Fundamentals of Securities Regulation

Fundamentals of Securities Regulation gives you quick access to the law of securities regulation as found in Loss, Seligman, and Paredes’ 11-volume, landmark treatise Securities Regulation —consolidated into one comprehensive volume. Distilling the essence of Loss, Seligman, and Paredes’ 11-Volume master work, this 1,600-page volume reviews and analyzes the most significant aspects of securities regulation and gives you the quick answers you need...when you need them.

Fundamentals of Securities Regulation details the rules and regulations affecting the securities market, providing comprehensive coverage and plain-English explanations in a single volume. Through annual supplementation, you’ll keep pace with the ever-increasing volume of litigation, and receive up-to-date examinations of recent regulatory developments and court cases. You will benefit from current coverage of:

• The SEC’s amendments to the executive compensation and related-party disclosure rules
• The SEC’s revised shelf offering process
• The SEC’s amendments to its accelerated filer deadlines for large accelerated filers
• The SEC’s approval of the application of the Nasdaq to become a national securities exchange
• Comprehensive amendment of the SEC’s penny stock rules
• The SEC’s proposed amendments to the tender offer best price Rules 13e-4 and 14d-10
• Case developments including Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit, Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust, and Dura Pharmaceuticals v. Broudo
• And more!

This guide to securities regulation begins by discussing the background of the SEC statutes, then addresses specific types of regulations, acts of law, and legal topics. Individual chapters cover federal regulation of the distribution of securities, the details of the Securities Act of 1933, protective committee reform, control concepts, registration and post-registration, regulation of the securities markets, regulation of dealers and brokers, fraud, manipulation, civil liability, government litigation, SEC administrative law, and conflict of interest and globalization. Recent changes to the legal environment are reflected. Loss taught law at Harvard University. Seligman teaches at Washington University. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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When Loss (1914-97) published in 1951 he created a new field, of which he was recognized as the founder and pillar throughout his life. No dates are noted for earlier editions of the abridgement of the 11-volume original, but the material in the fourth is generally accurate as of June 2000. Among the new topics are the Unlisted Trading Privileges Act of 1994, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and analysis of leading case developments interpreting the Act, the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and the 1998 amendment to Regulation S. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)