SEC to present response to Coinbase’s legal defense on July 13

The USA Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) will present its response to Coinbase’s first legal defense on July 13, in accordance to a courtroom order issued on Thursday, June 29.

In a legal doc submitting, the SEC submitted a request to the courtroom for a three-business-day extension. This extension was sought to present the SEC satisfactory time to put together a response to the letter submitted by Coinbase, the defendant. The defendants have agreed to the request.

The earlier deadline for the SEC to file its response to Coinbase’s letter was July 3, 2023, in accordance to Rule 4(A) of the courtroom’s particular person guidelines. Nonetheless, Decide Katherine Polk Failla authorised the SEC’s request for extra time and set the brand new date of July 13.

As well as, the courtroom rescheduled the pre-trial convention to a pre-motion convention, bringing it ahead to July 13 at 2:00 pm UTC as an alternative of its authentic date of Aug 24. A pre-motion convention is a request offered by the prosecutor or defense lawyer to the courtroom looking for a ruling on a particular matter prior to the trial.

Within the meantime, Coinbase not too long ago filed a letter to the courtroom dated June 28, 2023, requesting depart to file a movement for judgment on the pleadings below Federal Rule of Civil Process 12(c). This movement was filed in response to the SEC’s criticism. Earlier, Coinbase had additionally filed a 177-page answer to the complaint 40 days earlier than the deadline of Aug. 7.

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Within the context of a movement for judgment on the pleadings, it’s important to word {that a} decide has the authority to evaluation further pleadings submitted within the case, together with the defendant’s reply to the criticism. In Coinbase’s reply, it included a complete “Preliminary Assertion” outlining its legal arguments for the dismissal of the case, thereby offering the decide with substantial materials to think about.

Coinbase has countered the SEC’s complaint by asserting {that a} vital variety of the tokens talked about within the SEC’s case are past the scope of the fee’s jurisdiction.

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