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Addressing Fraudulent Practices Within the Modern Framework of the United States Securities Laws

Professor Jim Cox

Essays on Insider Trading and Securities Regulation (Rickett & Grantham eds. 1997)

ABSTRACT:

This article addresses the fraudulent practice within the changing content and structure of the securities regulations in the U.S. Part I of the article examines the changing regulatory framework by analyzing the recent development of securities regulations as well as its regulatory body, the virtual medium and the securities laws, the company registrations, the simplifications, and the reversing of the depression-era dogma. Part II focuses on the enforcement in the era of deregulation by examining agency costs and the securities laws, fraudulent public offerings, and the quality of Exchange Act reports.

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