business sectors

Definition

(CFR) The codification of federal regulations established by [[USC:44:1510|44 U.S.C. § 1510]].

Definition

To cheat a person out of money or property through fraud or deceit.

Definition

A type of investment fraud in which investors are promised artificially high rates of return with little or no risk; original investors and the perpetrators of the fraud are paid off by funds from later investors, but there is little or no actual business activity that produces revenue.

Definition

A corporation’s defensive strategy against a hostile takeover bid in which current shareholders other than the tender-offer bidder or prospective bidder, upon a triggering event, have the right to purchase additional corporate stocks at a deeply discounted price. The effect is to dilute the value of the stock and increase the bidder’s acquisition costs. Also called a shareholder rights plan.

Definition

1)  To give something up or surrender control, especially when required by law.

2)  To bring forth a result, as when a search yields criminal evidence or an investment yields a profit.

Illustrative caselaw

See, e.g. Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 243 (1973).

Originally prepared by Deepa Sarkar of the Cornell Law School Securities Law Clinic.

Originally prepared by Deepa Sarkar of the Cornell Law School Securities Law Clinic.

Originally prepared by Deepa Sarkar of the Cornell Law School Securities Law Clinic.