Suppose that a lawyer works for a firm that advises corporate firms planning to sue other corporations for antitrust damages. He finds that he can "beat the market" by short selling the stock of firms that will be sued. This hypothetical finding would violate the:

A. weak-form hypothesis of market efficiency.

B. semistrong form hypothesis of market efficiency.

C. strong-form hypothesis of market efficiency.

D. none of the hypotheses of market efficiency.