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Law and Contemporary Problems

1992

Securities fraud

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The Establishment Of International Mechanisms For Enforcing Provisional Orders And Final Judgments Arising From Securities Law Violations, Michael D. Mann, Paul A. Leder, Elizabeth Jacobs Oct 1992

The Establishment Of International Mechanisms For Enforcing Provisional Orders And Final Judgments Arising From Securities Law Violations, Michael D. Mann, Paul A. Leder, Elizabeth Jacobs

Law and Contemporary Problems

In the 1980s and early 1990s, securities regulators have made substantial progress in developing cooperative relationships to reduce the value of international borders as barriers to the detection and prosecution of securities fraud, but there needs to be an establishment of international mechanisms for enforcing provisional orders and final judgments. The development of mechanisms pursuant to which regulators can assist each other in freezing assets and recovering illicit profits is discussed.


Schoenbaum Revisited: Limiting The Scope Of Antifraud Protection In An Internationalized Securities Marketplace, Donald C. Langevoort Oct 1992

Schoenbaum Revisited: Limiting The Scope Of Antifraud Protection In An Internationalized Securities Marketplace, Donald C. Langevoort

Law and Contemporary Problems

In 1968, the Second Circuit decided "Schoenbaum vs Firstbrook," a doctrinally significant case for two reasons. The initial panel decision found, among other things, that the allegedly fraudulent mismanagement of a foreign company had sufficient effects in the US to trigger the assertion of US subject matter jurisdiction. It is argued that as a result of the forces creating an internationalized securities marketplace, the prevailing extraterritoriality doctrine has become both useless and problematic.