Judgment Day For Fraud-On-The-Market?: Reflections On Amgen And The Second Coming Of Halliburton,
2013
Georgetown University Law Center
Judgment Day For Fraud-On-The-Market?: Reflections On Amgen And The Second Coming Of Halliburton, Donald C. Langevoort
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In November 2013, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Halliburton litigation to reconsider, and perhaps overrule, its seminal decision in Basic Inc. v. Levinson. Basic legitimated the fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance, making securities class actions for claims of false corporate publicity viable, and such cases have become the central mechanisms for private securities fraud litigation. This move came after last Term’s Amgen decision, where four justices signaled their doubts about Basic. This essay looks at the connection between Amgen and the continuing viability of fraud-on-the-market litigation. How Halliburton comes out will likely depend on how the Court …
Legal Diversification,
2013
Florida State University College of Law
Legal Diversification, Kelli A. Alces
Scholarly Publications
The greatest protection investors have from the risks associated with capital investment is diversification. This Essay introduces a new dimension of diversification for investors: legal diversification. Legal diversification of investment means building a portfolio of securities that are governed by a variety of legal rules. Legal diversification protects investors from the risk that a particular method of minimizing agency costs will prove ineffective and allows investors to own securities in a variety of firms, with each security governed by the most efficient set of legal rules given the circumstances of the investment. Diversification of investment by legal rules is possible …
The Undersigned Attorney Hereby Certifies -- The Washington Supreme Court Rule On Standards And Its Implications,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
The Undersigned Attorney Hereby Certifies -- The Washington Supreme Court Rule On Standards And Its Implications, Justice Sheryl Gordon Mccloud, Justice Susan Owens, Marc Boman, Joanne Moore
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
G Forces: Gideon V. Wainwright And Matthew Adler's Move Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
G Forces: Gideon V. Wainwright And Matthew Adler's Move Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis, Janet Moore
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Dark Medicine: How The National Research Act Has Failed To Address Racist Practices In Biomedical Experiments Targeting The African-American Community,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Dark Medicine: How The National Research Act Has Failed To Address Racist Practices In Biomedical Experiments Targeting The African-American Community, Anietie Maureen-Ann Akpan
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Do We Have It Right This Time? An Analysis Of The Accomplishments And Shortcomings Of Washington's Indian Child Welfare Act,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Do We Have It Right This Time? An Analysis Of The Accomplishments And Shortcomings Of Washington's Indian Child Welfare Act, Karen Gray Young
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Securing Food Justice, Sovereignty & Sustainability In The Face Of The Food Safety Modernization Act (Fsma),
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Securing Food Justice, Sovereignty & Sustainability In The Face Of The Food Safety Modernization Act (Fsma), Eve Kerber
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Driving While License Suspended - Third Degree, A Framework For Requesting Alternative Sentences,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Driving While License Suspended - Third Degree, A Framework For Requesting Alternative Sentences, Sahar Fathi
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
About The Authors,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Leveraging Paraguay’S Hydropower For Sustainable Economic Development,
2013
Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Leveraging Paraguay’S Hydropower For Sustainable Economic Development, Perrine Toledano, Nicolas Maennling
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
While internationally Paraguay is known for being the largest hydropower exporter in the world, the domestic economy suffers from regular outages and high system losses. The country is largely dependent on agricultural production, which has led to volatile economic performances in the past resulting from climatic circumstances and commodity price fluctuations. To address these two key policy challenges, the Government of Paraguay has approached The Earth Institute to: 1) explore the potential of a climate risk management system and sustainable agriculture activities to mitigate environmental vulnerability and 2) develop a high-level strategic plan to use Paraguay’s vast hydropower resources for …
Setting Attorneys' Fees In Securities Class Actions: An Empirical As,
2013
Vanderbilt University Law School
Setting Attorneys' Fees In Securities Class Actions: An Empirical As, Lynn A. Baker, Michael A. Perino, Charles Silver
Vanderbilt Law Review
n 1995, Congress overrode President Bill Clinton's veto and enacted the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act ("PSLRA"), a key purpose of which was to put securities class actions under the control of institutional investors with large financial stakes in the outcome of the litigation.' The theory behind this policy, set out in a famous article by Professors Elliot Weiss and John Beckerman, was simple: self-interest should encourage investors with large stakes to run class actions in ways that maximize recoveries for all investors. These investors should naturally want to hire good lawyers, incentivize them properly, monitor their actions, and reject …
Understanding Causation In Private Securities Lawsuits: Building On Amgen,
2013
Vanderbilt University Law School
Understanding Causation In Private Securities Lawsuits: Building On Amgen, James D. Cox
Vanderbilt Law Review
The securities antifraud provision is a bastard. It has no indisputable parentage; its existence is attributed to a federal statute, but its features are borrowed from state law, a body of law that the enacting Congress presumably believed was inadequate.' Why would Congress borrow from state law that it considered deficient? Even though the antifraud provision has come of age largely through judicial construction similar to the laudatory process that underlies our common law, critics attack the antifraud provision like no comparable common-law development. To many scholars, private antifraud suits are not viewed as a net benefit, but as a …
Table Of Contents,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Introduction,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Introduction, Jacqueline Mcmurtrie
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Gideon At Fifty -- Golden Anniversary Or Mid Life Crisis,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Gideon At Fifty -- Golden Anniversary Or Mid Life Crisis, Kim Taylor-Thompson
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Fifty Years After Gideon: It Is Long Past Time To Provide Lawyers For Misdemeanor Defendants Who Cannot Afford To Hire Their Own,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Fifty Years After Gideon: It Is Long Past Time To Provide Lawyers For Misdemeanor Defendants Who Cannot Afford To Hire Their Own, Robert C. Boruchowitz
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Gideon: Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Looking In The Mirror,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Gideon: Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Looking In The Mirror, Steven Zeidman
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Legal Financial Obligations: Fulfilling The Promise Of Gideon By Reducing The Burden,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Legal Financial Obligations: Fulfilling The Promise Of Gideon By Reducing The Burden, Travis Stearns
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Does The Right To Counsel On Appeal End As You Exit The Court Of Appeals?,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Does The Right To Counsel On Appeal End As You Exit The Court Of Appeals?, Nancy P. Collins
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Improving Access To Justice: Plain Language Family Law Court Forms In Washington State,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Improving Access To Justice: Plain Language Family Law Court Forms In Washington State, Charles R. Dyer, Joan E. Fairbanks, M. Lynn Greiner, Kirsten Barron, Janet L. Skreen, Josefina Cerrillo-Ramirez, Andrew Lee, Bill Hinsee
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
