{"id":163141,"date":"2018-05-08T11:09:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163141"},"modified":"2018-05-08T11:09:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:09:53","slug":"jay-z-lawyers-say-sec-is-star-struck-in-its-deposition-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/08\/jay-z-lawyers-say-sec-is-star-struck-in-its-deposition-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Z lawyers say SEC is star struck in its deposition quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_163144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163144\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20536_255370419205_4548897_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163144\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20536_255370419205_4548897_n.jpg\" alt=\"Jay-Z's lawyers argued in court papers on Monday that he's too busy getting ready for a world tour and that the SEC appears to be on a \u201ccelebrity hunt.\u201d They also say he doesn't have much relevant knowledge to add to an SEC probe of the Iconix Brand Group. Jay-Z sold his Rocawear apparel brand to Iconix in 2007. (Photo: JAY-Z\/Facebook)\" width=\"466\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20536_255370419205_4548897_n.jpg 466w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20536_255370419205_4548897_n-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay-Z&#8217;s lawyers argued in court papers on Monday that he&#8217;s too busy getting ready for a world tour and that the SEC appears to be on a \u201ccelebrity hunt.\u201d They also say he doesn&#8217;t have much relevant knowledge to add to an SEC probe of the Iconix Brand Group. Jay-Z sold his Rocawear apparel brand to Iconix in 2007. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JayZ\/photos\/a.454937314205.245003.48382669205\/255370419205\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Photo: JAY-Z\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Lawyers for Jay-Z say the Securities and Exchange Commission is star-struck in its quest to interview the rapper in connection with a financial probe.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers on Tuesday will tell U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe (GAHR&#8217;-duh-fee) at a Manhattan hearing why the SEC shouldn&#8217;t question Jay-Z for more than one day. Gardephe last week challenged the lawyers to say why Jay-Z shouldn&#8217;t have to submit to interviews for as many days as necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Jay-Z&#8217;s lawyers argued in court papers on Monday that he&#8217;s too busy getting ready for a world tour and that the SEC appears to be on a \u201ccelebrity hunt.\u201d They also say he doesn&#8217;t have much relevant knowledge to add to an SEC probe of the Iconix Brand Group. Jay-Z sold his Rocawear apparel brand to Iconix in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Lawyers for Jay-Z say the Securities and Exchange Commission is star-struck in its quest to interview the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":163144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50726,2671,19283,14983],"class_list":["post-163141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-financial-probe","tag-jay-z","tag-sec","tag-securities-and-exchange-commission","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}