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Currently covering Florida for @Law360. Former food writer. Mom, wife, swimmer, urban cyclist, beach bum.
Dec 22, 2021 9 tweets 2 min read
Here it is: I talked to a juror in the Kleiman v. Wright trial: law360.com/capitalmarkets… This juror, who will remain anonymous, told me that all 10 jurors agreed early on that Craig Wright was liable for some of the IP moved from W&K to his own entities.
Dec 6, 2021 7 tweets 1 min read
We have a verdict. Or a hung jury. We've got something at least. Back in the courtroom, waiting for everyone to get here and figure out what's going on. It's a verdict. Going to bring the jury in in a minute.
Nov 29, 2021 12 tweets 2 min read
Waiting for a verdict… We've got a note from the jury. They want the "simple definition of unjust enrichment." That's in regards to questions 17-19 of the verdict form, so if they're going in order maybe they're getting close?
Nov 22, 2021 31 tweets 4 min read
Good morning! Back in the courthouse for Kleiman v. Wright. We started a little early today and are planning to go late, as the parties try to wrap this up to hand the case to the jury tomorrow. Dr. Ami Klin, Wright's autism expert, is still being cross-examined on the stand. Klin is saying that Wright is "overly literal." Also apparently Wright's favorite book is the OED.
Nov 19, 2021 21 tweets 3 min read
Dr. Ami Klin of the Marcus Autism Center in Georgia is on the stand now in Kleiman v. Wright, discussing his work in the autism field and his extensive evaluation of Craig Wright. He said individuals with autism who also have high intellect often go undiagnosed, especially someone like Wright, who was in school 40 years ago, when people didn't know much about autism.
Nov 18, 2021 15 tweets 2 min read
Back in the courtroom for Kleiman v. Wright. A doctor has been going through Dave Kleiman's medical records, explaining his medical issues. There were a lot. Kleiman had really bad pressure ulcers (aka bed sores) and couldn't sit or lay down for any extended period of time. There were bacterial infections, hospitalizations. He was on painkillers. The reason this is being presented is that Wright has argued that Kleiman was too sick to have done any meaningful work on bitcoin.
Nov 17, 2021 42 tweets 6 min read
The jury just walked back in to the courtroom in Kleiman v. Wright. Here's my story from yesterday: law360.com/articles/14411… Before the jury came in, the attorneys discussed how they're definitely not going to be done presenting their cases by Tuesday, which was the initial plan. I think that's been pretty clear for a while.
Nov 15, 2021 21 tweets 3 min read
Kleiman v. Wright is back up again today with Craig Wright still on the stand being questioned be Ira Kleiman's attorneys. We're not sure how long he'll still be on the stand after lunch; Kleiman's attorney said it depends on how lengthy Wright's answers are. But direct examination could continue for the rest of the day. Wright's attorneys so far have indicated to the court that they don't plan to cross-examine him, but they reserve the right to change their mind of course.
Nov 10, 2021 26 tweets 4 min read
Back in court today for Kleiman v. Wright, where Craig Wright will continue testifying. Here's @Law360's story about yesterday's proceedings: law360.com/articles/14394… They haven't brought in the jury yet, as the parties are fighting over whether or not to introduce statements Wright has made in a Slack channel, some during the trial. Kleiman wants to show them to the jury, Wright's attorneys are fighting this.
Nov 4, 2021 11 tweets 2 min read
So a quick rundown of the Kleiman v. Wright trial today: it was cross-examination of Ira Kleiman all day. Wright's attorneys went through a few topics, including Dave Kleiman's declining health, his personal finances (which were in very bad shape), and Ira's use of the devices he'd found in Dave's house
Nov 3, 2021 18 tweets 3 min read
Ira Kleiman is on the stand now in the Kleiman v. Wright trial, telling jurors about his communications with Craig Wright as well as with the Australian Tax Office He first reached out to Craig Wright in Feb. 2014 saying that he had heard his brother Dave had worked with Wright. "I just think it would be cool to know that David played a part in creating something so incredible."
Nov 1, 2021 7 tweets 1 min read
A jury has been seated, and the parties have just laid out their cases in opening statements. Ira Kleiman's team laid out a timeline from 2008 until today and showed a number of emails and statements in which Craig Wright describes Dave Kleiman as a business partner with whom he mind bitcoin.
Aug 17, 2020 7 tweets 1 min read
So I just had a fun interaction with the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. Me: Hi, I'd like to file a public records request. To whom should I direct it?
FBBE: We don't have to comply with public records requests.
Jul 11, 2019 10 tweets 2 min read
There was another hearing yesterday in the $10B bitcoin dispute between Ira Kleiman and Craig Wright: law360.com/assetmanagemen… This was not a continuation of the evidentiary hearing on possible sanctions -- that's set for Aug. 5. This was on Wright's motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Jun 28, 2019 22 tweets 5 min read
Craig Wright, the self-professed inventor of bitcoin, is testifying today in a West Palm Beach federal courtroom about why he hasn't been able to produce the public addresses of the bitcoin he's mined over the years. He says he just can't get this information, and that public addresses wouldn't provide the plaintiff in this $10B suit against him with anything relevant.