The judge suggested the SEC's lawsuit makes it look like a “carrion hawk that simply descends when everything is all over and sees what it can get from the defendant”
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on Friday suggested the Securities and Exchange Commission’s March 2019 lawsuit makes it look like a “carrion hawk that simply descends when everything is all over and sees what it can get from the defendant,” according to a transcript provided to The Wall.
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