Ripple Condemns SEC’s Demand For Employee Slack Messages In On-Going Court Case
In the ongoing SEC vs. Ripple court case, the defense team has written to Judge Sarah Netburn opposing the SEC’s motion to compel the firm to produce Slack communications. They demand the production of over 1 million pages of discovery. Slack is a proprietary message platform featuring chat rooms, private messages, and direct messaging. It […]
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The SEC said that the previous production of Slack messages from Ripple was incomplete, and a massive quantity of data has not been collected. The legal battle between the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC and blockchain-based payments firm Ripple continues, with the regulator wanting further access to Ripple’s internal communications.The SEC filed a motion with the Southern District of New York on Monday, requesting Judge Sarah Netbrun to order Ripple to produce and submit its employee messaging on business communication platform Slack, Ripple executives’ attorney James....
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The crypto advocacy group is granted the status of "the friend of the court." A United States crypto advocacy group, the Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC), has been granted approval from the Court of Southern District of New York to participate as an amicus curiae in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case against Ripple Labs. The status of “friend of the court” permits them to assist a court by providing information, expertise or insight. An order was signed by Judge Analisa Torres on Sept. 21. The CDC shall file its brief by Sept. 26. While explaining its interest in the....
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