Curtea respinge încercarea SEC de a sigila documentele Hinman în cazul SEC v. Ripple

• Instanța a identificat documentele Hinman drept documente judiciare.
• SEC susține că documentul Hinman ar trebui sigilat.

Judecătoarea Analisa Torres a respins moțiunea Comisiei pentru Valori Mobiliare și Burse din SUA de a sigila documentele Hinman în cazul Ripple v. SEC.

Potrivit raportează, the U.S. District Court has identified the Hinman documents as judicial documents. Judge Torres stated that the SEC moves to seal the Hinman speech documents, which reflect the non-public deliberations by SEC officials in connection with the former director of the SEC’s finance division, William Hinman’s June 2018 speech. So the court disagrees with sealing the Hinman documents.

However, the SEC argues that the document should be sealed. Because of the lack of relevance, these documents would be highly prejudicial to the SEC. The court also respins the SEC’s arguments and stated that they are judicial documents subject to a strong presumption of public access. 

This may add additional pressure on the SEC for a potential settlement, and it fortifică Ripple’s fair notice defense.