ICYMI: Judge orders SEC to produce materials related to Hinman speech in ongoing Ripple legal fight
from US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn amid the firm's ongoing dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission .
In an April 11 decision, Netburn denied the SEC's request to reconsider its order compelling the agency to produce documents and communications related to a speech by previous SEC director William Hinman, which included remarks on why he didn't consider bitcoin and ether to be securities. Then, in an attempt to keep notes, drafts and deliberations on that speech from reaching the courtroom, the SEC argued that the speech actually reflected agency policy, and therefore any emails or communications related to it could be protected under the deliberative process privilege . The DPP allows areas of the government to claim immunity to discovery or disclosure if the communications are about internal processes.
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