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Full-Text Articles in Securities Law
Buying Voice: Financial Rewards For Whistleblowing Lawyers, Nancy J. Moore, Kathleen Clark
Buying Voice: Financial Rewards For Whistleblowing Lawyers, Nancy J. Moore, Kathleen Clark
Nancy J Moore
“Buying Voice: Financial Incentives for Whistleblowing Lawyers”
Kathleen Clark and Nancy J. Moore
Abstract
The federal government relies increasingly on whistleblowers to ferret out fraud, and has awarded whistleblowers over $4 billion under the False Claims Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform and Consumer Protection Act. May lawyers ethically seek whistleblower rewards under these federal statutes? A handful of lawyers have tried to do so as FCA qui tam relators. They have not yet succeeded, but several court decisions suggest that they might be able to do so under confidentiality exceptions to state ethics law, which several courts have …
Conflicting Currents: The Obligation To Maintain Inviolate Client Confidences And The New Sec Attorney Conduct Rules, Keith Paul Bishop, James F. Fotenos, Steven K. Hazen, James R. Walther, Nancy H. Wojtas
Conflicting Currents: The Obligation To Maintain Inviolate Client Confidences And The New Sec Attorney Conduct Rules, Keith Paul Bishop, James F. Fotenos, Steven K. Hazen, James R. Walther, Nancy H. Wojtas
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lawyers In The Moral Maze, Mark A. Sargent
Sec Enforcement Of Attorney Up-The-Ladder Reporting Rules: An Analysis Of Institutional Constraints, Norms And Biases, Michael A. Perino
Sec Enforcement Of Attorney Up-The-Ladder Reporting Rules: An Analysis Of Institutional Constraints, Norms And Biases, Michael A. Perino
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
"Up The Ladder" And Over: Regulating Securities Lawyers-Past, Present & Future, Theodore Sonde, F. Ryan Keith
"Up The Ladder" And Over: Regulating Securities Lawyers-Past, Present & Future, Theodore Sonde, F. Ryan Keith
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Client Fraud And The Securities Lawyer's Duty Of Confidentiality, Richard M. Phillips
Client Fraud And The Securities Lawyer's Duty Of Confidentiality, Richard M. Phillips
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Choice Of Federal Or State Law For Attorneys' Professional Responsibility In Securities Matters, Ted J. Fiflis
Choice Of Federal Or State Law For Attorneys' Professional Responsibility In Securities Matters, Ted J. Fiflis
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Professional standards of duty are implicated in the federal securities laws in two types of cases: those instituted by the SEC to impose sanctions for lack of character or unethical conduct and those brought by the SEC or private parties for violations of substantive provisions of the securities laws. The question faced by Professor Fiflis is whether state or federal standards should define the duties imposed under these laws. He argues that the proper method of resolving this question is to apply an interest analysis. Analyzing the various state and federal interests leads Professor Fiflis to the conclusion that federal …
Professional Responsibility And Self-Regulation Of The Securities Lawyer, James H. Cheek, Iii
Professional Responsibility And Self-Regulation Of The Securities Lawyer, James H. Cheek, Iii
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.