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The Relevance Of Tort Law Doctrines To Rule 10b-5: Should Careless Plaintiffs Be Denied Recovery?, Margaret V. Sachs Nov 1985

The Relevance Of Tort Law Doctrines To Rule 10b-5: Should Careless Plaintiffs Be Denied Recovery?, Margaret V. Sachs

Scholarly Works

Private litigation under section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rule 10b-5 is at present riddled with tort law doctrines. Familiar tort concepts such as aiding and abetting, respondeat superior, plaintiff's duty of care, in pari delicto, and contribution have been imported into the rule 10b-5 private action by a number of lower federal courts. The United States Supreme Court had not addressed the relevance of any of these doctrines until its decision this year in Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, Inc., v. Berner. By disallowing a defense of in pari delicto on statutory enforcement grounds, Bateman plainly …


Mismatching Convertible Debentures And Common Stock Under Section 16(B), Daniel B. Bogart Nov 1985

Mismatching Convertible Debentures And Common Stock Under Section 16(B), Daniel B. Bogart

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Express Versus Automatic Assignment Of Section 10(B) Causes Of Action, David C. Profilet Jun 1985

Express Versus Automatic Assignment Of Section 10(B) Causes Of Action, David C. Profilet

Duke Law Journal

In Lowry v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1 the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit considered whether the owner of a security may assert his seller's section 10(b) cause of action if the current owner did not receive an express assignment of the seller's rights. 2 That is, if the seller of a security has a section 10(b) claim, does the seller's cause of action "run with the security" so that the seller's purchaser takes the seller's cause of action by automatic assignment, or must the purchaser secure an express assignment of the seller's cause of action …


Hedging The Value Of Collective Assets: Financial Institutions Excluded From Regulation As Commodity Pool Operators Under The Commodity Exchange Act, Carl B. Wilkerson Jun 1985

Hedging The Value Of Collective Assets: Financial Institutions Excluded From Regulation As Commodity Pool Operators Under The Commodity Exchange Act, Carl B. Wilkerson

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Liability Of Financial Institutions For Aiding And Abetting Violations Of Securities Laws, Sally Totten Gilmore, William H. Mcbride Jun 1985

Liability Of Financial Institutions For Aiding And Abetting Violations Of Securities Laws, Sally Totten Gilmore, William H. Mcbride

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Kicking The Bucket Shop: The Model State Commodity Code As The Latest Weapon In The State Administrator's Anti-Fraud Arsenal, Julie M. Allen Jun 1985

Kicking The Bucket Shop: The Model State Commodity Code As The Latest Weapon In The State Administrator's Anti-Fraud Arsenal, Julie M. Allen

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Predispute Agreements To Arbitrate Claims Arising Under The Commodity Exchange Act Jun 1985

Predispute Agreements To Arbitrate Claims Arising Under The Commodity Exchange Act

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Self-Regulation Of The Securities Markets: A Critical Examination, Sam Scott Miller Jun 1985

Self-Regulation Of The Securities Markets: A Critical Examination, Sam Scott Miller

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Open Attack On The Nonsense Of Blue Sky Regulation, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr. Apr 1985

An Open Attack On The Nonsense Of Blue Sky Regulation, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The evolution of state securities laws (hereinafter "blue sky laws") in this country is a classic example of regulation that was, perhaps, initially justified and that was apparently promulgated with the best of motives, but which now is actually harmful to society. Today, blue sky laws are ineffective, philosophically unsound, and unnecessarily expensive, and they should be substantially eliminated. Because of the vested interests that have developed, however, it is unlikely that states will respond to this problem, and it will probably take action by the United States Congress to preempt the area. Such an action is appropriate and, indeed, …


Units Of Participation In Ira Common Trust Funds Offered By Commercial Banks: A Violation Of The Glass-Steagall Act, Jeffrey L. Elverman Jan 1985

Units Of Participation In Ira Common Trust Funds Offered By Commercial Banks: A Violation Of The Glass-Steagall Act, Jeffrey L. Elverman

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Protection Available To A U.S. Citizen Who Buys Securities From Foreigners: Relief In The U.S. For Sales At Home And Abroad; Protection Under U.K. And Thailand Laws, Narestr Kesaprakorn Jan 1985

Protection Available To A U.S. Citizen Who Buys Securities From Foreigners: Relief In The U.S. For Sales At Home And Abroad; Protection Under U.K. And Thailand Laws, Narestr Kesaprakorn

LLM Theses and Essays

This paper will examine regulations relating to transactions by foreigners in the United States securities markets and compare with investor protection in the U.K. and Thailand. It will also examine the manner in which the U.S. seeks to control extraterritorial securities transactions.


The Plight Of Small Issuers (And Others) Under Regulation D: Those Nagging Problems That Need Attention, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr. Jan 1985

The Plight Of Small Issuers (And Others) Under Regulation D: Those Nagging Problems That Need Attention, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Regulation D traces its roots to section 4(2) and section 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933. Both of these sections are designed to relieve an issuer from the pains of registration under the 1933 Act in situations where Congress deemed such registration inappropriate. Therefore, under section 4(2), no registration is required for "transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering." Section 3(b) is not a self-executing exemption but instead permits the Securities and Exchange Commission to enact rules and regulations exempting issuers from registration requirements "if it finds that ... [registration] is not necessary in the public interest …


The Draft Restatement: A Critique From A Securities Regulation Perspective, Douglas C. Michael, Daniel L. Goelzer, Jacob H. Stillman, Elisse B. Walter, Anne H. Sullivan Jan 1985

The Draft Restatement: A Critique From A Securities Regulation Perspective, Douglas C. Michael, Daniel L. Goelzer, Jacob H. Stillman, Elisse B. Walter, Anne H. Sullivan

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

For the past several years, the American Law Institute has been preparing a proposed revision of the Restatement (Second) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States (“Draft Restatement”). This article is a critique from a securities regulation perspective of the Draft Restatement's sections 402, 403, 416, 418, 419, 420 and 431.1 In short, the Draft Restatement departs substantially from existing law. It would add dangerous vagueness and uncertainty to the jurisdictional analysis used to determine whether the United States securities laws will be applied to transnational securities activities. In particular, the complicated balancing inquiry required under the Draft …


Affirmative Duty To Disclose Material Information Concerning Issuer's Financial Condition And Business Plans, Alan E. Garfield, Dennis J. Block, Nancy E. Barton Jan 1985

Affirmative Duty To Disclose Material Information Concerning Issuer's Financial Condition And Business Plans, Alan E. Garfield, Dennis J. Block, Nancy E. Barton

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Secrecy And Blocking Laws: A Growing Problem As The Internationalization Of Securities Markets Continues, Rochelle G. Kauffman Jan 1985

Secrecy And Blocking Laws: A Growing Problem As The Internationalization Of Securities Markets Continues, Rochelle G. Kauffman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note examines the problems recently faced by the SEC in policing securities transactions effected by foreign financial institutions in jurisdictions with secrecy and blocking laws, and it proposes both a short-term solution and a long-term solution to the SEC's enforcement problems. Part II of the Note outlines the problems confronting the SEC, specifically addressing the growing internationalization of securities markets and the effects on United States markets. This section also examines the problems confronting the SEC as a result of secrecy and blocking laws, and it suggests that unless new enforcement procedures are developed, these problems will increase when …


Limited Partnership Interests As Securities Under Revised Article 8 Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Myra Mitzman Jan 1985

Limited Partnership Interests As Securities Under Revised Article 8 Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Myra Mitzman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Arbitration In The Securities Industry: Too Much Of A Good Thing, David A. Lipton Jan 1985

Arbitration In The Securities Industry: Too Much Of A Good Thing, David A. Lipton

Journal of Dispute Resolution

The study upon which this article is based was conducted in response to the explosive growth of the use of arbitration in the securities industry as a means of resolving broker/customer disputes. The study was designed to investigate whether the use that is being made of arbitration is efficient and, if inefficiencies were found, what procedures might be employed to screen out inefficient use


Industrial Development Bond Financing After The Deficit Reduction Act Of 1984: The Final Chapter?, Scott W. Bernstein Jan 1985

Industrial Development Bond Financing After The Deficit Reduction Act Of 1984: The Final Chapter?, Scott W. Bernstein

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Approximately sixteen years after Congress purportedly divested industrial development bonds (IDB) of the general tax exemption accorded interest on state and local obligations, President Reagan signed into law the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (1984 Act) which contains a substantial number of provisions affecting IDB financing. Title VII of the 1984 Act places a ceiling on the total dollar amount of IDBs that each state can issue per calendar year, further restricts the use of tax-exempt IDB proceeds, and eliminates various loopholes in the Internal Revenue Code pertaining to IDBs. Coincidentally, on November 27, 1984, the Treasury Department, in its …