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Terraform Labs counters SEC’s ‘slush fund’ claims, alleges government overreach

Terraform Labs counters SEC’s ‘slush fund’ claims, alleges government overreach

The BlockThe Block2024/03/05 04:16
By:The Block

Quick Take The SEC last week objected to Terraform Labs’ $166 million payment to retain Dentons as its special counsel. Terraform Labs called the SEC’s legal objections a “troubling example of government overreach.”

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Terraform Labs has challenged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s objection to the company’s retention payment of Dentons U.S. LLC as special counsel in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, in a filing submitted to a Delaware court on Monday.

Last week, the SEC requested the court to deny Terraform Labs’ retention of Dentons’ as its counsel, taking issue with the company’s $166 million payment to lawyers. SEC claimed that a part of this “suspicious” amount was transferred to “an opaque slush fund,” and that the transfer was made deliberately to avoid paying possible judgment from its enforcement action.

In Monday’s filing , Terraform Labs again requested authority to pay legal expenses, which it said is imperative in defending against the SEC’s litigation and complying with the ongoing investigation from the Department of Justice. The objections made by the SEC are without merit and should be overruled, Terraform Labs said.

“That the SEC, the very party pursuing the Debtor in the SEC Enforcement Action, filed such a vehement objection to the Debtor’s spending its own funds to ensure an adequate defense in the SEC Enforcement Action is a troubling example of government overreach,” Terraform Labs said in the filing. The company claimed that the SEC’s true motives are to distract its focus before the upcoming March 25 trial.

The company also argued that the SEC’s accusations regarding the retention of Dentons include incorrect legal interpretations and false claims.

Terraform Labs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on Jan. 21, with estimated assets and liabilities between $100 million and $500 million, according to its filing at the time. It said in January that the bankruptcy protection would allow the company to pursue an appeal against the SEC.


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