Law 794: Securities Litigation and Enforcement

This course provides a broad overview of securities litigation and enforcement.  It considers private suits by individual investors, private class actions under federal securities laws, and government enforcement proceedings. Topics include the substantive elements and structure of § 10(b) fraud suits, insider trading liability, procedural issues in private actions, and governmental investigations and enforcement actions.

Sequence and Prerequisites: None

Evaluation: This course will be graded based on class attendance and participation, short written assignments, and a short paper about a current issue in securities litigation/enforcement at the end of the course.