GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
Love and Money: An Affinity-Based Model for the Regulation of Capital Formation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1998
Status
Accepted
Abstract
The article proposes that the price of exemption under the Securities Act of 1933 Rules 504 and 505 be made a legally enforceable stipulation that the promoters are assuming the strictest of fiduciary duties in relation to the formation, conduct, and dissolution of a business. These duties, which would be owed directly to each investor, would, among other things, provide important protections for those least likely to be alert to their own self-interest -- family and friends contemplating investment in small businesses.
SSRN Link
http://ssrn.com/abstract=10586
Recommended Citation
Theresa A. Gabaldon, Love and Money: An Affinity-Based Model for the Regulation of Capital Formation, 2 J. Small & Emerging Bus. L. 259 (1998).