The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 makes unlawful to effect a series of transactions in any security registered on a national

Congress passed the Securities Act and the Exchange Act largely in response to the manipulative practices

The Securities Act of 1933 was designed to provide investors with full disclosure of material information concerning public offerings of securities

Securities law regulates the exchange and issuance of stock shares from publicly held corporations and privately held corporations, and the conduct

The following Information deals with suits by shareholders and corporate officers and directors:

Fiduciary Duty: Corporate directors can only be subject

The duty to disclose doctrine provides that people generally are liable for omissions only if they have a duty to

Insider Trading: There are two theories of insider trading liability

Classical Theory: The classical theory of insider trading imposes liability on

In November 2003, Putnam Investments came under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for market timing fraud.Putnam reached a

The amount of information an issuer must disclose about a company before she may legally offer shares to