Securities Regulation

Semester: Fall 2013
Course ID: 484N
Credit Hours: 4
Unique: 29510

Course Information

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
TUE, WED	3:45 - 5:35 pm	TNH 2.138

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Final exam	December 18, 2013	1:30 pm	A-Z in 2.139

Description

Virtually any raising of capital implicates the securities laws. The goal of this course, then, is for students to learn the mechanics of public and private offerings of securities, and to understand the reporting and disclosure requirements that issuing securities entails. This course is particularly important for students who expect to work either in business litigation or transactional law. Topics include public offerings, exempt (i.e., private) offerings, public company regulation and exemption, and, to the extent time permits, secondary market issues such as securities fraud, insider trading, and the regulation of financial intermediaries (such as broker-dealers and investment advisers). Please be aware that this course makes use of economics and math (this is not an arbitrary imposition: courts deciding securities cases make use of economics and math, such as net present valuation and the Efficient Capital Markets Hypothesis). No prior background, beyond a reasonable high school education, in these areas is required -- concepts will be introduced as needed -- although a willingness to engage economics and math is absolutely necessary.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Securities Regulation *

Soderquist and Gabaldon

Foundation Press , edition: 7
ISBN: 9781599417448

Federal Securities Laws: Selected Statutes, Rules and Forms *

Coffee and Sale

Foundation Press , edition: 2013
ISBN: 9781609301316

The Law of Securities Regulation (optional)

Hazen

West Law School
ISBN: 9780314187970

Instructors

Spindler, James C.