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7th Annual Seminar On Securities Law, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law, H. Alexander Campbell, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr., Ivan M. Diamond, Fredrich H. Thomforde, Frederic H. Davis, Cynthia W. Young, C. Craig Bradley Jr, David W. Harper, Gary L. Stage, Garrison R. Cox Feb 1988

7th Annual Seminar On Securities Law, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law, H. Alexander Campbell, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr., Ivan M. Diamond, Fredrich H. Thomforde, Frederic H. Davis, Cynthia W. Young, C. Craig Bradley Jr, David W. Harper, Gary L. Stage, Garrison R. Cox

Continuing Legal Education Materials

Materials from the UK/CLE 7th Annual Seminar on Securities Law held February 12-13, 1988.


The Concept Of Transaction As A Restraint On Resale Limitations, J. William Hicks Jan 1988

The Concept Of Transaction As A Restraint On Resale Limitations, J. William Hicks

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Strange Case Of Fraud On The Market: A Label In Search Of A Theory, Barbara Black Jan 1988

Strange Case Of Fraud On The Market: A Label In Search Of A Theory, Barbara Black

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

Part I of this Article will briefly discuss fraud on the market as a label attached to different factual situations, analyzing Blackie v. Barrack and Shores v. Sklar as two paradigms of the label's application. Part II will discuss the Supreme Court's recent decision in Basic. It concludes that the Court did not analyze definitively fraud on the market, thus leaving open the possibility that a pure causation approach is an appropriate explanation of fraud on the market. The treatment and application of fraud on the market in the lower courts is next analyzed in three groups: those applying Blackie, …


Accountable Accountants: Is Third-Party Liability Necessary?, Victor P. Goldberg Jan 1988

Accountable Accountants: Is Third-Party Liability Necessary?, Victor P. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

Should accountants be liable to third parties if they conduct an audit in negligent manner? A half century ago, in Ultramares Corporation v. Touche, Niven & Co., Cardozo argued that they should not, unless their performance could be characterized as fraud. In recent years, courts in a minority of jurisdictions have concluded that Cardozo's argument is no longer compelling and they have found that "foreseeable" third parties could bring a tort action for ordinary negligence against the accountants. In addition to being subject to tort actions, accountants may also be liable under federal and state securities laws.

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