Jurisdictional Disputes and Corporate Citizenship

The conflict centers on 'diversity jurisdiction,' which requires parties to be from different jurisdictions to be heard in U.S. federal court. Sun argues that by belatedly identifying 22 owners—including some in the UAE—World Liberty Financial is attempting to retroactively claim it is a 'foreign' entity to force the case out of federal court after failing to push it into private arbitration.

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