In an action described in subsection (a)(2), if the person who offered or sold such security proves that any portion or all of the amount recoverable under subsection (a)(2) represents other than the depreciation in value of the subject security resulting from such part of the prospectus or oral communication, with respect to which the liability of that person is asserted, not being true or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement not misleading, then such portion or amount, as the case may be, shall not be recoverable.
15 U.S. Code § 77l - Civil liabilities arising in connection with prospectuses and communications
2000—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 106–554 substituted “paragraphs (2) and (14)” for “paragraph (2)”.
1995—Pub. L. 104–67 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted “, subject to subsection (b),” after “shall be liable” in concluding provisions, and added subsec. (b).
1954—Act Aug. 10, 1954, inserted “offers or” before “sells” in pars. (1) and (2).
Pub. L. 104–67, title I, § 108, Dec. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 758, provided that:
Amendment by act Aug. 10, 1954, effective 60 days after Aug. 10, 1954, see note under section 77b of this title.
Nothing in amendment by Pub. L. 104–67 to be deemed to create or ratify any implied right of action, or to prevent Commission, by rule or regulation, from restricting or otherwise regulating private actions under Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.), see section 203 of Pub. L. 104–67, set out as a Construction note under section 78j–1 of this title.