The judge in the SEC v Ripple case denied a motion to protect drafts of a 2018 speech made by a former division director at the commission. “The documents must be produced,” the judge said.
) was not a security — was a personal matter for Hinman while also claiming it should be protected because he received legal advice from the SEC to confirm the commission’s policies:
“The hypocrisy in arguing to the Court, on the one hand, that the Speech is not relevant to the market’s understanding of how or whether the SEC will regulate cryptocurrency, and on the other hand, that Hinman sought and obtained legal advice from SEC counsel in drafting his Speech, suggests that the SEC is adopting its litigation positions to further its desired goal, and not out of a faithful allegiance to the law.
The draft of the Hinman speech, which the SEC has fought to keep under wraps, has been seen by many in the Ripple community as a pivotal piece of evidence that could work in favor of Ripple Labs.in late 2020 on allegations that senior executives Brad Garlinghouse and Christian Larsen sold Ripple’s XRP tokens as unregistered securities.
However, Ripple has argued that the speech made by former director of the Division of Corporation Finance Bill Hinman in 2018 stated that EtherThis was not even a nuanced opinion. Judge Netburn tore apart every SEC argument for attorney-client privilege of the Hinman emails. That starts the 14 day clock for an appeal to Judge Torres. And if her recent Orders are any precedent, things will move relatively fast.
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