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Sec Enforcement Heuristics: An Empirical Inquiry, Randall Thomas, James D. Cox
Sec Enforcement Heuristics: An Empirical Inquiry, Randall Thomas, James D. Cox
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This Article examines the overlap between SEC securities enforcement actions and private securities fraud class actions. We begin with an overview of data concerning all SEC enforcement actions from 1997 to 2002. We find that the volume of SEC enforcement proceedings is relatively modest. We next examine the scope of the recently enacted "Fair Fund" provision that authorizes the SEC to designate civil penalties it recovers from defendants to benefit defrauded private investors. We conclude that this provision offers only limited potential relief for private investors. We complete this Part of the Article with an analysis of the serious resource …