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Three SEC Attorneys Drop Out of Ripple Case

Pascale Guerrier, Richard Best, and Robert MacDonald Moye, lawyers for the US SEC, have withdrawn from the lawsuit against Ripple. According to court documents, Judge Analisa Torres has approved Pascale Guerrier's motion to withdraw as an SEC lawyer, and the other two lawyers have also filed motions to withdraw from the lawsuit. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has notified the court that Richard Best and Robert MacDonald Moye have withdrawn their lawsuit.

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