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Stoneridge V. Scientific-Atlanta: Do Section 10(B) And Rule 10b-5 Require A Misstatement Or Omission?, Rodney D. Chrisman
Stoneridge V. Scientific-Atlanta: Do Section 10(B) And Rule 10b-5 Require A Misstatement Or Omission?, Rodney D. Chrisman
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Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta promises to be the most important securities litigation case to reach the Supreme Court since Central Bank of Denver. In this important case, Stoneridge presents the Supreme Court with the opportunity to clarify the application of its ruling in Central Bank to liability for secondary actors under section 10(b) and rule 10b-5. This Article points out that the fundamental question plaguing the lower courts since Central Bank and resulting in two circuit splits is whether section 10(b) requires that a secondary actor actually make a misstatement or omission in order to be held liable under the rule …
Stoneridge V. Scientific-Atlanta: Do Section 10(B) And Rule 10b-5 Require A Misstatement Or Omission? (Pre-Publication Draft), Rodney D. Chrisman
Stoneridge V. Scientific-Atlanta: Do Section 10(B) And Rule 10b-5 Require A Misstatement Or Omission? (Pre-Publication Draft), Rodney D. Chrisman
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This version is a draft submitted for publication and accepted prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling. The final version, published by QLR and also posted on Digital Commons, was modified subsequently to the Supreme Court ruling. Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta promises to be the most important securities litigation case to reach the Supreme Court since Central Bank of Denver. In this important case, Stoneridge presents the Supreme Court with the opportunity to clarify the application of its ruling in Central Bank to liability for secondary actors under section 10(b) and rule 10b-5. This Article points out that the fundamental question plaguing …
Liberty University's Lawyering Skills Program: Integrating Legal Theory In A Practice-Oriented Curriculum, Mathew D. Staver
Liberty University's Lawyering Skills Program: Integrating Legal Theory In A Practice-Oriented Curriculum, Mathew D. Staver
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Law schools are not preparing lawyers for the practice of law. While modern legal education may teach analytical reasoning, skills training continues to suffer. The lawyering skills program developed by the Liberty University School of Law addresses the need to train lawyers in the practice of law. When seeking to build a top quality law school, Liberty University took seriously the challenge to address the void in legal education, particularly with respect to lawyering skills. The foundational principles of law are infused into the legal curriculum and lawyering skills program. The required substantive law courses are structured to have a …
Chinese And Western Worldviews: Implications For Law, Policy,, Jeffrey C. Tuomala
Chinese And Western Worldviews: Implications For Law, Policy,, Jeffrey C. Tuomala
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Sacrificing Motherhood On The Altar Of Political Correctness: Declaring A Legal Stranger To Be A Parent Over The Objections Of The Child's Biological Parent, Rena M. Lindevaldsen
Sacrificing Motherhood On The Altar Of Political Correctness: Declaring A Legal Stranger To Be A Parent Over The Objections Of The Child's Biological Parent, Rena M. Lindevaldsen
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This Article examines the legal and policy implications that arise when two women involved in a same-sex relationship both claim motherhood status to a child who is biologically related to only one of them. These cases involve a biological mother who is artificially inseminated with donor sperm and gives birth while she is involved in a same-sex relationship. When the relationship ends, courts are asked to decide whether the former same-sex partner, who has no legal or biological relationship to the child, should be treated as a parent to the child for custody and visitation purposes. Since the United States …
The Bible And American Law: A Response To Dean Herbert W. Titus, Jeffrey C. Tuomala
The Bible And American Law: A Response To Dean Herbert W. Titus, Jeffrey C. Tuomala
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