Fear can be a great motivator. While US regulators increase their vigilance in a bid to prevent future scandals on the Enron model, an even greater fear of the courts is leading banks and securities lawyers to change the way they work.
After a decade of court decisions that seemed to limit the liability of outside advisers in securities fraud lawsuits brought by private plaintiffs, recent decisions have raised the spectre of class action lawsuits once again.
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