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Subprime Mortgages and Theories of Liability-Deja Vu (Part Four)

Friday, August 22, 2008 by Michael E. Clark

This part (Part Four) of the series provides links to and summarizes some of the more interesting observations made by made by leading commenators about various aspects of the subprime market collapse and related issues.

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Topic: Securities

Subprime Mortgages and Theories of Liability--Deja Vu? (Part Three)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by Michael E. Clark

Part Three addresses the heightened pleading requirements for falsity and scienter imposed by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLSRA) and the impact of caselaw interpreting these provisions that make it very hard for class action plaintiffs to successfully establish secondary liability of defendants.

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Topic: Securities

Subprime Mortgages and Theories of Liability--Deja Vu? (Part Two)

Monday, August 4, 2008 by Michael E. Clark

Part Two of this series examines some cases, issues, and theories of liability that plaintiffs and regulators are relying upon to establish the civil and criminal liability of the defendants in various suits for damages sustained in connection with the implosion of the subprime mortgage market.... Read More
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Topic: Securities

Subprime Mortgages and Theories of Liability--Deja Vu? (Part One)

Saturday, August 2, 2008 by Michael E. Clark

This is Part One of a series in which I will examine the various issues, theories, and contours of the subprime mortgage scandal that has led to more than 100 securities fraud class actions being filed, and mounting financial losses that have spread into other segments of the marketplace, causing major lenders and brokers to suffer billions in losses.... Read More
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Topic: Securities

The FCPA Needs More Regulatory Clarifications for Businesses

Sunday, February 3, 2008 by Michael E. Clark

This short article explains why safe harbors need to be made specifically available to the FCPA through regulation so that businesses can modify their conduct to avoid inadvertently violating the provisions of this far reaching statute.... Read More
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Topic: Securities

FCPA Trends and Developments

Saturday, January 26, 2008 by Michael E. Clark

This entry discusses how FCPA issues oftentimes appear in parallel civil litigation and how plaintiffs' counsel are successfully leveraging FCPA enforcement activities to obtain financial settlements for their clients.... Read More
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Topic: Securities
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