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Story: BIG WIN for Ripple in the SEC v. Ripple / XRP Lawsuit at Hearing Attorney Speaks

By James Thorp

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Ripple helps move money instantly across the world.  XRP investors and believers love to analyze the XRP price cycle.

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Attorney Jeremy Hogan Talks BIG WIN for Ripple in the SEC v. Ripple / XRP Lawsuit at Hearing.

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Reportedly, The XRP hearing call maxed out at 4000 listeners again. 

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XRP fans were like:  Ripples attorneys have been playing chess the entire time, while the SEC is trying to hold on for dear life and drag this out so they end up with as…

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The Attorney stated that it was a disappointing ruling on the memorandum of understanding issue.

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There was a ruling from the Judge that the SEC could continue to send out requests to foreign governments requesting documents from Ripple’s Business Partners and MOU requests.

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Ripple made an argument that the SEC was using Bullying tactics not available to it as a private litigant.

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The Attorney stated:  “In Litigations and war this is not uncommon.  If they know that the client is in bad financial condition, they will absolutely drag up the case,…

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However, Ripple did not have any evidence of that and it was an assumption. And, the judge would not rule based on assumptions and not evidence.

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The issue was whether the SEC could get its greedy little hands on opinion letters from Ripple’s lawyers to reply as to whether XRP is a security or not.

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Ripple has two viable and strong defense:  1. XRP is not a security of course. Even if it is a security, Ripple lacked fair notice that it was a security and therefore it…

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The SEC wants to keep it simple:  Is this a security or not a security. This is because the SEC is nervous about the fair notice defense for good reason.

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Whether a Fair notice defense is a subjective test? Objective test, because law requires a person of ordinary intelligence with a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited.

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