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Regulation Of Motor Carrier Securities, Eugene T. Liipfert, John L. Mechem
Regulation Of Motor Carrier Securities, Eugene T. Liipfert, John L. Mechem
Vanderbilt Law Review
The origins of the intercity trucking industry were humble. The development of the motor truck and of an intercity highway system which made its use in the transportation of freight practicable led many enterprising individuals to set themselves up as intercity truckers during the decade between 1925 and 1935. Capital requirements were minimal. The initial investment was frequently no more than the down payment on the motor vehicles employed. In the early stages of development, the typical motor carrier was a sole proprietorship, partnership or family-held corporation which relied for its financing on retained earnings of the business and hand-to-mouth …
The Legal Status Of Joint Venture Corporations, Thomas F. Broden, Alfred L. Scanlan
The Legal Status Of Joint Venture Corporations, Thomas F. Broden, Alfred L. Scanlan
Vanderbilt Law Review
American industry employs many forms of business organizations. The sole proprietorship, the partnership, general and limited, the joint venture, the joint stock company, the corporation, public issue and close, and many others are all familiar and well established in their use. This article deals with the use by American industry of the close corporation to carry on a joint venture. With due deference to purists in legal terminology we have elected to refer to this particular type of corporate entity as the joint venture corporation. In this article we not only look at the use made of the joint venture …
State "Blue Sky" And Federal Securities Laws, Edward R. Hayes
State "Blue Sky" And Federal Securities Laws, Edward R. Hayes
Vanderbilt Law Review
The subject of state and federal regulation of securities is one with which most lawyers have little familiarity. It may not have been discussed in any of their law school courses;' and their practice may have involved the organization and financing of few if any corporations. This lack of familiarity results in unawareness of the "extent to which security transactions are subject to regulation, a sometimes erroneous assumption that securities may be issued lawfully by the occasional corporate (and even noncorporate) client without necessity for complying with statutory requirements, and an overlooking of possible rights of clients who may have …