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Articles 1 - 18 of 18
Full-Text Articles in Securities Law
Tying Law For The Digital Age, Daniel A. Crane
Tying Law For The Digital Age, Daniel A. Crane
Notre Dame Law Review
Tying arrangements, a central concern of antitrust policy since the early days of the Sherman and Clayton Acts, have come into renewed focus with respect to the practices of dominant technology companies. Unfortunately, tying law’s doctrinal structure is a self-contradictory and incoherent wreck. A conventional view holds that this mess is due to errant Supreme Court precedents, never fully corrected, that expressed hostility to tying based on faulty economic understanding. That is only part of the story. Examination of tying law’s origins and development shows that tying doctrine was built on a now-dated paradigm of what constitutes a tying arrangement. …
What Twenty-First-Century Free Speech Law Means For Securities Regulation, Helen Norton
What Twenty-First-Century Free Speech Law Means For Securities Regulation, Helen Norton
Notre Dame Law Review
Securities law has long regulated securities-related speech—and until recently, it did so with little, if any, First Amendment controversy. Yet the antiregulatory turn in the Supreme Court’s twenty-first-century Free Speech Clause doctrine has inspired corporate speakers’ increasingly successful efforts to resist regulation in a variety of settings, settings that now include securities law. This doctrinal turn empowers courts, if they so choose, to dismantle the securities regulation framework in place since the Great Depression. At stake are not only recent governmental proposals to require companies to disclose accurate information about their vulnerabilities to climate change and other emerging risks, but …
A Practice Worth Ending: Eps Guidance Harming Long-Term Growth, Rachel G. Miller
A Practice Worth Ending: Eps Guidance Harming Long-Term Growth, Rachel G. Miller
Notre Dame Law Review
This Note focuses on one factor—earnings per share (EPS) guidance—that contributes to myopic behavior and short-termism within public companies. Part I discusses the history of the shareholder primacy norm and the need for management to act in the best interest of its shareholders. Additionally, this Part provides background on EPS guidance and the notion of short-termism. Part II lays out a framework for quarterly reporting and argues that the current disclosure requirements should remain intact. This Part addresses the importance of frequency in quarterly reporting and provides two examples—the United Kingdom and Regulation A—of practices with longer reporting frequencies that …
“I’Ll Know It When I See It”: Defending The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’S Approach Of Interpreting The Scope Of Unfair, Deceptive, Or Abusive Acts Or Practices (“Udapp”) Through Enforcement Actions, Stephen J. Canzona
Journal of Legislation
No abstract provided.
Securities Law In The Sixties: The Supreme Court, The Second Circuit, And The Triumph Of Purpose Over Text, A.C. Pritchard, Robert B. Thompson
Securities Law In The Sixties: The Supreme Court, The Second Circuit, And The Triumph Of Purpose Over Text, A.C. Pritchard, Robert B. Thompson
Notre Dame Law Review
This Article analyzes the Supreme Court’s leading securities cases from 1962 to 1972—SEC v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc.; J.I. Case Co. v. Borak; Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.; Superintendent of Insurance v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.; and Affiliated Ute of Utah v. United States—relying not just on the published opinions, but also the Justices’ internal letters, memos, and conference notes. The Sixties Court did not simply apply the text as enacted by Congress, but instead invoked the securities laws’ purposes as a guide to interpretation. The Court became a partner of Congress …
A Textual Analysis Of Whistleblower Protections Under The Dodd-Frank Act, Brent T. Murphy
A Textual Analysis Of Whistleblower Protections Under The Dodd-Frank Act, Brent T. Murphy
Notre Dame Law Review
This Note endorses the reasoning of the Fifth Circuit in Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA), L.L.C., and argues that the plain language of Dodd-Frank limits its whistleblower protections to individuals who provide information to the SEC. This Note argues that the reasoning of the Second Circuit in Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy LLC relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell is inapposite, and that the Second Circuit introduced ambiguity where no ambiguity previously existed and improperly extended Chevron deference to the SEC.
Constraining Monitors, Veronica Root
Constraining Monitors, Veronica Root
Journal Articles
Monitors oversee remediation efforts at dozens, if not hundreds, of institutions that are guilty of misconduct. The remediation efforts that the monitors of today engage in are, in many instances, quite similar to activities that were once subject to formal court oversight. But as the importance and power of monitors has increased, the court’s oversight of monitors and the agreements that most often result in monitorships has, at best, been severely diminished and, at worst, vanished altogether.
The lack of regulation governing monitors is well documented; yet, the academic literature on monitorships to date has largely taken the state of …
Many Key Issues Still Left Unaddressed In The Securities And Exchange Commission's Attempt To Modernize Its Rules Of Practice, Joseph Quincy Patterson
Many Key Issues Still Left Unaddressed In The Securities And Exchange Commission's Attempt To Modernize Its Rules Of Practice, Joseph Quincy Patterson
Notre Dame Law Review
This Note analyzes and explains the current issues and criticism regarding the SEC’s use of ALJs. In particular, this Note recommends that the SEC ratify its ALJs in accordance with constitutional requirements, create a rigid formula for its forum selection, and amend its Rules of Practice to align more closely to the procedural due process rights in federal district courts. As many of these topics are currently being discussed in federal courts of appeals and within the SEC—through its proposed amendments to the Rules of Practice—this Note intends to add to the discussion on a topic with very little scholarly …
From The Great Depression To The Great Recession: On The Failure Of Regulation In The Mortgage Market, Dov Solomon
From The Great Depression To The Great Recession: On The Failure Of Regulation In The Mortgage Market, Dov Solomon
Journal of Legislation
People tend to attribute the outbreak of the 2008 financial crisis to deregulation. This article challenges this view and presents a unique perspective of the crisis as in fact rooted in the way the residential mortgage market is regulated. Focusing on non-recourse mortgage legislation, which is a unique feature of the US mortgage market dating back to the period following the Great Depression, the article analyzes the contribution of this legislation to the onset of the Great Recession. The discussion shows how regulation that was enacted in response to a major economic crisis not only failed to prevent a large-scale …
Diverse Mandates Regarding The Esop Diversification Requirement Following Fifth Third Bancorp V. Dudenhoeffer, Thomas V. Bohac Jr.
Diverse Mandates Regarding The Esop Diversification Requirement Following Fifth Third Bancorp V. Dudenhoeffer, Thomas V. Bohac Jr.
Notre Dame Law Review Reflection
In Dudenhoeffer, the Court focused on the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) as a retirement benefit plan. However, this is only one function of ESOPs. Viewed in terms of both the original intent of Congress and contemporary corporate finance, the ESOPs are designed to meet several goals, including the alignment of employee and employer interests to facilitate a wider base of capital ownership including the average employee. As the Court has lost sight of these fundamental goals, it has drifted into the fallacy of interpreting ESOPs principally as employee retirement accounts. This has led the Court to apply ERISA fiduciary …
Banking And The Social Contract, Mehrsa Baradaran
Banking And The Social Contract, Mehrsa Baradaran
Notre Dame Law Review
This Article asserts that there are three major tenets of the social contract: (1) safety and soundness, (2) consumer protection, and (3) access to credit. Regulators can and should require banks to meet standards in these areas to benefit society even if these measures reasonably reduce bank profits. Implicit in the social contract is the idea that each party must give up something in the exchange. This Article provides policymakers not only the appropriate narrative and justifications needed to frame their regulatory philosophy, but it also provides important textual support from the most prominent acts of banking legislation to give …
Pcaob And The Persistence Of The Removal Puzzle, Patricia L. Bellia
Pcaob And The Persistence Of The Removal Puzzle, Patricia L. Bellia
Journal Articles
In Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB"), the Supreme Court invalidated a statutory provision protecting the tenure of members of the PCAOB, a board created to oversee the auditing of public companies subject to the securities laws. The case carried the potential for a major shift in the Court's approach to separation of powers disputes. Although the Court delivered no such result, the PCAOB case provides a fascinating window on the removal puzzle. The case reflects an entanglement of multiple textually derived and nontextual separation of powers principles. One of the central principles on which the …
The Securities Laws And The Mechanics Of Legal Change, Barry Cushman
The Securities Laws And The Mechanics Of Legal Change, Barry Cushman
Journal Articles
This essay, prepared for the Virginia Law Review symposium marking the 75th anniversary of the Securities Exchange Commission, explores the mechanisms through which the Roosevelt Administration secured the Supreme Court's approval of various features of the New Deal's securities law program.
The Sec And Accounting, In Part Through The Eyes Of Pacioli, Matthew J. Barrett
The Sec And Accounting, In Part Through The Eyes Of Pacioli, Matthew J. Barrett
Journal Articles
As part of a symposium marking the seventieth anniversary of the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this article pulls together two threads, namely Luca Pacioli's prominence in accounting and the importance of the Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) requirements that seek to give investors an opportunity to view a public company through the eyes of management, to evaluate the SEC's record on certain accounting issues. Because writers in legal journals have largely ignored Pacioli's efforts, the article begins by highlighting some of the friar's contributions to accounting precepts. The article next applies some of those precepts in a …
Reforming Securities Class Actions From The Bench: Judging Fiduciaries And Fiduciary Judging, Lisa L. Casey
Reforming Securities Class Actions From The Bench: Judging Fiduciaries And Fiduciary Judging, Lisa L. Casey
Journal Articles
The attorneys' fees awarded to plaintiffs’ counsel in securities fraud class actions have generated controversy for years. Critics have claimed that enormous fee awards come at the expense of defrauded investors and simply spur extortionate lawsuits against issuers and other potential deep pocket defendants. Commentators also have raised concerns that plaintiffs' class action lawyers manipulated class representatives, persons who had little incentive to monitor class counsel’s activities.
To address these concerns, Congress enacted the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act ("PSLRA"). Among other things, the statute sought to protect absent class members by giving control of the litigation to lead plaintiffs …
Does Sec Rule 10b-5 Provide An Implied Private Right Of Action For Aiding And Abetting Securities Fraud?, Matthew J. Barrett
Does Sec Rule 10b-5 Provide An Implied Private Right Of Action For Aiding And Abetting Securities Fraud?, Matthew J. Barrett
Journal Articles
This case concerns the civil liability of persons who aid and abet securities fraud in violation of federal law. First, the Supreme Court will decide if federal securities law recognizes an implied private right of action against those who aid and abet securities fraud. Second, if the Court concludes that there is a private right of action, it is asked to decide if recklessness satisfies the mental-state requirement which lower courts have held is a prerequisite for imposing civil liability.
The Elusive Concept Of Control In Churning Claims Under Federal Securities And Commodities Law, Patricia A. O'Hara
The Elusive Concept Of Control In Churning Claims Under Federal Securities And Commodities Law, Patricia A. O'Hara
Journal Articles
Account executives—when serving as either a broker or a dealer—stand in a conflict of interest position with their customers. The brokerage house profits through commissions from the execution of the transaction regardless of whether the customer profits on the investment. Account executives who do so, violate the fiduciary duties he owes to a customer in favor of his own self-interest. The customer can bring an action for churning under federal securities and commodities laws if he or she can demonstrate that the broker excessively traded an account over which the broker exercised control in order to generate commissions for himself …
Erosion Of The Privity Requirement In Section 12(2) Of The Securities Act Of 1933: The Expanded Meaning, Patricia O'Hara
Erosion Of The Privity Requirement In Section 12(2) Of The Securities Act Of 1933: The Expanded Meaning, Patricia O'Hara
Journal Articles
Section 12(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 provides a securities purchaser with an express cause of action against his seller if the purchaser can establish that the seller used interstate commerce or the mails to offer or sell a security by means of a written or oral communication which misstated or omitted to state a material fact of which the purchaser was unaware. Upon proof of the foregoing, the purchaser is entitled to rescind his purchase or, in the event he no longer owns the security, to recover equivalent damages unless the seller sustains the burden of proving that …