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Janus Capital Group V. First Derivative Traders: A Call To Rewind Securities Law Jurisprudence To Protect Investors – A Practitioner’S Guide And Policy Perspective, Max Schatzow
Max Schatzow
As of 1989, the federal courts were inundated with more Rule 10b-5 litigation than all of the other provision of the federal securities law combined. The Securities Enforcement Commission’s (“SEC”) Rule 10b-5 (“Rule 10b-5,” “the rule,” or “10b-5”) makes it unlawful for certain persons to make material misrepresentations. On June 12, 2011, The Supreme Court in Janus Capital held that those certain persons were those who have the “ultimate authority” over a statement. The Supreme Court in Janus left many litigators and regulators in the securities field grasping for answers. A progeny of cases have been tried under Rule 10b-5 …