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Fair Funds And The Sec's Compensation Of Injured Investors, Verity Winship
Fair Funds And The Sec's Compensation Of Injured Investors, Verity Winship
Florida Law Review
The Fair Fund provision of Sarbanes-Oxley allows the SEC to distribute money penalties to injured investors, heralding a new compensatory role for the agency. The SEC has announced that it will direct money to injured investors whenever possible, but has not articulated clear priorities. This Article fills the gap by introducing terms of debate and proposing a framework for the SEC’s exercise of its discretion. The Article introduces the concept of “public class counsel,” a public actor that has the dual function of deterrence and victim compensation. The concept describes—and suggests limits to—the SEC’s role in a system in which …
Interpreting I.R.C. § 67(E): The Supreme Court's Attempt To Nail Investment Advisory Fees To The "Floor", Lindsay Roshkind
Interpreting I.R.C. § 67(E): The Supreme Court's Attempt To Nail Investment Advisory Fees To The "Floor", Lindsay Roshkind
Florida Law Review
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In Honor Of Walter O. Weyrauch: The Ubiquity Of Greed: A Contextual Model For Analysis Of Scienter, Ann Morales Olazabal, Patricia Sanchez Abril
In Honor Of Walter O. Weyrauch: The Ubiquity Of Greed: A Contextual Model For Analysis Of Scienter, Ann Morales Olazabal, Patricia Sanchez Abril
Florida Law Review
Some securities fraud plaintiffs contend that greed—in the form of perpetuating a prestigious executive position, ensuring a gainful bonus, or maintaining the appearance of corporate profitability—is a bona fide motive evidencing scienter. But currently, no single judicial standard or analytical rubric guides the analysis of whether allegations of greed indicate scienter in these cases. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) requiresthat the complaint state “with particularity” facts giving rise to a “strong inference” that the defendant acted with the scienter required for the cause of action. Plaintiffs have long established scienter through “motive and opportunity” pleading: facts …
The Elephant In The Room: Dangers Of Hedge Funds In Our Financial Markets, Dustin G. Hall
The Elephant In The Room: Dangers Of Hedge Funds In Our Financial Markets, Dustin G. Hall
Florida Law Review
Hedge funds are our modern titans of industry, and like their predecessors they now represent the best and the worst of the new global economy. These minimally regulated investment entities —in which historically only super-rich investors could have an interest —have recently had profound impacts on financial markets around the world. In early 1992, for example, George Soros, the now-famous hedge fund manager, made it big by using his hedge fund, Soros Fund Management LLC, to leverage a massive bet that the British pound would be ejected from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. The bet reportedly earned Mr. Soros over …
The New Crowdfunding Registration Exemption: Good Idea, Bad Execution, Stuart R. Cohn
The New Crowdfunding Registration Exemption: Good Idea, Bad Execution, Stuart R. Cohn
Florida Law Review
Title III of the JOBS Act, signed by President Obama on April 5, 2012, sets forth a new exemption from federal and state securities registration for so-called “crowdfunding” promotions. Crowdfunding is an increasingly popular form of raising capital through broad-based internet solicitation of donors. Many promotions simply seek charitable or other donations. But the lure of raising funds through the internet has also led to promotions for potentially profitable ventures that offer an economic return to donors. These efforts invoke the federal and state securities laws, as there are no de minimis standards protecting even the smallest of offerings. Registration …