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Collective security is a multi-lateral security arrangement between states in which each state in the institution accepts that an attack on one state is the concern of all and merits a collective response to threats by all. [ 1] Collective security was a key principle underpinning the League of Nations and the United Nations. [ 1]
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (commonly known as the "Exchange Act" or the "1934 Act") gives shareholders the right to bring a private action in federal court to recover damages the shareholder sustained as a result of securities fraud. The majority of securities fraud claims are brought pursuant to Section 10 (b) of the Exchange Act ...
SEC Rule 10b5-1, codified at 17 CFR 240.10b5-1, was enacted as a regulation by the SEC in 2000. [ 11] The SEC stated that Rule 10b5-1 was enacted in order to resolve an unsettled issue over the definition of insider trading, [ 12] which is prohibited by SEC Rule 10b-5. In March 2023, in the first-ever indictment for insider trading based on an ...
Public law is the part of law that governs relations and affairs between legal persons and a government, [ 1] between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, [ 2] as well as relationships between persons that are of direct concern to society. Public law comprises constitutional law, administrative law ...
Under the Noerr–Pennington doctrine, private entities are immune from liability under the antitrust laws for attempts to influence the passage or enforcement of laws, even if the laws they advocate for would have anticompetitive effects. [ 1] The doctrine is grounded in the First Amendment protection of political speech, and "upon a ...
A securities class action ( SCA ), or securities fraud class action, is a lawsuit filed by investors who bought or sold a company's publicly traded securities within a specific period of time (known as a “class period”) and suffered economic injury as a result of violations of the securities laws . In cases involving misleading statements ...
Securities regulation in the United States is the field of U.S. law that covers transactions and other dealings with securities. The term is usually understood to include both federal and state-level regulation by governmental regulatory agencies, but sometimes may also encompass listing requirements of exchanges like the New York Stock ...
Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. [ 1][ 2] Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement. [ 3] It is also known as antitrust law (or just antitrust[ 4] ), anti-monopoly law, [ 1] and trade practices law; the act ...