Securities Law and Practice Deskbook (Sixth Edition)

Securities Law and Practice Deskbook is a definitive one-volume guide to the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), relevant rules and regulations, and key case law. The book is intended to serve as an initiation into the United States federal securities laws and the way that securities lawyers approach problems. It also is meant to serve more experienced practitioners as a general review and first resource when approaching a new or unfamiliar area of securities law.

Updated twice a year to keep pace with frequently changing rules and regulations, the latest release includes updates on:

• The Fifth Circuit’s ruling vacating significant new rules that would have required quarterly disclosures and qualitative information regarding share repurchases.
• Upcoming Supreme Court rulings on the constitutionality of the SEC’s in-house judges and whether to overrule the Chevron doctrine; liability related to Exchange Act filings; and whether failure to makes a disclosure required in MD&A can support a private claim under section 10(b) and rule 10b-5 in the absence of an otherwise misleading statement.
• New SPAC rules imposing new disclosure requirements and negating the ability of companies to use the PSLRA’s safe-harbor for forward-looking statements in SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC transactions.