SEC Seeks Early Win In FOIA Fight Over Crypto Conflict Docs

By Daniel Ducassi. Law360, Sept. 1, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Virginia federal judge on Wednesday to give it an early win in its records dispute with a watchdog group over documents that might reveal former high-ranking SEC officials' conflicts of interest associated with their oversight of cryptocurrency. The SEC said in a court filing that it has already given the group, Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research, all the documents it had originally asked for and which the commission could lawfully provide. The SEC argues that any withholding or redaction of documents was legally justified, and that its search process need not be perfect, just reasonably . . .

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