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Full-Text Articles in Securities Law
The Insider Story, Richard C. Reuben
The Insider Story, Richard C. Reuben
Faculty Publications
The central issue in United States v. O'Hagan, No. 96-842, is the validity of the so-called "misappropriation theory" of insider trader liability under Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. 15 US.C. 78(j)(b). The justices heard oral arguments in April. If the theory propounded by federal regulators is endorsed by the Court, it would expand insider trader liability under U.S. law.
Blue Sky Laws And The Recent Congressional Preemption Failure, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.
Blue Sky Laws And The Recent Congressional Preemption Failure, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Laws regarding the sale of securities may be understood as responses to perceived bargaining failures. The most extreme examples of these bargaining failures are seen in instances in which investors are intentionally misled or defrauded regarding the quality of the investments they receive for their money. Even without the presence of such culpability, however, bargaining failures are likely anytime the trading parties lack sufficient, accurate information necessary to effect value-enhancing trades. When that occurs in trades for capital, the parties to the transaction are misinformed respecting the trade, expectations are not protected, and that precious commodity, capital, may be turned …
Unregulated Investment In Certain Death: Sec V. Life Partners, Inc., Michael R. Davis
Unregulated Investment In Certain Death: Sec V. Life Partners, Inc., Michael R. Davis
Villanova Law Review
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