A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle on Tuesday denied Australian-based gaming company PlayUp’s bid for a preliminary injunction against its former U.S. CEO, Dr. Laila Mintas, for allegedly violating her employment agreements with the company.
The original lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada in December, stems from the collapse of an expected $450 million sale of the company to cryptocurrency firm FTX.
PlayUp won round one of this sometimes acrimonious court battle that month, when a judge granted a temporary restraining order against Mintas, claiming that she was threatening to cause “irreparable damage” to the company by her public statements.