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Investment Advice And The Fraud Rules, Robert N. Leavell Jun 1967

Investment Advice And The Fraud Rules, Robert N. Leavell

Michigan Law Review

Every day thousands of Americans are assaulted by mail, telephone, and personal contact with advice on how to invest their money for capital gains, often with dazzling reminders of the opportunity for great profits. If the advice is good, they may indeed one day have their treasure ship which will send their children to college or provide a round-the-world trip after retirement. If the advice is bad, they will of course learn by experience. But many of them will have to apply their lesson to a second inheritance or twenty years' savings. The quality of investment advice is therefore a …


Sec Enforcement Of The Rule I0b-5 Duty To Disclose Material Information-Remedies And The Texas Gulf Sulphur Case, Edmund B. Frost Mar 1967

Sec Enforcement Of The Rule I0b-5 Duty To Disclose Material Information-Remedies And The Texas Gulf Sulphur Case, Edmund B. Frost

Michigan Law Review

On April 16, 1964, the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company announced one of the most significant mineral discoveries of the twentieth century-a major copper and zinc deposit near Timmins, Ontario, found by means of geophysical exploration and exploratory drilling. Unusual market activity prior to this announcement prompted a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation of insider stock transactions. In April 1965, the SEC brought suit against a group of Texas Gulf insiders, alleging that their purchase of stock on national exchanges before the disclosure of the information concerning the Timmins strike constituted a violation of section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act …


Article Eight: A Premise And Three Problems, Ernest L. Folk Iii Jan 1967

Article Eight: A Premise And Three Problems, Ernest L. Folk Iii

Michigan Law Review

This essay concerns itself with a basic premise and three problems concerning investment securities under Article Eight of the Uniform Commercial Code (Code). Although some amount of relevant exposition is necessary to make the arguments intelligible, general familiarity with the essentials of the Code's treatment of investment securities is assumed.


Securities-Stocklist Authorizations-Solicitation Of Stocklist Authorizations Is Within The Proxy Regulations Of The Securities Exchange Act-Studebaker--Corp. V. Gittlin, Michigan Law Review Jan 1967

Securities-Stocklist Authorizations-Solicitation Of Stocklist Authorizations Is Within The Proxy Regulations Of The Securities Exchange Act-Studebaker--Corp. V. Gittlin, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Gittlin, a shareholder of the Studebaker Corporation, planned to solicit proxies for the election of directors in opposition to the existing management. As an initial step in the implementation of this plan, he sought to obtain a stockholder's list and accordingly initiated proceedings in a New York court under section 1315(a) of the New York Business Corporation Law which grants a right of access to a shareholder who has obtained authorizations in writing from the holders of at least five per cent of the outstanding shares of the corporation. In order to meet the five per cent requirement, Gittlin had …


Actions On Commercial Paper: Holder's Procedural Advantages Under Article Three, Stanley V. Kinyon Jan 1967

Actions On Commercial Paper: Holder's Procedural Advantages Under Article Three, Stanley V. Kinyon

Michigan Law Review

The discussion will also be concerned primarily with the usual action "on the instrument": an action by the holder to enforce payment by a person who has signed it as maker, acceptor, certifier, drawer, indorser, or guarantor and has thus become "liable on" it. These instruments, of course, may be involved in other types of actions, such as: an action for conversion of the instrument (section 3-419); an action to recover damages for breach of the warranties of a collector or transferor (sections 3-417 and 4-207); an action to compel indorsement (section 3-201); an action to enjoin payment (section 5-114(2)(b)); …


Mutual Funds-Trusts And Trustees-Capital Gains Distributions From Mutual Funds: Income Or Principal?, Michigan Law Review Jan 1967

Mutual Funds-Trusts And Trustees-Capital Gains Distributions From Mutual Funds: Income Or Principal?, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The growing prevalence of mutual fund shares in the assets of small and medium-sized estates has made the problem of allocating capital gains distributions between income and principal a matter of great concern to the trustees of such estates. A "capital gains" distribution represents a gain resulting from the profitable sale of securities held by the mutual fund. The uncertain state of the law regarding capital gains distributions from mutual funds presents a serious dilemma to the trustee: if he distributes the capital gains to the life beneficiary, the remainderman may claim that such distributions represent a partial liquidation of …


Securities-Purchaser Of Outstanding Shares Of Same Class As Registered Issue Cannot Bring Suit Under Section 11 (A) Of Securities Act--Colonial Realty Corp. V. Brunswick Corp., Michigan Law Review Jan 1967

Securities-Purchaser Of Outstanding Shares Of Same Class As Registered Issue Cannot Bring Suit Under Section 11 (A) Of Securities Act--Colonial Realty Corp. V. Brunswick Corp., Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The court in the principal case conceded that, as a matter of economic reality, the prospectus (which contained the alleged misstatement) affects, because of its wide circulation, the value of the shares outstanding at the time it is distributed, as well as that of the new issue which is the subject of the registration statement. Indeed, financial institutions, market experts, brokers, and dealers digest and analyze the prospectus, and their opinions inevitably affect market values of all outstanding stock. However, in light of the act's legislative history, its general scheme of regulation, and the language contained in its other provisions, …