Research Catalog

Title

New directions in securities litigation / Stuart D. Wechsler, chairman.

Publication

New York : Practising Law Institute, c1976.

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Additional Authors

Wechsler, Stuart D., 1932-

Description

840 p.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Litigation course handbook series ; no. 92

Uniform Title

Litigation course handbook series ; no. 92.

Alternative Title

Securities litigation.

Subject

• Class actions (Civil procedure) > United States
• Securities > United States
• Stockholders' derivative actions > United States

Note

• "H4-3836."
• "Prepared for distribution at the new directions in securities litigation program, December 1976-January 1977."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Securities class actions under amended rule 23 : the first decade / Beverly C. Moore, Jr. -- 2. Derivative actions / Stanley Nemser -- 3. Derivative actions / Richard G. Ritchie -- 4. Questionable corporate payment cases / Dale S. Matschullat -- 5. Questional corporate payment cases / Brent N. Rushforth -- 6. Going private / Edmund H. Kerr -- 7. Standards of liability after Hochfelder / David B. Gold -- 8. New standards of liability after Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder / Allen D. Black -- 9. Plaintiff's strategy / Edward Labaton, Mordecai Rosenfeld -- 10. Defendant's strategy / Stephen A. Weiner -- 11. New directions in defendant's strategy / William H. Levit, Jr. -- 12. Problems of multiple litigation / E. Michael Bradley -- 13. Standards for fee awards in class and derivative actions / Paul M. Bernstein -- 14. New standards for fee awards in class and derivative actions / John C. Held -- 15. Discovery in complex securities litigation / Douglas M. Schwab -- 16. Damages under federal securities laws / Thomas J. Schwarz, Richard E. Kummer -- 17. Measure of damages in private suits under the securities exchange act / John C. Held -- 18. Corporate indemnification of directors and officers and directors' and officers' liability insurance / Joseph F. Johnston, Jr. -- 19. Insurance, contribution, cross-claims and indemnification / Charles S. Battles, Jr. -- 20. The uncertainty of settlement in multi-defendant securities litigation / George A. Katz, Ronald M. Neumann -- 21. Appendix.

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