No Redo of Arbitration Denial in Coinbase Dogecoin Contest Row

Coinbase Inc. failed to convince the Ninth Circuit to revisit a ruling that it can’t force consumers who challenged a $1.2 million Dogecoin sweepstakes program to arbitrate deception claims concerning entry requirements.

David Suski, Jaimee Martin, Jonas Calsbeek, and Thomas Maher alleged Coinbase unlawfully failed to disclose that entrants didn’t have to buy or sell the cryptocurrency to enter the contest.

  • The US District Court for the Northern District of California advanced consumer deception claims last January and said the plaintiffs could sue in court
  • Last December, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed that the lawsuit …