Judge orders SEC to turn Hinman documents over to Ripple Labs after months of dispute

cointelegraph.com:

Ripple Labs scored a victory in its continuing legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sept. 29 as U.S. District Court judge Analisa Torres ruled to release the documents written by former SEC corporation finance division director William Hinman. The documents predominantly relate to a speech Hinman delivered at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit in June 2018. 

Hinman stated in his speech that Ether (ETH) was not a security. Ripple Labs considers the speech a key piece of evidence the case the SEC has brought against it alleging sales of Ripple’s XRP violated U.S. securities laws — though time has yet to tell whether it will be as meaningful as the company suggests. The circumstances surrounding the speech and Hinman’s actions leading up to it are a source of considerable confusion.

JUST ADDED to our Document Library:✅THE HINMAN CALENDAR (REDACTED), produced by the @SECGov's FOIA office to @StuYoungXRP (1/17) https://t.co/Cf6vezXOJZ

Judge Torres’ decision overruled SEC objections to releasing the documents following District Court Judge Sarah Netburn order declaring that the emails and drafts of the speech were not protected by deliberative process privilege, as the SEC has claimed. The SEC then claimed attorney-client privilege over the documents, which was overruled by Netburn in July. Judge Torres’ ruling overruled the SEC’s objections to that decision.

This is why the crypto market should be thankful @Ripple is fighting this case. If you add up the legal fees Ripple has paid to finally get a ruling from Judge Torres it is likely $2-3 million and they still don’t have the documents. Next step: SEC asks to certify or Mandamus. https://t.co/yXiUAoGNJA

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