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Credit Default Swaps: Dubious Instruments, Charles W. Murdock Oct 2013

Credit Default Swaps: Dubious Instruments, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

No abstract provided.


What Kahneman Means For Lawyers: Some Reflections On Thinking, Fast And Slow, Charles W. Murdock, Barry Sullivan Aug 2013

What Kahneman Means For Lawyers: Some Reflections On Thinking, Fast And Slow, Charles W. Murdock, Barry Sullivan

Charles W. Murdock

No abstract provided.


The Big Banks: Background, Deregulation, Financial Innovation, And ‘Too Big To Fail,’, Charles W. Murdock Jul 2013

The Big Banks: Background, Deregulation, Financial Innovation, And ‘Too Big To Fail,’, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

The U.S. economy is still reeling from the financial crisis that exploded in the fall of 2008. This Article asserts that the big banks were major culprits in causing the crisis by funding the non-bank lenders that created the toxic mortgages, which the big banks securitized and sold to unwary investors. Ironically, banks that were then too big to fail are even larger today. The Article briefly reviews the history of banking from the Founding Fathers to the deregulatory mindset that has been present since 1980. It then traces the impact of deregulation, which led to the savings and loan …


Business Organizations, 2nd Ed., Charles Murdock May 2013

Business Organizations, 2nd Ed., Charles Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

No abstract provided.


Limited Liability Companies In The Decade Of The 1990'S. Legislative And Case Law Developments And Their Implications For The Future, Charles W. Murdock May 2013

Limited Liability Companies In The Decade Of The 1990'S. Legislative And Case Law Developments And Their Implications For The Future, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

No abstract provided.


Squeeze-Outs, Freeze-Outs And Discounts: Why Is Illinois In The Minority In Protecting Shareholder Interests?, Charles W. Murdock Apr 2013

Squeeze-Outs, Freeze-Outs And Discounts: Why Is Illinois In The Minority In Protecting Shareholder Interests?, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

No abstract provided.


Why Not Tell The Truth?, Charles W. Murdock Apr 2013

Why Not Tell The Truth?, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

No abstract provided.


The Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act: What Caused The Financial Crisis And Will Dodd-Frank Succeed In Preventing Future Crises?, Charles W. Murdock Mar 2013

The Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act: What Caused The Financial Crisis And Will Dodd-Frank Succeed In Preventing Future Crises?, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

No abstract provided.


Redoing The Statutory Scheme By Rule-Making, Charles W. Murdock Mar 2013

Redoing The Statutory Scheme By Rule-Making, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

No abstract provided.


Janus Capital Group, Inc. V. First Derivative Traders: The Culmination Of The Supreme Court’S Evolution From Liberal To Reactionary In Rule 10b-5 Actions, Charles W. Murdock Feb 2013

Janus Capital Group, Inc. V. First Derivative Traders: The Culmination Of The Supreme Court’S Evolution From Liberal To Reactionary In Rule 10b-5 Actions, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

“Political” decisions such as Citizens United and National Federation of Independent Business (“Obamacare”) reflect the reactionary bent of several Supreme Court justices. But this reactionary trend is discernible in other areas as well. With regard to Rule 10b-5, the Court has handed down a series of decisions that could be grouped into four trilogies. The article examines the trend over the past 40 years which has become increasingly conservative and finally reactionary.

The first trilogy was a liberal one, arguably overextending the scope of Rule 10b-5. This was followed by a conservative trilogy which put a brake on such extension, …


Janus Capital Group, Inc. V. First Derivative Traders: The Culmination Of The Supreme Court’S Evolution From Liberal To Reactionary In Rule 10b-5 Actions, Charles W. Murdock Feb 2013

Janus Capital Group, Inc. V. First Derivative Traders: The Culmination Of The Supreme Court’S Evolution From Liberal To Reactionary In Rule 10b-5 Actions, Charles W. Murdock

Charles W. Murdock

“Political” decisions such as Citizens United and National Federation of Independent Business (“Obamacare”) reflect the reactionary bent of several Supreme Court justices. But this reactionary trend is discernible in other areas as well. With regard to Rule 10b-5, the Court has handed down a series of decisions that could be grouped into four trilogies. The article examines the trend over the past 40 years which has become increasingly conservative and finally reactionary.

The first trilogy was a liberal one, arguably overextending the scope of Rule 10b-5. This was followed by a conservative trilogy which put a brake on such extension, …