A prolific and nationally regarded corporate law scholar, Barbara has authored numerous law review articles on securities arbitration, securities fraud, and RICO claims that have been frequently cited, including by both the majority and dissenting opinions in the Supreme Court’s opinion, Basic, Inc. v. Levinson, on fraud on the market. She is frequently quoted in the media on issues relating to securities arbitration and investors’ rights. She has also written a treatise on corporate dividends and stock repurchases.
Several of Barbara’s publications were cited: Is Securities Arbitration Fair to Investors?, 25 Pace L. Rev. 1 (2004), in Kristen M. Blankley, Lying, Stealing, and Cheating: The Role of Arbitrators as Ethics Enforcers, 52 U. Louisville L. Rev. 443 (2014); … Continue reading →
Several of Barbara’s publications were cited: Behavioral Economics and Investor Protection: Reasonable Investors, Efficient Markets, 44 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 1493 (2013), in Joseph A. Grundfest, Damages and Reliance Under Section 10(B) of the Exchange Act, 69 Bus. Law. 307 … Continue reading →
Several of Barbara’s publications were cited: Perceptions of Fairness of Securities Arbitration: An Empirical Study, Report to the Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration (Feb. 2008), in David Bissinger & Gerald Siegmyer, FINRA Arbitration: Fighting To Survive, 65 The Advoc. (Tex.) … Continue reading →
Several of Barbara’s articles were cited in October: Economic Suicide: The Collision of Ethics and Risk in Securities Law, 64 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 483 (2003), in F. Stephen Knippenberg, Re-Purposing Dram Shop Law to Subordinate the Claims of Reckless … Continue reading →
A leading scholar in the area of corporate and securities law, several of Barbara’s publications were cited: Arbitration of Investors’ Claims Against Issuers: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?, 75 Law & Contemp. Probs. 107 (2012), in Hal S. Scott … Continue reading →
Two of Barbara’s articles were cited in April: Introduction: The Story of Hewlett-Packard, 77 U. Cin. L. Rev. 383 (2008), in Orrin K. (Skip) Ames III, Closely Held Corporations: An Intersection of Business, Law, and Ethics, 43 Cumb. L. Rev. … Continue reading →
In January, Barbara published The SEC and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Fighting Global Corruption is Not Part of the SEC’s Mission, 73 Ohio St. L. J. 1093 (2012), and Investor Protection Meets the Federal Arbitration Act, 1 Stanford J. Complex Litigation 1 (2012) … Continue reading →
Barbara wrote an analysis of Gabelli v. SEC, which was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 8, 2013, for the American Bar Association’s online publication, Preview, which provides, in advance of oral argument, analysis of all cases given plenary … Continue reading →
Barbara’s article Should the SEC Be a Collection Agency for Defrauded Investors?, 63 Bus. Law. 317 (2008), was cited in Geoffrey Christopher Rapp, Mutiny by the Bounties? The Attempt to Reform Wall Street by the New Whistleblower Provisions of the Dodd-Frank … Continue reading →
On October 5, Barbara gave a presentation, Does Behavioral Economics Require Rethinking Fraud-on-the-Market, at the Behavioral Economics and Investor Protection symposium at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman was the symposium’s keynote speaker. Barbara’s recently … Continue reading →