The Law of Corporations and Other Business Organizations

Chapter 11 - Public Corporations and Securities Regulations

Introduction

The goal of this chapter is for students to become familiar with the following terms and topics concerning public corporations and securities regulations:

• Public corporation, publicly held corporation, public offering, initial public offering, and securities
• Securities markets in the United States and the SEC
• Important provisions of the major laws regulating securities in the United States: the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002
• State securities regulations, or blue sky laws
• The role of corporate paralegals who specialize in securities law
• Resources available to corporate paralegals who may be assisting in the securities area

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