How Blockchain Could Rescue 10b-5 Damages

By George Oldfield, Angela Lam and Ethan Moore (August 24, 2018, 3:10 PM EDT) -- Damages distributions to qualified shareholders in 10b-5 matters are impeded in the current indirect share ownership system. While the present arrangement may have been adequate in past eras of low-frequency trading, it is not up to the ownership recording demands created by trading systems now in place. Emergent blockchain technology may provide a solution, but many problems must be solved before this happens. Advocates for equitable and efficient distributions of damages have an important role to play in the evolving trading and regulatory environment....

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