Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ripple Labs Inc. et al.

Filing 53

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER...regarding procedures to be followed that shall govern the handling of confidential material...SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn on 3/9/2021) (ras)

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P\j\p Mki\\k* Ml`k\ 2.. I\n Sfib* IS /.06/ )/ '0/0( 114+7/23 'CC?A>6FB 7?A /<2;>C;77 164DA;C;6B 2>5 +E492>86 )?==;BB;?> H`Z_X\c F, F\ccf^^ 'db\ccf^^;b\ccf^^_Xej\e,Zfd( L\`[ H, A`^\c F\ccf^^* CXej\e* Nf[[* A`^\c* & Ai\[\i`Zb KGG> Mlde\i MhlXi\ /4/3 H Mki\\k* IQ* Ml`k\ 2.. QXj_`e^kfe* ?> 0..14 )/ '0.0( 104+57.. 'CC?A>6FB 7?A *676>52>C 0;@@<6 .23B ->4& /5 Case 1:20-cv-10832-AT-SN Document 53 Filed 03/09/21 Page 18 of 22 ;7 ;<18=4)<-, )6, )/9--,( <e[i\n E, >\i\je\p 'XZ\i\je\p;[\Y\mf`j\,Zfd( HXip Ef Q_`k\ G`jX TfieY\i^ >_i`jkfg_\i M, Afi[ Efp Blf ?\Y\mf`j\ & Kc`dgkfe GGK 7/7 N_`i[ <m\el\ I\n Sfib* IS /..00 )/ '0/0( 7.7+4... ?l^Xe =c`jj Xe 'Yc`jj[;j\Z,^fm( Efi^\ B, N\ei\`if ?Xg_eX <, QXodXe Efe <, ?Xe`\cj M\Zli`k`\j Xe[ @oZ_Xe^\ >fdd`jj`fe I\n Sfib L\^`feXc J]]`Z\ =iffb]`\c[ KcXZ\ 0.. P\j\p Mki\\k* Ml`k\ 2.. I\n Sfib* IS /.06/ )/ '0/0( 114+7/23 'CC?A>6FB 7?A /<2;>C;77 164DA;C;6B 2>5 +E492>86 )?==;BB;?> H`Z_X\c F, F\ccf^^ 'db\ccf^^;b\ccf^^_Xej\e,Zfd( L\`[ H, A`^\c F\ccf^^* CXej\e* Nf[[* A`^\c* & Ai\[\i`Zb KGG> Mlde\i MhlXi\ /4/3 H Mki\\k* IQ* Ml`k\ 2.. QXj_`e^kfe* ?> 0..14 )/ '0.0( 104+57.. 'CC?A>6FB 7?A *676>52>C 0;@@<6 .23B ->4& /5 Case 1:20-cv-10832-AT-SN Document 53 Filed 03/09/21 Page 19 of 22 H Xkk _ \ n >, M f c f d fe ' dj fc f d f e ; Z ^j _, Z f d( <c \ o X e [ \i E, E X e ^ _ fi Y X e ` G l Z Xj C X b b \ e Y \i ^ M X d l \c G \ m X e [ \i >c \ Xi p B fkkc` \ Y Mk \ \ e & C X d`ck f e 0 / / 0 K \ e e j pc m X e` X < m \ el \ I Q Q Xj _ ` e ^k fe * ? > 0 . . 1 5 )/ '0 .0( 752+/46. 'CC ?A > 6 FB 7 ?A * 67 6 > 5 2 > C (A 25 < 6 F , 2A<; > 8 9 ? D B 6 H Xik` e Ac l d \ e Y X l d ' d]c l d \ e Y X l d ; gX l c n \`jj,Z f d( H` Z _ X \c @, B \ik q d X e H \i \ [`k _ ? \ Xi Y fi e E ljk` e ?, Q Xi [ Fi`jk` e X <, = l ek` e ^ K X lc* Q \`jj* L`] b` e [ * Q _ Xik fe & B Xii`j f e GGK / 0 6 3 < m \ e l \ f] k _ \ < d \i` Z Xj I \ n S fi b* I S / . . / 7 )/ '0 /0( 151+1... 'CC ?A > 6 FB 7 ?A * 67 6 > 5 2 > C ) 9A;BC; 2 > '& . 2AB 6 > SO ORDERED. S O O R D E R E D. ; 7 7 9 , - 9 - , k _`j WW W [ X p f] W W W W W W W W W * 0. 0 / WDWat eW d:W WM W W cW hW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W ar Dated: March 3, 2 0 2 1 3, 2021 C f e , < eXc`j X York, New York Nor ii \jN e w Y or k New N e w Y f k, O e `k \ [ Mk Xk \j ?`jki` Zk E l[ ^ \ /6 Case 1:20-cv-10832-AT-SN Document 53 Filed 03/09/21 Page 20 of 22 Case 1:20-cv-10832-AT-SN Document 53 Filed 03/09/21 Page 21 of 22 -WIJCJS ) /7 Case 1:20-cv-10832-AT-SN Document 53 Filed 03/09/21 Page 22 of 22 OIDN@? 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