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1 Corp. & Bus. L.J. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/cablj1 and id is 1 raw text is: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
CORPORATE AND BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL
VOLUME 1                                    JANUARY 2020                                  NUMBER 1
ARTICLES
STACKING THE DECK: THE SECURITIES LITIGATION
UNIFORM STANDARDS ACT OF 1998 AND FEDERAL
PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW CLAIMS AGAINST CORPORATE
DIRECTORS
SARAH WOLF REUST*
CONTENTS
I.     IN T R O D U C T IO N ..................................................................................................................................  2
II.    B A C K G R O U N D  ...................................................................................................................................  4
A .  TH E  R ISE  OF  CLASS  A CTIONS  ...........................................................................................................................4
B.  THE PENDULUM   SHIFTS: THE  ORIGINS OF SLUSA.........................................................................................5
C. HISTORY: FEDERAL FORUMS AS FRIENDLY TO CORPORATE DEFENDANTS ....................................................7
III.   IN TE R PR E T IN G  SL U SA  .......................................................................................................................  8
A.   MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. V. DABIT: THE SUPREME COURT'S BROAD READING OF
S L U S A  ....................................................................................................................................................................8
B.   STATE COURT JURISDICTION: THE SUPREME COURT EXAMINES SLUSA'S SCOPE ......................................9
C.   STATE  LAW  EXEM PTIONS  TO  SLU SA  ..........................................................................................................10
D.   OMISSION  OR M ISREPRESENTATION: THE CIRCUIT SPLIT .......................................................................12
IV .   THE  NEW  SEVENTH   CIRCUIT  DECISIONS....................................................................................  15
A .  H OLTZ  V. JPM ORGAN  CHASE  BANK.............................................................................................................15
B.   G OLDBERG  V. BANK  OF  A M ERICA, N .A ........................................................................................................16
C.   THE  H OLDIN GS  IN  THESE  CASES: .................................................................................................................18
V.     THE CONFLICT: FEDERAL INTERESTS IN UNIFORM REGULATION VS. FEDERALISM CONCERNS ... 19
*Associate, Squire Patton Boggs. J.D. Class of 2019, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State
University. Many thanks to Professor Myles Lynk for his insightful comments and guidance, and to my husband for
his continued and unstinting love and support.

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