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Corporate Parent Liable Under § 20(a) For Subsidiary's Securities Violations


by C. John Koch View Biography
Jenner & Block LLP View Firm Credentials
Chicago Office

July 18, 2008

Previously published on May 2008

In Laperriere v. Vesta Insurance Group, Inc., No. 06-14524, 2008 WL 1883482 (11th Cir. Apr. 30, 2008), the Eleventh Circuit held that a parent corporation can be held liable as a controlling person for federal securities violations committed by its subsidiary, although the liability is not necessarily joint and several.


 

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