{"id":13046,"date":"2009-12-14T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13046"},"modified":"2023-02-02T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T19:06:59","slug":"cooperation-with-securities-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13046","title":{"rendered":"Cooperation with Securities Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ronald J Colombo<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/alabamalawrev.jpg\" alt=\"Alabama Law Review\" class=\"wp-image-15814\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alabama Law Review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Although &#8220;proximity&#8221; is itself an indefinite concept, we are not without tools in deciphering it. For we have at our disposal a well-developed, longtested method of analyzing proximity with an eye toward the just imposition of culpability: moral philosophy&#8217;s &#8220;principles of cooperation.&#8221; By turning to these principles, we have at our fingertips a ready-made set of factors to consider in assessing whether one&#8217;s conduct should be deemed proximate versus remote to another&#8217;s fraud. The principles of cooperation also provide a framework around which we can organize securities fraud jurisprudence in general. For the insights gleaned from the principles regarding moral culpability in many respects parallel the conclusions reached by courts and commentators construing liability under the securities laws. Perhaps, in addition to the assistance it provides us in resolving the difficult issue of proximity, this framework could serve as a useful aid in resolving other, and future, securities fraud questions..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombo RJ. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.ua.edu\/pubs\/lrarticles\/Volume%2061\/Issue%201\/colombo.pdf\">Cooperation with Securities Fraud. Alabama University Law Review<\/a>. 2009 Dec;61(1)-66. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronald J Colombo AbstractAlthough &#8220;proximity&#8221; is itself an indefinite concept, we are not without tools in deciphering it. For we have at our disposal a well-developed, longtested method of analyzing proximity with an eye toward the just imposition of culpability: moral philosophy&#8217;s &#8220;principles of cooperation.&#8221; By turning to these principles, we have at our fingertips &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13046\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cooperation with Securities Fraud&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[554,2,559,659],"tags":[933,642,1748],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-journal-article","category-law","category-philosophy","tag-complicity","tag-cooperation","tag-ronald-j-colombo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast 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