Securities Regulations Immunize IPO Underwriters

Law360 (July 27, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT) -- On June 18, 2007, in a 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing, U.S., No. 05-1157 127 S.Ct. 2383, 2007 U.S. LEXIS 7724 (Jun. 18, 2007) held that securities laws implicitly preclude the application of antitrust law to investment bank underwriters of initial public offerings of securities because they face active regulation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission....

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