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This Week in the Law Library ... Oct. 21, 2024

This week in the Law Library we're teaching statutes and online searching as well as Advanced Legal research, celebrating Open Access Week, and raising awareness for domestic violence and cybersecurity.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024

Lawyering I, Cohort 3

  • 10:40am - 12:05pm
  • Room 145
  • Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian
  • Researching Statutes

Lawyering I, Cohort 5

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 145
  • Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian
  • Researching Statutes

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 135
  • Susan Boland, Associate Director
  • Online Searching

Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio Legal Research

  • 2:00pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 245
  • Ronald Jones, Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian & Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024

Lawyering I, Cohort 1

  • 10:40am - 12:05pm
  • Room 135
  • Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
  • Researching Case Law and Using Citators

Lawyering I, Cohort 2

  • 10:40am - 12:05pm
  • Room 245
  • Susan Boland, Associate Director
  • Researching Statutes

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 135
  • Susan Boland, Associate Director
  • Researching Statutes

Lawyering I, Cohort 6

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 245
  • Ashley Russell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian
  • Researching Statutes

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law Procedure

  • 11:10am - 12:05pm
  • Room 245
  • Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell

2024 Schott Lecture

This year's Harold C. Schott Lecture features Professor Lin (Lynn) Bai who will discuss the SEC's regulation on corporate stock buybacks.

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024
Room 140
12:15 - 1:15pm

The SEC’s (Ill-Fated) Stock Repurchase Transparency Reform: A Missed Opportunity for Investor Protection

In May 2023, the SEC adopted new transparency measures designed to improve oversight of corporate stock buybacks. However, the new regulation faced immediate and successful challenges in court, prompting the agency to suspend its implementation in November 2023 for further cost-benefit analysis. Critics contended that the new regulation would offer minimal additional benefit to investors given the current regulatory framework. Despite this legal setback, advocates for the re-proposal of the regulation persist. This article shows that the new regulation would open new avenues of legal recourse for investors, fortify their claims that might otherwise be dismissed, and unlock corporate records for inspection that were previously inaccessible. The new regulation would enhance investor protection and market integrity. Read the paper in our Repository!

Read more of Prof. Bai's work

About the Harold C. Schott Lecture

Annually, the College of Law recognizes the distinguished scholarly contributions of individual members of the faculty by bestowing the Harold C. Schott Scholarship Award. This award, established in 2000, thanks to a generous endowment created by the Harold C Schott Foundation, honors outstanding research and scholarly achievement by a Cincinnati Law faculty member based on a collective body of work. The recipient of this awardis the speaker for this annual lecture.

Featured Study Aids

Securities Law (Concepts & Insights)

Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this concise text provides a basic introduction to securities law. The authors define a security, explain how securities are registered under the Securities Act and describe the applicable exemptions. Many other subjects are addressed, including Exchange Act reporting, proxy solicitations and tender offers, insider trading, and international aspects of securities law. The book is completely up-to-date, including coverage of cryptocurrency and the progressive liberalization of the rules and regulations governing registration and reporting.

Examples & Explanations: Securities Regulation

Available via the Aspen Learning Library study aid subscription, this study aid covers key concepts, such as public offerings, exemptions from registration, liability in securities offerings, materiality, definition of security, securities fraud, insider trading, SEC enforcement, and cross-border regulation. New to the Eighth Edition: Updates on U.S. capital formation in public and private securities markets, with a focus on trends in IPOs, going-private transactions, and private placements. New materials on the treatment of "autonomous business" forms and crypto-currencies (including gaming tokens) under the federal securities law. Trends in the use of Reg D, Reg A+, and Reg CF over the past several years. Updates on judicial and SEC enforcement of the federal securities laws--in particular, the use of disgorgement and civil penalties in the sale of nonexempt, unregistered securities. The text includes new and updated charts and new questions.

Understanding Securities Law

Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, this study aid provides comprehensive coverage of the federal securities laws, including legislative, judicial, and SEC pronouncements. Additions to the new edition include the 2015 congressional legislation (the FAST Act), SEC rule-making with respect to capital raising, and important U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Featured Database

Bloomberg Law Securities Practice Center

This database provides coverage of federal, state, and international developments in the regulation of securities and futures trading, including coverage of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, federal and state courts, and Congress.

Featured Guide

Georgetown Law Library Securities Law (US & International) Research Guide

This guide is intended as a starting point for research in securities law. It includes both primary and secondary materials, in both print and electronic formats. It covers U.S. federal, U.S. state, international, and foreign securities law.

Featured Treatise

The Law of Securities Regulation

Available on Westlaw, this multi-volume set discusses basic securities regulation issues and provides the specifics on a variety of topics, including registration requirements, process of registration, exemptions from and liabilities under the Securities Act, registration and reporting requirements, shareholder suffrage, corporate takeovers, and civil liability.  

Featured Videos

Office Hours with Gary Gensler (SEC Chair)

In Office Hours with Gary Gensler, the SEC Chair breaks down various subjects including AI, climate risk disclosure, SPACs, China and offshore shell companies, cryptocurrencies, and digital engagement practices. The videos are short, running 2-3 minutes long, yet informative. In them, Chair Gensler, a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, tackles timely topics on the SEC’s annual regulatory agenda.

Featured Website

US Securities and Exchange Commission

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversees securities exchanges, securities brokers and dealers, investment advisors, and mutual funds in an effort to promote fair dealing, the disclosure of important market information, and to prevent fraud. Their website allows you to look at public company filings and much more.

Celebrate Open Access Week!

Open Access Week 2024 is an opportunity to join together, take action, and raise awareness around the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems. This year’s theme continues with last year’s focus on “Community over Commercialization.” This theme contributed to a growing recognition of the need to prioritize approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community. Taking the unprecedented step to build on this theme for a second year highlights the importance of this conversation and presents the opportunity to turn more of these deliberations into collective action.

Visit our College of Law Scholarship Repository to see how the Law Library supports open access and check out our Open Access Week display!

2024 Open Access Week Display

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October National Domestic Violence Month with a purple ribbon and a woman with defensive hands up that have stop the violence written on her palms

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Begun in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, it is a Day of Unity to connect battered women’s advocates across the country. In 1989 Congress passed Public Law 101-112 declaring the month of October to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This year's theme is Heal, Hold & Center.

More Resources for Domestic Violence Awareness

Childhood Domestic Violence Association

Childhood Domestic Violence Association was originally founded in 2007 by Brian F. Martin, who grew up living with domestic violence. Using the leading research and best known practices in the field, they develop and deploy scalable tools, as well as partner with leading organizations that directly touch the lives of children and adults who are growing up/grew up living with domestic violence. Their tools and resources are used to educate, train, and empower as they strive to reach their full potential.

DomesticShelters.org

This organization provides online and mobile searchable directory of domestic violence programs and shelters in the U.S. and Canada, and a leading source of helpful tools and information for people experiencing and working to end domestic violence.

National Center on Elder Abuse

The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) is a national resource center dedicated to the prevention of elder maltreatment. The NCEA was first established by the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) in 1988 as a demonstration project on abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Given permanent status in the 1992 amendments to Title II of the Older Americans Act, the NCEA provides professionals, policymakers, and the public information and resources on elder abuse prevention and response to help ensure that older adults age with dignity and respect, free from maltreatment.

The National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)

NCALL is committed to creating a world that respects the dignity of older adults and enhances the safety and quality of life of older victims and survivors of abuse. NCALL staff are available to provide technical assistance, consultation, training, and resources related to abuse in later life and elder abuse.

The Network/La Red

The Network/La Red is a survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, kink, polyamorous, and queer communities.The Network/La Red’s 24-hour hotline provides confidential emotional support, information, referrals, safety planning, and crisis intervention for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and/or transgender (LGBTQ+) folks, as well as folks in kink and polyamorous communities who are being abused or have been abused by a partner. We also offer information and support to friends, family, or co-workers on the issue of domestic violence in LGBTQ+ communities. Hotline: 617-742-4911 (voice) • 800-832-1901 (Toll-Free)

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month


October is also National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Cybersecurity Awareness Month was launched by the National Cyber Security Alliance & the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in October 2004. Starting in 2023 with the launch of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s cybersecurity awareness program, Secure Our World is the enduring Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme. This theme recognizes the importance of taking daily action to reduce risks when online and using connected to devices.

More Tips for Staying Secure

Cybersecurity Best Practices

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency Free Cybersecurity Services and Tools

Educause Cybersecurity and Privacy Guide

NIST Cybersecurity Frameworks and Standards

Stop Ransom Ware

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