 28 subpoena on Musk. [Extracted from the article]

The USVI on Monday asked the judge overseeing the case to authorize alternative means of serving the April 28 subpoena on Musk. (Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk was issued a subpoena by the US Virgin Islands in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co. of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking. [Extracted from the article]

The USVI on Monday asked the judge overseeing the case to authorize alternative means of serving the April 28 subpoena on Musk. (Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk was issued a subpoena by the US Virgin Islands in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co. of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking. [Extracted from the article]

Steinhoff didn't respond to a letter demanding the report, PIC's head of legal services Lindiwe Dlamini said in parliament on Tuesday. The global retailer is also being challenged in a South African court by two media outlets to release the 7,000-page report. [Extracted from the article]

Gawker Media LLC reached a settlement in the invasion-of-privacy lawsuit brought by Hulk Hogan and backed by Peter Thiel that drove the web company into bankruptcy. The suit, in Florida state court, had been financed with help from Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and outspoken critic of Denton's company. [Extracted from the article]

Summer Zervos, a former contestant on Trump's "Apprentice", last week asked a New York judge to nullify the president's assertion of confidentiality over the papers. A New York appellate court in March ruled Zervos's case can proceed, rejecting Trump's argument that the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution bars lawsuits against him while he's president. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The first big legal fight of Purdue Pharma LP's $10 billion bankruptcy is taking shape as the company seeks to shield its owners, the Sackler family, from U.S. lawsuits demanding compensation for an addiction epidemic linked to the painkiller OxyContin. Purdue argued in court papers last month that thousands of lawsuits would create a haphazard process and damage prospects for a grand settlement that Purdue claims would provide about $10 billion toward combating the opioid epidemic. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that banking firm Standard Chartered Plc's transactions with Iran were worth tens of billions of dollars more than previously known, a whistle-blower said in a lawsuit claiming the British bank actively pursued Iranian business in violation of U.S. sanctions. Topics include the whistle-blower, a bank executive who isn't named in court papers, was the bank's global head of transaction banking and foreign exchange sales.

A trio of free-speech groups urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against WikiLeaks by the Democratic National Committee over the disclosure of private DNC information, arguing that published material -- even if acquired illegally -- is protected by the First Amendment. The DNC also alleged that President Donald Trump's campaign organization conspired with WikiLeaks, a claim Trump has denied. [Extracted from the article]

Facebook Inc. must be held accountable for misleading District of Columbia users about its information-sharing practices, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said in papers opposing the social network's request to have a consumer-protection lawsuit thrown out. The case is District of Columbia v. Facebook Inc., 2018 CA 008715 B, District of Columbia Superior Court, Civil Division (Washington). [Extracted from the article]

The Red Tree lawsuit signals the latest wave of litigation against Venezuela by distressed debt investors who scoop up the cheapest and most troubled assets from desperate sellers looking for a chance to exit. In August, the firm identified itself in court papers as part of a group of U.S. and U.K. fund managers that held more than $1.5 billion in PDVSA bonds due to mature in 2020. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- 3M Co. put its Aearo Technologies unit into bankruptcy in a bid to resolve more than 230,000 lawsuits brought mainly by US military veterans over allegedly faulty combat earplugs. Lawsuits against a bankrupt company are paused as soon as a Chapter 11 petition is filed and the claims are moved in front of a bankruptcy judge. [Extracted from the article]

In his Jan. 3 order, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of Texas also prohibited the Navy from enforcing its vaccine mandate against the group, but the administration isn't asking the Supreme Court to immediately lift that part of the order while the litigation goes forward. (Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene on an emergency basis in a clash with 35 Navy special operations forces who are refusing on religious grounds to get vaccinated against Covid-19. [Extracted from the article]

The US Supreme Court has agreed to review a shareholder lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, regarding allegations of misleading investors about the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal. The investors claim that Facebook inflated share prices by not adequately disclosing the risk of misuse of user data, which led to significant drops in the company's market capitalization. This case has the potential to impact corporate disclosure rules and has garnered support from business groups. Meta argues that the lawsuit is meritless and that the alleged breach did not harm the company. The Supreme Court will hear arguments and make a ruling in the upcoming term. [Extracted from the article]

Lacoste sued the British retailer over allegations it's infringed its famous crocodile logo by using similar images on dungarees to duvet covers, and even a kid's bucket hat. First caterpillars, now crocodiles -- Marks & Spencer Group Plc is embroiled in another trademark battle over the shape of a creature. [Extracted from the article]

Kalanick Calls Benchmark Lawsuit a "Fabrication" (Correct) Uber founder previews defense in request to dismiss lawsuit Benchmark sued Kalanick on Aug. 10 alleging he duped the firm into allowing him to fill three board seats and sought to pack the panel with allies willing to keep him as a director after he resigned as chief executive officer in June. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. said an enigmatic money manager who accused the bank of owing him 10 billion euros ($11.6 billion) is a fantasist and a fraud. Saudi Prince The Lex Foundation opened the Citigroup account this year "in connection" with an existing private banking relationship between Citigroup and Prince Abdulaziz Bin Nawaf Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi Arabia ruling family. Citi Calls $11.6 Billion Lawsuit Extortion From "Fantasist". [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. said an enigmatic money manager who accused the bank of owing him 10 billion euros ($11.6 billion) is a fantasist and a fraud. It said that Deutsche Bank AG was "ready and willing" to transfer the sum to the account to fund "major international U.N.-approved projects", according to Citi's lawyers. Saudi Prince The Lex Foundation opened the Citigroup account this year "in connection" with an existing private banking relationship between Citigroup and Prince Abdulaziz Bin Nawaf Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi Arabia ruling family. [Extracted from the article]

ALLTOP, BUSINESS, EUROPE, EURTOP, GENTOP, GOV, TOP, UK, WORLD, WWTOP, WWTOPAM, WWTOPEU Keywords: ALLTOP; BUSINESS; EUROPE; EURTOP; GENTOP; GOV; TOP; UK; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM; WWTOPEU EN ALLTOP BUSINESS EUROPE EURTOP GENTOP GOV TOP UK WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM WWTOPEU The European Union has backed off a threat of imminent legal action against the U.K. over breaches of the Northern Ireland protocol of the Brexit agreement as the two sides try to work through their differences. [Extracted from the article]

Google has agreed to delete millions of records of users' browsing activities as part of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that Google tracked people without their knowledge, even when they were using the private "incognito" browsing mode on the Chrome web browser. While Google denies associating data with users in incognito mode, it has agreed to make changes to its disclosures and allow users to block third-party cookies. The settlement does not include any payment from Google, but individuals can pursue damages by filing their own complaints. This settlement is seen as a significant step in requiring transparency from big tech companies regarding data collection and use. [Extracted from the article]

To contact the reporters on this story: Andrew Zajac in federal court in Washington at azajac@bloomberg.net; Ian Katz in Washington at ikatz2@bloomberg.net. MetLife in January became the first nonbank to challenge a decision by a panel of regulators, led by the Treasury secretary, that it is a systemically important financial institution, or SIFI, subject to stricter oversight -- "too big to fail" in short. Collyer asked for the delay so she can rule on pretrial motions that might end the case before MetLife has to spend time and money preparing the document, according to court papers. [Extracted from the article]

Princeton University must face a lawsuit challenging its New Jersey property-tax exemption, a state appeals court ruled in clearing the way for a trial that could affect the tax status of all nonprofit colleges. In court papers, Princeton cited a 1949 court ruling, claiming that a challenger to an exemption must show that a school's "dominant motive" is making a profit. [Extracted from the article]

The National Collegiate Athletic Association agreed to pay $70 million for the testing and diagnosis of student athletes who may have sustained head injuries during NCAA-sanctioned competition. The proposed NCAA medical-monitoring plan would make screening and evaluation available to college athletes "regardless of when they played, what sport they played, for how long they played, in which state they played or reside, or their age", players' attorney Steve Berman said in court papers filed yesterday. The agreement with the Indianapolis-based NCAA includes changes to its concussion management guidelines, requires evaluations at the start of each sport's season and bars a player who suffers a concussion from returning to play that day. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Trade Commission is likely to sue Amazon.com Inc. later this month, capping a four-year antitrust investigation into the company, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The FTC, which has both antitrust and consumer protection mandates, has been investigating Amazon for potential anticompetitive conduct over several aspects of its business, including its marketplace, Prime subscription service and cloud computing. [Extracted from the article]

DuPont and Chemours said the firefighter's request for a health study make that case "fundamentally different" from the monetary claims sought in some of the firefighting foam litigation. The firefighter wants his case assigned to Chief Judge Edmund Sargus of the Southern District Court of Ohio, who ruled against DuPont and Chemours in the cases that led to the $671 million settlement. The case is In Re Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2873, before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. [Extracted from the article]

An affiliate of mortgage-lending firm Quicken Loans Inc. filed a fraud suit to back out of a software deal with a housing data-analytics firm, serving the complaint at a trade show in front of the startup's customers and calling the project a bust. The result stunned Detroit-based Amrock and its lawyers: $706 million in damages were awarded to HouseCanary, dwarfing the original $5 million annual fee that Amrock had tried to avoid with its lawsuit. [Extracted from the article]