Justin Sun’s $45M lawsuit against World Liberty remains public

A judge ruled Justin Sun’s $45M lawsuit against World Liberty Financial will remain public, rejecting arbitration and keeping key allegations open to public scrutiny.

A California federal judge has ruled that Justin Sun’s personal claims against World Liberty Financial will remain in open court. The judge denied World Liberty’s request to move the entire case to private arbitration and to seal documents from public access. Sun, who invested $45 million in WLFI tokens, alleges that World Liberty embedded hidden controls in its smart contracts and stablecoin, allowing the company to freeze or destroy tokens without warning. World Liberty denies these allegations and counters that Sun breached agreements and harmed the company through a public campaign. The ruling keeps the most personal aspects of Sun’s lawsuit in the public domain. Both parties must now determine which company-related claims should stay in court and which should go to arbitration. This decision is seen as a win for transparency, ensuring that dispute details and evidence remain accessible to the public and increasing scrutiny of World Liberty’s token contracts and stablecoin operations.