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Stock-Market Law And The Accuracy Of Public Companies’ Stock Prices, Kevin S. Haeberle Jan 2015

Stock-Market Law And The Accuracy Of Public Companies’ Stock Prices, Kevin S. Haeberle

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The social benefits of more accurate stock prices—that is, stock-market prices that more accurately reflect the future cash flows that companies are likely to produce—are well established. But it is also thought that market forces alone will lead to only a sub-optimal level of stock-price accuracy—a level that fails to obtain the maximum net social benefits, or wealth, that would result from a higher level. One of the principal aims of federal securities law has therefore been to increase the extent to which the stock prices of the most important companies in our economy (public companies) contain information about firms’ …

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Corporate Therapeutics At The Securities And Exchange Commission, Jayne W. Barnard Jan 2008

Corporate Therapeutics At The Securities And Exchange Commission, Jayne W. Barnard

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Rule 10b-5 And The "Unfitness" Question, Jayne W. Barnard Jan 2005

Rule 10b-5 And The "Unfitness" Question, Jayne W. Barnard

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Sec Debarment Of Officers And Directors After Sarbanes-Oxley, Jayne W. Barnard Jan 2004

Sec Debarment Of Officers And Directors After Sarbanes-Oxley, Jayne W. Barnard

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The Sec's Suspension And Bar Powers In Perspective, Jayne W. Barnard Jan 2002

The Sec's Suspension And Bar Powers In Perspective, Jayne W. Barnard

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Enron has brought about demands from many quarters to grant the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) new powers. Among the powers the SEC now seeks is the power to bar or suspend securities law violators from serving as an oflicer or director of any public company. Currently, the law assigns this power only to federal district courts. In this Essay, Professor Barnard traces the history of the current law; examining why Congress has expressly withheld suspension and bar powers from the SEC. She then argues that the courts have exercised their suspension and bar powers wisely, and that recent developments …

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When Is A Corporate Executive "Substantially Unfit To Serve"?, Jayne W. Barnard Jan 1992

When Is A Corporate Executive "Substantially Unfit To Serve"?, Jayne W. Barnard

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The recently enacted Securities Enforcement Remedies and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990 provides that, in an SEC enforcement action, a federal court may enjoin or "disbar" the defendant from serving in the future as an officer or director of a public company. A court may enter such an order if it finds that the defendant is "substantially unfit" to serve as a corporate executive; the Act, however, does not define "substantial unfitness." In this Article Professor Jayne Barnard provides a framework for defining this term and identifying the defendants to which the Remedies Act should apply. Professor Barnard begins …

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Shareholder Access To The Proxy Revisited, Jayne W. Barnard Oct 1990