Judge Poised to Send Ex-Partners’ Nasty Crypto Battle to Jury

A New York judge on Monday questioned whether an ugly dispute centered on claims that a crypto-focused law firm ousted a partner to seize his share of a digital asset could be decided without a trial.

U.S. District Judge John Koeltl said a jury may need to assess what the consequences of an ouster from the partnership should be, noting that no such provision was made in the firm’s Memorandum of Understanding.

Jason Cyrulnik has claimed that his former firm, now Freedman Normand Friedland, ousted him to seize his agreed upon share of a crypto asset after it spiked in ...