PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT

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Who Profits? `A Coterie of Lawyers', S9153 [27JN]

Amendments

Enact (S. 240), S8885 [22JN], S8967, S8976, S9005 [23JN], S9034, S9046, S9081, S9089, S9101 [26JN], S9117, S9133, S9151, S9156, S9163, S9164, S9170, S9173, S9182, S9183, S9184, S9185 [27JN], S9226 [28JN]

Articles and editorials

Big Accounting Firms Weed Out Risky Clients, S9058 [26JN]

Don't Protect Securities Fraud, S8910 [22JN]

Editorial Fails To Acknowledge the Need To Reform Existing Law, S9079 [26JN]

Editorial on Fraud Law Shows Homework Wasn't Done, S9079 [26JN]

Final Inning for Strike Suits?, S12205 [10AU]

Friends of Fraud?, S8907 [22JN]

Going Easy on Crooks in 3-Piece Suits, S8910 [22JN]

House Votes To Override Veto of Securities Suit Bill, S19048 [21DE]

Insider-Trading Probes Makes a Comeback, S9158 [27JN]

Investors Retain Right To Sue, S9079 [26JN]

Lawyers the Only Ones To Reap Benefits, S9079 [26JN]

License To Steal, S9153 [27JN]

Losing Your Right To Sue? Congress May Make It Hard for You To Pursue a Case of Securities Fraud, S8969 [23JN]

Making It Easier To Mislead Investors, S8909 [22JN]

New Threat to High-Tech Firms, S12205 [10AU]

Now Only Clinton Can Stop Congress From Hurting Small Investors Like You, S19147 [22DE]

Override the Securities Bill Veto, S19146, S19150, S19153 [22DE]

Protection for Corporate Fraud, S9037 [26JN]

Reform Measure Doesn't Limit Liability of Accounting Firms, S9079 [26JN]

Regulatory Alarms Ring on Wall Street, S9158 [27JN]

Safe Harbors for Financial Fraud, S9037 [26JN]

Securities Litigation Bill Is Reform in Name Only, S9038 [26JN]

Sorry Securities Law, S19047 [21DE]

Stock Response, S9042 [26JN]

Stop Choking Wall Street, S12204 [10AU]

This Isn't Reform—It's a Steamroller: GOP Bill Curbing Lawsuits Would Flatten the Small Investor, S8910 [22JN]

Time To Wake the Sleeping Bear, S9217 [28JN]

Urgency of Securities Law Reform, S12206 [10AU]

Will Congress Condone Fraud?, S8909 [22JN]

Yes—Bill Would Protect Growing Companies, S12206 [10AU]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 240), S1070 [18JA]

Letters

Pleadings standards relative to Federal securities litigation procedures: Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals, S19045, S19054, S19066 [21DE]

Provisions: Arthur Levitt, SEC, S8904, S8905 [22JN]

———Arthur R. Miller, S19040 [21DE], S19147 [22DE]

———Bill Owens, Colorado Dept. of the Treasury, S9216 [28JN]

———Catherine L. Spain, Government Finance Officers Association, S8905 [22JN], S9038 [26JN]

———David J. Heerensperger, Eagle Hardware & Garden (business), S9078 [26JN]

———Diane Isonaka, Darwin Molecular Corp., S9078 [26JN]

———Edward M. Yoshida, IMRE Corp., S9077 [26JN]

———Gary S. Mendoza, California Dept. of Corporations, S9215 [28JN]

———Glenn Kalnasy, Northern Group, S9077 [26JN]

———Harlan E. Boyles, North Carolina Dept. of the Treasurer, S9216 [28JN]

———Horace B. Deets, American Association of Retired Persons, S9036 [26JN]

———J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Office of the Treasurer, S9214 [28JN]

———Janet C. Rzewnicki, Delaware Office of the Treasurer, S9216 [28JN]

———Joel Seligman, S19040 [21DE]

———John C. Coffee, Jr., S19041, S19042 [21DE]

———John Level, Hi-Rel Laboratories, S9078 [26JN]

———John Sexton, S19041 [21DE]

———Joseph D. Malone, Massachusetts Office of the Treasurer, S9214 [28JN]

———Joseph P. Borg, Alabama Securities Commission, S9054 [26JN]

———Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois Office of the Treasurer, S9214 [28JN]

———Kenneth S. Janke, National Association of Investors Corp., S19150 [22DE]

———Lynn D. Dudley, Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, S9216 [28JN]

———Mark J. Griffin, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S19148 [22DE]

———Mark Johnson, Lease Crutcher Lewis, Contractors (business), S9078 [26JN]

———Philip A. Feign and Mark J. Griffin, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S8906 [22JN], S9039 [26JN]

———R.B. Lawrence, Conductive Rubber Technology, Inc., S9078 [26JN]

———Richard Eckstrom, South Carolina Office of the Treasurer, S9216 [28JN]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S9066 [26JN]

———Robert Kenagy, Whirlpool Corp., S9077 [26JN]

———Robert M. Lam, Pennsylvania Securities Commission, S8922 [22JN]

———Roberta Cooper Ramo, ABA, S19072 [21DE]

———Senator Specter, S19048 [21DE]

———several managers of pension funds, S9214 [28JN]

———several organizations, S8906, S8907 [22JN], S19148 [22DE]

———Thomas E. O'Hara, National Association of Investors Corp., S9213 [28JN]

———Tom Madsen, Key Technology, Inc., S9077 [26JN]

———William J. Wortley, Washington Natural Gas, S9077 [26JN]

Safe harbor laws relative to forward-looking securities statements: Abner J. Mikva, S9136 [27JN]

———Arthur Levitt, SEC, S9120, S9126, S9137 [27JN]

Sanctions against abusive securities litigation: Avern Cohn, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, S9168 [27JN]

———Floyd R. Gibson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, S9168 [27JN]

———Ilana Diamond Rovner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, S9167 [27JN]

———J. Frederick Motz, U.S. District Court for Maryland, S9167 [27JN]

———James A. Parker, U.S. District Court for New Mexico, S9166 [27JN]

———Jimm L. Hendren, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, S9168 [27JN]

———Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, S9168 [27JN]

———Martin F. Loughlin, U.S. District Court for New Hampshire, S9167 [27JN]

———Martin L.C. Feldman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, S9168 [27JN]

———Miriam Goldman Cederbaum, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, S9167 [27JN]

———Prentice H. Marshall, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, S9167 [27JN]

———William R. Wilson, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, S9166 [27JN]

———William W. Schwarzer, S9169 [27JN]

Lists

People who were swindled by Charles Keating and who oppose S. 240, S9051 [26JN]

State by State opponents to S. 240, S9046-S9050 [26JN]

Supporters of securities litigation reform, S9213 [28JN]

Memorandums

Pleadings Standards Relative to Federal Securities Litigation Procedures: Joseph A. Grundfest, S19067 [21DE]

Messages

Veto of H.R. 1058, Provisions: President Clinton, S19034, S19048 [21DE], H15214 [20DE]

Motions

Enact (S. 240), S8922, S8923 [22JN]

Press releases

New Poll Finds Senior American Investors Support Securities Litigation Reform, S9041 [26JN]

Remarks in House

Enact (H.R. 1058): conference report, H15156 [19DE], E2357 [14DE]

———veto, H15214-H15224 [20DE], E2431 [20DE], E2437 [21DE]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 1058): veto, S19034-S19073, S19083-S19086 [21DE], S19145-S19154 [22DE]

———veto—unanimous-consent agreement, S19081 [21DE]

Enact (S. 240), S1075, S1090, S1091 [18JA], S8885-S8924, S8935-S8943 [22JN], S8966-S8979, S8989, S8990 [23JN], S9032-S9087, S9089-S9097 [26JN], S9109-S9131, S9133-S9141, S9143-S9145, S9150-S9173 [27JN], S9199-S9226, S9318-S9322 [28JN], S12201-S12205 [10AU]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S9080 [26JN], S9163 [27JN]

Securities: apply civil RICO statute in cases where any participant in fraud is criminally convicted, S9163 [27JN]

———clarify the application of sanctions relative to frivolous activities in private securities litigation, S9163, S9164 [27JN]

———clarify the standard plaintiffs must meet in specifying the defendant's state of mind in private securities litigation, S9170-S9172 [27JN], S9200, S9201 [28JN]

———early evaluation of Federal litigation to assess the merit of the case, S9150-S9156 [27JN]

———establish procedures for appointment of lead plaintiffs in private securities cases, S9089-S9097 [26JN], S9112-S9116 [27JN]

———instruct the SEC to report to Congress on whether senior citizens and retirement plans need enhanced protection from securities fraud, S9050-S9057, S9073, S9074 [26JN]

———provide for a stay of discovery in certain court cases, S9170 [27JN], S9200 [28JN]

———provide for sanctions against abusive litigation, S9164-S9166, S9169 [27JN]

———reform safe harbor laws for forward-looking statements, S9117-S9131, S9133-S9141, S9143-S9145, S9156-S9162 [27JN], S9201, S9202 [28JN]

———restore liability of aiders and abetters in private actions, S9082-S9087 [26JN], S9109-S9112, S9115, S9116 [27JN]

———statute of limitations for litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards, S9060-S9073 [26JN]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 240) (S. Rept. 104-98), S8614 [19JN]

Statements

Millions for Lawyers, Coupons for Plaintiffs: Senator Domenici, S9042 [26JN]

Provisions: Arthur Levitt, SEC, S8974 [23JN]

———Clinton Administration, S19054 [21DE]

———Several Consumer Groups, S8908 [22JN]

———Several State and Local Officials, S9043 [26JN]

Response to OMB Request for Views of the SEC Regarding S. 240, S9056 [26JN]

Summaries

Provisions (H.R. 1058), S19150-S19152 [22DE]

Testimonies

Provisions: Maryellen Andersen, S9218 [28JN]

Texts of

H.R. 1058, provisions, S9219-S9225 [28JN]

S. 240, provisions, S1076-S1084 [18JA], S8885-S8890 [22JN]