Securities Regulations: Examples and Explanations

Securities Regulations: Examples and Explanations
ISBN-10
1567066372
ISBN-13
9781567066371
Category
Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General
Pages
415
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Aspen Law & Business
Author
Alan R. Palmiter

Description

Noted author Alan Palmiter sends a lifeboat to students of Securities Regulation in this carefully-crafted study guide. In the highly-regarded style of the Examples & Explanations Series that instructors know they can trust, Palmiter provides textual overviews of the key concepts of the course, followed by examples to test student understanding, and suggested answers To The examples. SECURITIES REGULATION: Examples and Explanations opens with an overview of Securities Markets and Regulation And The Definition of a Security, followed by coverage of: Materiality Registration of Securities Offerings Exemptions from Securities Act Registration Securities Act Liability Secondary and other Post-Offering Distributions Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 10b-5 Insider Trading SEC Enforcement Palmiter also covers topics that sometimes receive cursory attention in class but are important on exams and in practice: Regulation of Securities Professionals U.S. Regulation of Cross-Border Securities Transactions Many of the examples and explanations in the book are drawn from newsworthy events, such as: the initial public offering of Microsoft in 1986 the recent emergence of internet trading a famous securities fraud case that bounced its way To The Supreme Court on a number of occasions With its timely examples, illuminating text, and proven effective format, SECURITIES REGULATION: Examples and Explanations makes it easier for students to learn -- and instructors to teach -- this important but difficult subject.

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