The ever-lasting lawsuit between the Securities and Exchange (SEC[1]) and the fintech firm, Ripple[2] began in December 2020. Since then, the lawsuit witnessed allegations of constant delays, the case hasn’t come close to a conclusion yet. The SEC time and again doing everything it can to delay. This time is no different as there are talks of further delays.
Whatever the outcome be, one thing is certain. XRP[3] holders had suffered in the past, it would suffer again considering the further delay.
Stalling like a boss
The SEC, unsurprisingly, had applied for an extension on numerous occasions. On 15 April, SEC filed[4] a request for an extension of time to file its objection to Magistrate Judge Netburn[5]’s Ruling on the motion for ‘reconsideration of the DPP ruling[6]‘.
But this time, both the parties seem to agree with this delay in timeline. Needless to say, this decision didn’t receive the traction it had wished for amongst the XRP community.
According to a recently filed letter published[7] by the attorney James K. Filan[8], the SEC, Ripple, and Individual Defendants, Chris Larsen and Brad Garlinghouse[9], agreed that all motions for summary judgment and to exclude experts’ testimony must be filed on or before 2 August, 2022. The expert challenges would reportedly take place in August followed by closing briefs by 20 December 2022.
Although this recently filed Joint Scheduling Order wouldn’t apply to motions to challenge the testimony of Anthony M. Bracco, who proposed available remedies in his expert report.
Overall, this delay injected surprising reactions on the crypto twitter. James Filan, in a following tweet gave his narrative. Filan suggested that the scheduled agreement was mostly a trade-off.
