- Burwick Law asked a judge to stop the memecoin platform Pump Fun from Hosting tokens tied to the firm and from further harassment.
- The firm says Pump Fun and affiliates ran a “memetic marketing campaign” that used tokens and social posts to intimidate staff and lawyers.
- Burwick seeks removal of related tokens, a ban on tokens using protected persons, an anti-harassment order, and appointment of a compliance officer.
- Burwick filed a proposed order in the Southern District of New York; the motion asks the court to bar a Section 230 defense and to award legal fees for alleged litigation misconduct.
- Pump Fun has not removed the contested token, and Burwick and co-counsel Wolf Popper LLC previously sent a cease-and-desist; an earlier class-action filing is linked in court documents.
Burwick Law filed a motion asking a federal judge to order sanctions against the memecoin platform Pump Fun and to stop alleged harassment tied to tokens and social posts. The proposed order was filed in the Southern District of New York; the filing is available on the court docket. (See the complaint at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69593359/138/aguilar-v-baton-corporation-ltd-dba-pumpfun/ and the proposed order at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69593359/139/aguilar-v-baton-corporation-ltd-dba-pumpfun/.)
Burwick says Pump Fun and platform “affiliates” used the site’s token system and a broader “memetic marketing campaign” to “amplify harassment and intimidation” directed at the firm and its head, Max Burwick. The complaint cites an X account, @onchainrapist, that displayed a Pump Fun badge and used multiple “sexual-violence-based” posts to target Mr. Burwick.
The filing alleges Pump Fun CEO Alon Cohen personally oversees marketing and affiliate operations, and that affiliates visited what Burwick characterized as the firm’s offices and Mr. Burwick’s neighborhood in efforts “designed to communicate surveillance and access.” Burwick asks the court to remove and permanently disable tokens tied to plaintiffs, bar Pump Fun staff and affiliates from creating tokens incorporating protected persons, and stop “threatening, harassing, or intimidating content” about plaintiffs and counsel.
Burwick also wants a court order assigning a compliance officer to monitor Pump Fun and to prevent the company from asserting a defense under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; Section 230 lets service providers limit liability for user conduct (see https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46751). The firm seeks recovery of legal fees tied to what it calls the defendants’ litigation misconduct.
Burwick notes the token named DOGSHIT2 remains on the platform at https://pump.fun/coin/BXebtR4k2WiaZ1HJmxcZkoCdxSBx1g1xnEpVra9Ppump despite cease-and-desist letters (see https://www.wolfpopper.com/news/burwick-law-and-wolf-popper-llp-demand-baton-corp-dba-pumpfun-immediately-remove-tokens-deployed-on-the-solana-blockchain-by-pumpfun-that-utilize-unlicensed-intellectual-property-in-an-effort-to-impersonate-our-law-firms). Burwick and co-counsel Wolf Popper LLC previously filed an initial class-action notice (see https://www.wolfpopper.com/news/pnut-investors-notice-wolf-popper-llp-and-burwick-law-announce-the-filing-of-a-class-action-lawsuit-against-baton-corporation-ltd-dba-pumpfun?utm_source=chatgpt.com). The court has not yet ruled on the proposed sanctions.
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