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Codification And Rule 10b-5, Lewis D. Lowenfels

Vanderbilt Law Review

One of the most interesting as well as controversial areas of the securities laws has been the growth of implied liabilities under section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule l0(b)-5 promulgated there under. Any attempt to codify the securities laws would probably include an attempt to codify this entire l0b-5 area.' Once the codifiers move into this area, however, there is a strong likelihood that codification will result in reform and revision, and the present scope as well as the future growth and development of "federal corporation law" under Rule l0b-5 will be profoundly altered.' Thus …