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Through A Glass Darkly: How Securities Disclosures Give A Distorted View Of The Economy, Gerald F. Davis

Seattle University Law Review

Our understanding of the American economy often relies on stylized facts derived from mandatory disclosures by listed corporations. Data vendors like Standard & Poor’s vacuum up 10Ks and proxy statements into databases, and scholars distill these into tentative maps. This may have been adequate for a postwar economy centered on asset-heavy manufacturers, but it is increasingly out of step with an information-based economy. Companies listed on the stock market are fewer in number and less representative than they were, light in tangible assets and people, and heavy on IP. Basic facts such as what industry they are in are increasingly …

Reconciling Disjunct Cryptocurrency Securities Enforcement With Purchaser Expectations, Jacob E. Simmons

Seattle University Law Review

The Southern District of New York’s July 2023 decision in SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc. has been touted as a monumental win for cryptocurrency purchasers and related businesses. The Ripple court held that, except institutional investor transactions, all sales of Ripple’s XRP token were not investment contracts, a class of security subject to federal securities law. The court’s ruling meant that Ripple could not be held liable for the unregistered trading of XRP beyond its sales to institutional investors. Ripple adds new insights to a pervasive policymaking dilemma addressed in this Note: is the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) regulatory …

How To Interpret The Securities Laws?, Zachary J. Gubler

Seattle University Law Review

In discussions of the federal securities laws, the SEC usually gets most of the attention. This makes some sense. After all, it is the agency charged with administrating the securities laws and regulating the industry as a whole. It makes the majority of the laws; it engages in enforcement actions; it reacts to crises; and it, or sometimes even its individual commissioners, intervene publicly in policy debates. Often overlooked in such discussion, however, is the role of the Supreme Court in shaping securities law, and a new book by Adam Pritchard and Robert Thompson demonstrates why this is an oversight. …

Japan's Financial Instruments And Exchange Law: Hercules Or Hydra?, Clark T. Wisenbaker

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Culture Wars: Rate Manipulation, Institutional Corruption, And The Lost Normative Foundations Of Market Conduct Regulation, Justin O'Brien

Seattle University Law Review

The global investigations into the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) have raised significant questions about how conflicts of interest are managed for regulated entities contributing to benchmarks. An alternative framework, which brings the management of the rate process under direct regulatory supervision, is under consideration, coordinated by the International Organization of Securities Commissions taskforce. The articulation of global principles builds on a review commissioned by the British government that suggests rates calculated by submission can be reformed. This paper argues that this approach is predestined to fail, precisely because it ignores the lessons of history. In revisiting …

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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Cpas Who Perform Management Consulting Services May Face Increased Exposure To Controlling Person Liability Under The Federal Securities Acts

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Repurchase Agreement Transactions In Securities Investor Protection Act Proceedings, Michael D. Bolton

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Addresses the treatment of Repurchase Agreements (REPOS) in bankruptcy proceedings before and after the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1984. Examines the treatment of REPOs as both sales and loans, and concludes that courts should treat REPO transactions as contracts for a sale and subsequent repurchase, in order to insure market stability, protect consumers, and maximize assets. The author further concludes that administering trustees should not be able to classify REPOs as loans, then refuse to protect the owners of securities underlying the REPOs as customers.

Securities Law - Rule 10b-5 - Recklessness Formulation Of Scienter Requirement Under Rule 10b-5, Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr.

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

An Overview Of Promissory Notes Under The Federal Securities Laws, Frederick Green

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article discusses the intent of the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and their various judicial interpretations. Article notes the judicial trend away from a literal reading where all securities would be covered by the acts but how the Second Circuit has been reluctant to stray from a literal interpretation of the acts despite a rejection from the United States Supreme Court.

Securities Regulation - Breach Of Statutory Duty Of Inquiry Imposed By Section 17(A) Of Securites And Exchange Act Subjects Accountant To Liability As Aider-Abettor Of Securities Broker's Rule 10b-5 Violation, Philip G. Kircher

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Over-Accountable Accountants? A Proposal For Clarification Of The Legal Responsibilities Stemming From The Audit Function, Geoffrey T. Chalmers

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.