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Tracing, Peter B. Oh Nov 2005

Tracing, Peter B. Oh

ExpressO

Tracing is a method that appears within multiple fields of law. Distinct conceptions of tracing, however, have arisen independently within securities and remedial law. In the securities context plaintiffs must “trace” their securities to a specific offering to pursue certain relief under the Securities Act of 1933. In the remedial context victims who “trace” their misappropriated value into a wrongdoer’s hands can claim any derivative value, even if it has appreciated.

This article is the first to compare and then cross-apply tracing within these two contexts. Specifically, this article argues that securities law should adopt a version of the “rules-based …


Taking The Stand: The Lessons Of The Three Men Who Took The Japanese American Internment To Court, Lorraine K. Bannai Nov 2005

Taking The Stand: The Lessons Of The Three Men Who Took The Japanese American Internment To Court, Lorraine K. Bannai

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor Sep 2005

Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor

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Caught Between A Rock And A Soft Place: Regulating Legal Ethics To Police Corporate Governance In The United States And Hong Kong, Susan E. Carroll Jan 2005

Caught Between A Rock And A Soft Place: Regulating Legal Ethics To Police Corporate Governance In The United States And Hong Kong, Susan E. Carroll

Washington International Law Journal

Both the United States and Hong Kong have suffered through corporate governance scandals in recent years. The two nations have tried different methods of regulating legal ethics in order to curtail future corporate governance scandals. The United States, via the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, empowered the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to dictate disclosure requirements to U.S. lawyers who represent listed corporations. This mandate creates conflicts between lawyers' duty to keep clients' secrets and their duty to disclose client information for the protection of public interests. Hong Kong took a completely different approach. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange negotiated the …


Regulation Of Companies With Publicly Listed Share Capital In The People's Republic Of China, Nicholas C. Howson Jan 2005

Regulation Of Companies With Publicly Listed Share Capital In The People's Republic Of China, Nicholas C. Howson

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Mr. Chairman, colleagues, and friends: It is a great honor for me to be able to address this group of experts and legislators, and many colleagues and friends, on a topic I care deeply about-the regulation of so-called public companies, both outside of China and, since the early 1990s, inside of China. First, and with many of the others invited to participate in this conference today and tomorrow, I thank the Office of Legislative Affairs ("OLA") of the State Council of the People's Republic of China ("PRC") as well as the China Securities Regulatory Commission ("CSRC") for convening this very …