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Full-Text Articles in Securities Law
Is The Independent Director Model Broken?, Roberta S. Karmel
Is The Independent Director Model Broken?, Roberta S. Karmel
Seattle University Law Review
At common law, an interested director was barred from participating in corporate decisions in which he had an interest, and therefore “dis-interested” directors became desirable. This concept of the disinterested director developed into the model of an “independent director” and was advocated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and court decisions as a general ideal in a variety of situations. This Article explores doubts regarding the model of an “independent director” and suggests that director expertise may be more important that director independence. The Article then discusses shareholder primacy and sets forth alternatives to the shareholder primacy theory of the …
Regulatory Arbitrage, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, And Dodd-Frank: The Implications Of Us Global Otc Derivative Regulation, Christian Johnson
Regulatory Arbitrage, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, And Dodd-Frank: The Implications Of Us Global Otc Derivative Regulation, Christian Johnson
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Unfinished Business: Dodd-Frank's Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation Protections Fall Short For Private Companies And Their Employees, Chelsea Hunt Overhuls
Unfinished Business: Dodd-Frank's Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation Protections Fall Short For Private Companies And Their Employees, Chelsea Hunt Overhuls
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) revolutionized the world of securities law whistleblowing. It encouraged employees to reveal corporate fraud by providing federal anti-retaliation protection to incentivize such reports. Securities law whistleblowing was transformed a second time in 2010 when Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”). Under Dodd-Frank, employees that report information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are not only provided federal anti-retaliation protections but also are eligible for a hefty bounty. Two major differences separate these statutes: (1) SOX is limited to employees of companies who are subject to the reporting …
Dodd-Frank's Conflict Minerals Rule: The Tin Ear Of Government-Business Regulation, Henry Lowenstein
Dodd-Frank's Conflict Minerals Rule: The Tin Ear Of Government-Business Regulation, Henry Lowenstein
Marketing and Hospitality, Resort and Tourism Management
This paper examines an unusual provision included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010), Section 1502 known as the Conflict Minerals Rule. This provision, having nothing to do with the subject matter of the act itself, attempts to place a chilling effect on the trade of four identified minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The provision and its subsequent rule, surprisingly delegated to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (an agency lacking subject matter expertise in minerals) presents a case and object lesson of almost every cost, procedural and legal error that can take place …
From Revolutionary To Palace Guard: The Role And Requirements Of Intermediaries Under Proposed Regulation Crowdfunding, Andrew D. Stephenson, Brian R. Knight, Matthew Bahleda
From Revolutionary To Palace Guard: The Role And Requirements Of Intermediaries Under Proposed Regulation Crowdfunding, Andrew D. Stephenson, Brian R. Knight, Matthew Bahleda
Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review
Intermediaries in securities crowdfunding face significant requirements as a result of the statutory mandates of Title III of the JOBS Act. The SEC, in its proposed rules, provided structure to these requirements. The proposed rules would create strict requirements for intermediaries regarding their relationships with investors and how they undertake crowdfunding transactions under Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act. The proposed rules would also create and establish the guidelines for funding portals, a new type of limited purpose securities broker. While some commentators decry the SEC for placing undue burdens and legal liabilities on intermediaries in securities crowdfunding, the SEC …
Liability And Admission Of Wrongdoing In Public Enforcement Of Law, Samuel W. Buell
Liability And Admission Of Wrongdoing In Public Enforcement Of Law, Samuel W. Buell
Faculty Scholarship
Some judges and scholars have questioned the social value of the standard form in which the Securities and Exchange Commission settles its corporate enforcement actions, including the agency’s use of essentially unreviewed consent decrees that include no admission of liability or wrongdoing. This essay for a symposium on SEC enforcement provides an analysis of the deterrent effects of the three main components of settlements in public enforcement of law: liability, admission, and remedy. The conclusions are the following. All three components have beneficial deterrent effects. Cost considerations nonetheless justify some settlements that dispense with liability or admission, or even both. …
Who Can’T Raise Capital? The Scylla And Charybdis Of Capital Formation, James D. Cox
Who Can’T Raise Capital? The Scylla And Charybdis Of Capital Formation, James D. Cox
Faculty Scholarship
There has long been complaints that the heavy regulatory hand of Blue Sky Law administrators prevents capital formation by small issuers. Using data recently collected by the SEC, the article reasons that the problems capital starved small issuers encounter is not the state regulator. The problems are elsewhere. The paper explores whether intermediation may ultimately enable more startups to raise needed funds. For this to occur, however, the paper explores the formidable obstacles the broker must overcome in meeting demanding suitability requirements.
Securities Violations In 140 Characters Or Less: Social Media And Its Growing Impact On The Securities Industry, Kevin Etzel
Securities Violations In 140 Characters Or Less: Social Media And Its Growing Impact On The Securities Industry, Kevin Etzel
Touro Law Review
As social media continues its rapid ascent, the law must be able to keep pace. The securities industry is where one area that must keep pace. This Comment demonstrates the drastic effects, both positive and negative, that social media has on securities regulation.
In Search Of Safe Harbor: Suggestions For The New Rule 506(C), Usha Rodrigues
In Search Of Safe Harbor: Suggestions For The New Rule 506(C), Usha Rodrigues
Scholarly Works
I devote most of this essay to exploring how, exactly, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) should go about providing guidelines to implement the statutory requirement that issuers have a reasonable belief that a purchaser is accredited. The SEC has proposed rules, but these rules merely restate what Congress has already required, thus sidestepping Congress’s direction that the agency itself articulate some verification methods. Taking the SEC’s decidedly amorphous proposal to task, I recommend that the SEC offer two nonexclusive safe harbors for issuers to guide them in determining whether a natural person is an accredited investor. The paragraphs below …
There's A New Sheriff In Town - Will The New Sec Chairman Allow Issuers Of American Depository Receipts To Use International Accounting Standards To Satisfy Listing Requirements On U.S. Exchanges?, Joseph J.M. Orabona
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
No abstract provided.
Business Roundtable V. Securities And Exchange Commission: The Sec's First Big Shot At Proxy Access In The Shadow Of Dodd-Frank, Raymond E. Areshenko
Business Roundtable V. Securities And Exchange Commission: The Sec's First Big Shot At Proxy Access In The Shadow Of Dodd-Frank, Raymond E. Areshenko
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
No abstract provided.
When The Government Attempts To Change The Board, Investors Should Know, William O. Fisher
When The Government Attempts To Change The Board, Investors Should Know, William O. Fisher
Pepperdine Law Review
In 2008 and 2009, the federal government effectively hired and fired directors at American International Group and Bank of America, without any securities filing of the sort that would have been required had a private market actor attempted to change the boards at those companies. The fact that current law allows the government to secretly reconstitute the governing bodies of multibillion-dollar, publicly traded companies is cause for concern, for who controls the board controls the company. This Article argues that, just as securities filings alert investors when private parties attempt board change, a new required filing should inform investors when …
Materiality In Sarbanes-Oxley Act Employee Protection Claims, William Dorsey
Materiality In Sarbanes-Oxley Act Employee Protection Claims, William Dorsey
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
No abstract provided.
Alternatives For Small Business Raising Capital Under The Securities Act Of 1933, David H. Barber
Alternatives For Small Business Raising Capital Under The Securities Act Of 1933, David H. Barber
Pepperdine Law Review
The problems encountered by the business community in raising capital for new or small businesses has spurned implementation of responsive policy and regulations by the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of input from a series of nationwide small business hearings, the S.E.C. has recently demonstrated its commitment to aiding capital raising needs. This was accomplished by creating an Office of Small Business Policy to respond to the effects of major new changes to the Securities Act of 1933 which seek to facilitate the process of capitalization of small business. Professor David H. Barber, of Brigham Young University's J. …
Boiler Room Fraud: An Operational Plan Utilizing The Injunction Against Fraud Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. §1345 , Robert M. Twiss
Boiler Room Fraud: An Operational Plan Utilizing The Injunction Against Fraud Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. §1345 , Robert M. Twiss
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Channel Checking And Insider Trading Liability, Michael Byun
Channel Checking And Insider Trading Liability, Michael Byun
Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review
This note addresses the potential legality or illegality of channel checking in the context of a private equity buyout. In Part II, this note uses a hypothetical to demonstrate a situation in which a private equity acquirer might engage in a channel check. In Part III, this note analyzes federal judicial and SEC cases that have developed various categories of insider trading liability, and provides a framework for insider trading liability. In Part IV, this note applies the analysis from Part III to the hypothetical described in Part II. Part IV attempts to reach a conclusion about whether the private …
Resurrecting Court Deference To The Securities And Exchange Commission: Definition Of “Security”, Steven J. Cleveland
Resurrecting Court Deference To The Securities And Exchange Commission: Definition Of “Security”, Steven J. Cleveland
Catholic University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Revisiting 'Truth In Securities Revisited': Abolishing Ipos And Harnessing Private Markets In The Public Good, Adam C. Pritchard
Revisiting 'Truth In Securities Revisited': Abolishing Ipos And Harnessing Private Markets In The Public Good, Adam C. Pritchard
Articles
My thesis is that the transition between private- and public-company status could be less bumpy if we unify the public-private dividing line under the Securities Act and Exchange Act. The insight builds on Cohen's thought experiment where Congress first enacted the Exchange Act. My proposed public-private standard would take the company-registration model to its logical conclusion. The customary path to public-company status is through an IPO, typically with simultaneous listing of the shares on an exchange. There is nothing about public offerings, however, that makes them inherently antecedent to public-company status. What if companies became public, with required periodic disclosures …
Revising Federal Securityholder Communication Rules To Respond To Pension Funds' Increasing Market Presence, Kenneth R. Lehman
Revising Federal Securityholder Communication Rules To Respond To Pension Funds' Increasing Market Presence, Kenneth R. Lehman
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Regulatory Conflicts: International Tender And Exchange Offers In The 1990s, John C. Maguire
Regulatory Conflicts: International Tender And Exchange Offers In The 1990s, John C. Maguire
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Mandatory Class Action Lawsuits As A Restructuring Technique, Bryant B. Edwards, Jeffrey A. Herbst, Selina K. Hewitt
Mandatory Class Action Lawsuits As A Restructuring Technique, Bryant B. Edwards, Jeffrey A. Herbst, Selina K. Hewitt
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Corporate Governance: Some Unasked Questions A Personal Commentary, Henry Lesser
Corporate Governance: Some Unasked Questions A Personal Commentary, Henry Lesser
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Foreword, Marc I. Steinberg
The New Uniform Statute Of Limitations For Federal Securities Fraud Actions: Its Evolution, Its Impact, And A Call For Reform, Anthony Michael Sabino
The New Uniform Statute Of Limitations For Federal Securities Fraud Actions: Its Evolution, Its Impact, And A Call For Reform, Anthony Michael Sabino
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Regulation Fd Will Result In Poorer Disclosure And Increased Market Volatility, Joanna E. Barnes
Regulation Fd Will Result In Poorer Disclosure And Increased Market Volatility, Joanna E. Barnes
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
L3cs: The Next Big Wave In Socially Responsible Investing Or Just Simply Too Good To Be True?, David J. Schwister
L3cs: The Next Big Wave In Socially Responsible Investing Or Just Simply Too Good To Be True?, David J. Schwister
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
No abstract provided.
Unnecessary Reform: The Fallacies With And Alternatives To Sec Regulation Of Hedge Funds, Evan M. Gilbert
Unnecessary Reform: The Fallacies With And Alternatives To Sec Regulation Of Hedge Funds, Evan M. Gilbert
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
No abstract provided.
Codes Of Ethics And State Fiduciary Duties: Where Is The Line?, Z. Jill Barclift
Codes Of Ethics And State Fiduciary Duties: Where Is The Line?, Z. Jill Barclift
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
No abstract provided.
Goldstein V. Securities And Exchange Commission, Todd Zaun
Goldstein V. Securities And Exchange Commission, Todd Zaun
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
Hedge funds are one of the fastest growing and most controversial segments of the financial market. Most people know very little about hedge funds other than that they are the investment vehicle of choice for well-heeled investors - the place where the rich put their money in order to get even richer. In fact, hedge funds thrive on the lack of knowledge about what exactly it is that they do. Without the ability to keep their trading strategies confidential, hedge funds argue they would not be able generate the impressive returns that keep them in business. And so when the …
Below Investment Grade And Above The Law: A Past, Present And Future Look At The Accountability Of Credit Rating Agencies, Marilyn Blumberg Cane, Adam Shamir, Tomas Jodar
Below Investment Grade And Above The Law: A Past, Present And Future Look At The Accountability Of Credit Rating Agencies, Marilyn Blumberg Cane, Adam Shamir, Tomas Jodar
Faculty Scholarship
This article covers the evolution of the credit rating industry, in particular, the noteworthy shift from purchaser-subscriber to issuer pay model. It then describes the history of SEC CRA regulatory measures, most notably the adoption of SEC Rule 436(g), adopted in 1982, which specifically eliminated liability for the big CRAs (Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, Fitch’s and Duff and Phelps) as “experts” under Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act of 1933. The article then covers the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006 and the adoption of SEC Rule 17g-5 in an attempt to control conflicts of interest within …