Wake Up Call: Musical Chairs for Ripple and SEC Trial Lawyers

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• It’s a game of legal musical chairs in the lawsuit between Ripple Labs, its executives and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as several lawyers for the SEC bow out and new ones join for Ripple and the agency. Recent filings requested permission to withdraw attorneys Richard Best and Robert MacDonald Moye from the trial, and for attorney Pascale Guerrier to be dismissed from the case. The SEC has moved to appeal Judge Analisa Torres’ decision that Ripple’s XRP ...