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Casenote: Killing Life Partners: Why Viatical Settlements Constitute Securities – In Light Of The Sec V. Mutual Benefits Corporation And Other Recent Cases Explicitly Rejecting Life Partners, Brian Levin Sep 2005

Casenote: Killing Life Partners: Why Viatical Settlements Constitute Securities – In Light Of The Sec V. Mutual Benefits Corporation And Other Recent Cases Explicitly Rejecting Life Partners, Brian Levin

ExpressO

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The Supreme Court And The Definition Of "Security": The"Context" Clause, "Investment Contract" Analysis, And Their Ramifications, Marc I. Steinberg, William E. Kaulbach Apr 1987

The Supreme Court And The Definition Of "Security": The"Context" Clause, "Investment Contract" Analysis, And Their Ramifications, Marc I. Steinberg, William E. Kaulbach

Vanderbilt Law Review

In two recent decisions' construing the scope of the federal securities acts, the Supreme Court apparently has undertaken to alleviate some of the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the most fundamental question in securities law: the definition of"security" itself. Much of the existing confusion can be traced to earlier decisions of the Court that first implied, and later held,that the regulatory or offering context in which a particular transaction occurs could function to exclude the transaction from cover-age of the securities laws' anti-fraud provisions. This result could follow even though the transaction in question otherwise might satisfy the traditional Howey or …


Real Estate And Unconventional Securities Under The Arkansas Securities Act, Harvey L. Bell Apr 1980

Real Estate And Unconventional Securities Under The Arkansas Securities Act, Harvey L. Bell

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Le Chateau Royal Corp. V. Pantaleo, 370 So. 2d 1155 (Fla. 4th Dist. Ct. App. 1979), William Dekle Dey Jan 1980

Le Chateau Royal Corp. V. Pantaleo, 370 So. 2d 1155 (Fla. 4th Dist. Ct. App. 1979), William Dekle Dey

Florida State University Law Review

Securities Regulation-INVESTMENT CONTRACT-COMMON ENTERPRISE-MORE THAN A SINGLE INVESTOR IS REQUIRED FOR A CONTRACT TO BE AN INVESTMENT CONTRACT CONSTITUTING A SECURITY


Definition Of A Security: Risk Capital And Investment Contracts In Washington, Michael E. Stevenson, John J. O'Leary, Iii Jan 1979

Definition Of A Security: Risk Capital And Investment Contracts In Washington, Michael E. Stevenson, John J. O'Leary, Iii

Seattle University Law Review

The addition of the risk capital definition to Washington's securities law will expand regulation to many transactions that in the past were excluded. Although its full application is unforeseeable, the risk capital definition should apply to financing arrangements in the formation of clubs, associations, and cooperatives. Practitioners must be keenly aware that ventures not traditionally defined within Washington's securities regulations many now fall under the risk capital definition of a security.