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New And Comprehensive Duties Of Securities Sellers To Investigate, Disclose, And Have An "Adequate Basis" For Representations, Willoughby C. Johnson
New And Comprehensive Duties Of Securities Sellers To Investigate, Disclose, And Have An "Adequate Basis" For Representations, Willoughby C. Johnson
Michigan Law Review
The duties of investigation and disclosure imposed upon securities salesmen have been significantly enlarged by several recent cases generated by the Second Circuit's 1963 decision of Berko v. SEC. In a hearing before the Securities and Exchange Commission it was found that Berko was a salesman working out of an acknowledged "boiler room." His employer had provided its salesmen, including Berko, with fraudulent sales brochures, some of which were subsequently distributed by Berko. The action by the Commission against Berko arose out of the sale of a specific security to a customer who had received fraudulent sales brochures and …
Securities Regulation-Federal Anti-Fraud Provisions-Applicability Of Insider Responsibility To Broker In Possession Of Inside Corporate Information, John A. Krsul Jr.
Securities Regulation-Federal Anti-Fraud Provisions-Applicability Of Insider Responsibility To Broker In Possession Of Inside Corporate Information, John A. Krsul Jr.
Michigan Law Review
During a period of upward movement in the price of Curtiss-Wright common stock, the corporation's board of directors voted to reduce the stock dividend by forty percent, an action certain to have an immediate adverse effect upon the stock's market price. Although the board immediately authorized the transmission of information concerning its action to the New York Stock Exchange, an inadvertent delay of forty-five minutes ensued. Unaware of the delay, C, a director of Curtiss-Wright and a registered representative of Cady, Roberts & Co. (registrant) , a registered broker-dealer, telephoned registrant to inform G, one of its partners, …
Regulation Of Business - Sec Rule X-10b-5 - Recovery By Corporation Fradulently Induced To Issue Shares, William S. Bach
Regulation Of Business - Sec Rule X-10b-5 - Recovery By Corporation Fradulently Induced To Issue Shares, William S. Bach
Michigan Law Review
Defendants, Mountain States Securities Corporation and former officers of Consolidated American Industries, Inc., organized a dummy corporation, the Mid-Atlantic Development Company. The defendants drew a formal contract whereby Mid-Atlantic agreed to transfer worthless Cuban insurance company stock and equally valueless Honduran oil exploration rights to Consolidated in exchange for 700,000 shares of Consolidated stock. Consolidated's former secretary falsely certified a corporate resolution authorizing the issuance of the stock, and its former general counsel advised Consolidated's stock transfer agent that the transaction was exempt from SEC regulation. Acting on these representations, the transfer agent issued the Consolidated stock. Since at this …
Securities Legislation - Limitations Upon The Scope Of Rule X-10b-5, Cyril Moscow
Securities Legislation - Limitations Upon The Scope Of Rule X-10b-5, Cyril Moscow
Michigan Law Review
A syndicate attempted to acquire all of the outstanding stock in a bridge corporation pursuant to a plan to transfer the stock to a bridge commission and realize substantial returns. The price offered for the stock was well over the market price but the resale plan was not disclosed. After control of 80 percent of the stock was obtained, the syndicate's purchasing agents were installed as officers and directors. They continued to purchase the stock without revealing the plan and the anticipated profits. Upon the completion of the plan, former stockholders in the corporation brought a class action against the …
Securities Legislation - Fraud Of Corporation Officers As Violation Of Securities And Exchange Act Of 1934, Douglas Peck S.Ed.
Securities Legislation - Fraud Of Corporation Officers As Violation Of Securities And Exchange Act Of 1934, Douglas Peck S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The plaintiffs brought a stockholders' derivative suit in a federal district court, claiming that defendant directors had violated section 10 (b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and rule X-10B-5 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It was alleged that defendants who controlled as majority of the capital stock of the Algoma Coal and Coke Co., had purchased for the Algoma Company stock in two other corporations which they had formed and had manipulated the affairs of the Algoma Company so that business profits were diverted to those other corporations, thereby securing profits to themselves at the expense …