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2010

Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

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The Unjustified Judicial Creation Of Class Certification Merits Trials In Securities Fraud Actions, Michael J. Kaufman Jan 2010

The Unjustified Judicial Creation Of Class Certification Merits Trials In Securities Fraud Actions, Michael J. Kaufman

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Regressing: The Troubling Dispositive Role Of Event Studies In Securities Fraud Litigation., Michael J. Kaufman Jan 2010

Regressing: The Troubling Dispositive Role Of Event Studies In Securities Fraud Litigation., Michael J. Kaufman

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An event study is a statistical regression analysis that merely provides one method of examining the effect of an event, such as a disclosure of information on the market price of a security. Yet the law governing event studies has become inseparable from the substantive law governing securities fraud litigation. Courts have effectively collapsed securities fraud actions into a single question: Whether the defendant's misrepresentation or omission created a disparity between the transaction price of a security and its true value measured by the precise reaction of the market price to the disclosure of the concealed information. A misrepresentation or …


Resolving The Continuing Controversy Regarding Confidential Informants In Private Securities Fraud Litigation., Michael J. Kaufman Jan 2010

Resolving The Continuing Controversy Regarding Confidential Informants In Private Securities Fraud Litigation., Michael J. Kaufman

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