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Lawyers and finance peeps who practiced around the turn of the millennium will recall many of the issues that were raised by the misbehavior of investment banks’ research departments. I-bank analysts would take company executives golfing and, somewhere round the fourth hole, would ask “So, Executive, how is the distribution channel for the next quarter looking? If I said four thousand units a month, would I be off-base?” If the executive gave any answer other than “No comment and is that your…

Lawyers and finance peeps who practiced around the turn of the millennium will recall many of the issues that were raised by the misbehavior of investment banks’ research departments. I-bank analysts would take company executives golfing and, somewhere round the fourth hole, would ask “So, Executive, how is the distribution channel for the next quarter looking? If I said four thousand units a month, would I be off-base?” If the executive gave any answer other than “No comment and is that your…

Lawyers and finance peeps who practiced around the turn of the millennium will recall many of the issues that were raised by the misbehavior of investment banks’ research departments. I-bank analysts would take company executives golfing and, somewhere round the fourth hole, would ask “So, Executive, how is the distribution channel for the next quarter looking? If I said four thousand units a month, would I be off-base?” If the executive gave any answer other than “No comment and is that your…

Lawyers and finance peeps who practiced around the turn of the millennium will recall many of the issues that were raised by the misbehavior of investment banks’ research departments. I-bank analysts would take company executives golfing and, somewhere round the fourth hole, would ask “So, Executive, how is the distribution channel for the next quarter looking? If I said four thousand units a month, would I be off-base?” If the executive gave any answer other than “No comment and is that your…

Lawyers and finance peeps who practiced around the turn of the millennium will recall many of the issues that were raised by the misbehavior of investment banks’ research departments. I-bank analysts would take company executives golfing and, somewhere round the fourth hole, would ask “So, Executive, how is the distribution channel for the next quarter looking? If I said four thousand units a month, would I be off-base?” If the executive gave any answer other than “No comment and is that your…

Lawyers and finance peeps who practiced around the turn of the millennium will recall many of the issues that were raised by the misbehavior of investment banks’ research departments. I-bank analysts would take company executives golfing and, somewhere round the fourth hole, would ask “So, Executive, how is the distribution channel for the next quarter looking? If I said four thousand units a month, would I be off-base?” If the executive gave any answer other than “No comment and is that your…

Lawyers and finance peeps who practiced around the turn of the millennium will recall many of the issues that were raised by the misbehavior of investment banks’ research departments. I-bank analysts would take company executives golfing and, somewhere round the fourth hole, would ask “So, Executive, how is the distribution channel for the next quarter looking? If I said four thousand units a month, would I be off-base?” If the executive gave any answer other than “No comment and is that your…

Lawyers and finance peeps who practiced around the turn of the millennium will recall many of the issues that were raised by the misbehavior of investment banks’ research departments. I-bank analysts would take company executives golfing and, somewhere round the fourth hole, would ask “So, Executive, how is the distribution channel for the next quarter looking? If I said four thousand units a month, would I be off-base?” If the executive gave any answer other than “No comment and is that your…

Online securities platforms should be paying attention to the Lorenzo case, which the Supreme Court decided last month concerning the scope of Rule 10b-5 fraud liability. The case involved a broker who sent out a couple of emails at the direction of his boss. The boss created the content of the emails and approved them. All Mr. Lorenzo did, in effect, was add his name and press send. But he knew that there were misstatements in those emails. It’s already clear that anyone who makes a false…

Online securities platforms should be paying attention to the Lorenzo case, which the Supreme Court decided last month concerning the scope of Rule 10b-5 fraud liability. The case involved a broker who sent out a couple of emails at the direction of his boss. The boss created the content of the emails and approved them. All Mr. Lorenzo did, in effect, was add his name and press send. But he knew that there were misstatements in those emails. It’s already clear that anyone who makes a false…