Barbara wrote and filed, on behalf of 19 securities law professors, an amici curiae brief in SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in support of the federal district court’s order refusing to approve the proposed consent judgment between the SEC and Citigroup. The Wall St. Journal and BNA Securities Law Daily reported on the brief as well as several blogs, including The Conglomerate and Jim Hamilton’s Securities Regulation blog.
Barbara’s article, The SEC and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Fighting Global Corruption Is Not Part of the SEC’s Mission, ___ Ohio St. L.J. ___ (forthcoming 2012), has been accepted for publication.
Barbara hosted the National Business Law Scholars Conference, which was held at UC Law on June 27-28. This is the third annual conference, founded by Barbara and two other professors, to provide a forum for business law scholars to present papers before an engaged and informed audience. This year approximately 40 scholars from over 30 law schools and universities (including Canada and Israel) attended.
Barbara presented “In Defense of Judge Rakoff” as part of UC Law’s Summer 2012 Faculty Workshop Series on June 20.
Several of Barbara’s articles were cited:
- Fraud on the Market: A Criticism of Dispensing with Reliance Requirements in Certain Open Market Transactions, 62 N.C. L. Rev. 435 (1984), in Merritt B. Fox, Securities Class Actions against Foreign Issuers, 64 Stan. L. Rev. 1173 (2012);
- Making It Up as They Go Along: The Role of Law in Securities Arbitration, 23 Cardozo L. Rev. 991 (2002) (with Jill I. Gross), in Mark C. Weidemaier, Judging-Lite: How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent, 90 N.C. L. Rev. 1091 (2012);
- Protecting the Retail Investor in an Age of Financial Uncertainty, 35 U. Dayton L. Rev. 61 (2009), in Nan S. Ellis, Lisa M. Fairchild & Frank D’Souza, Conflicts of Interest in the Credit Rating Industry after Dodd-Frank: Continued Business as Usual?, 7 Va. L. & Bus. Rev. 1 (2012); and in Nan S. Ellis, Lisa M. Fairchild & Frank D’Souza, Is Imposing Liability on Credit Rating Agencies a Good Idea?: Credit Rating Agency Reform in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, 17 Stan. J.L. Bus. & Fin. 175 (2012);
- The Second Circuit’s Approach to the “In Connection With” Requirement of Rule 10b-5, 53 Brook. L. Rev. 539 (1987), in Enzo Incandela, Recourse under § 10(b) on Life Support: The Displacement of Liability and Private Securities Fraud Action after Janus v. First Derivative, 43 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 935 (2012); and in Keith Rowley, Cause of Action for Securities Fraud under Section 10(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act and/or Rule 10b-5, Causes of Action (2d ed., Clark Boardman Callaghan 2012);
- Stalled: Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards, ___ U. Dayton L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2012), in Douglas M. Branson, Initiatives to Place Women on Corporate Boards of Directors – A Global Snapshot, 37 Iowa J. Corp. L. 793 (2012); and
- The Strange Case of Fraud on the Market: A Label in Search of a Theory, 52 Alb. L. Rev. 923 (1988), in Keith Rowley, Cause of Action for Securities Fraud under Section 10(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act and/or Rule 10b-5, Causes of Action (2d ed., Clark Boardman Callaghan 2012).
Barbara’s blog post, Securities Law Prof Blog, Will Proxy Access Be Here Soon?, (Aug. 20, 2009), was cited in Theodore S. Lynn, Micah W. Bloomfield & David W. Lowden, Real Estate Investment Trusts (Warren, Gorham and Lamont, Securities Law Series vols. 29 & 29A, Supp. 2012).