Assignment 4 – Critical Thinking and Writing Assignment
see page 636 – Problem 21-8 Business Law Critical Thinking
Answer the three questions as an individual even though it mentions “groups”:

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636 Business Law T° day: The Essen? ials
¯¯For a samp1e answer to Prob1en121-5,go to Appendix H
at the end ofthis text
D;scIosvre vnder sEC RvIe10b¯ 5? D? dona I`LLc,invested
$4million in tw° securitles ollerings flom Go1dman,sachs&
Co The investlllents ?
`ere in collatcrahzcd debt obhgations (CD?sl Thcir va1uc depcnded? n re?denti? mortgage-backed
securities(Rlv ?Bs),?Jhose?·alue in turn depended on the pe?
investlncnts in the subprimc lnarkct;in?
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`hich it had invested heavily To li1nit its risk,Goldman began betting against sub~
prin?e mortgages,RMBs,and CDos,induding the CD? s
it had sold to Dod? na In an internal e-mail, one Goldman
ofscial commcnted that the company had managed to(n1ake
8me kmonade? om some b? old lCmo? ?N?·ertlleless,
Goldman? rnarketing rnaterials provided only boilerp1ate statcments
about the risks ofinvesting in the securities The CD? s
were1ater do? v? graded to junk status,and Dodona suffcred a
malor lo“ while Goldman pro? ted A$umlllg tllat Go1dman
did not a? rmatively misKpresent any hcts about the CDos,
can Dod?na still rec° ver under sEc Rule 10b~5?If so,h? ?`? [Dodo? dr,LLc v G? ?md? ,sdchs&Co,847Fsupp2d624
(sDNY20]2)l(see pages618~62? )
???A Qves”?n of EIhks-Vi° l¤ ?°ns of Ihe1934Ac? ?
N/lelvin? ttle told John s/lontana and Paul Knight about a “Trading Program” that purportedly? fou1d buy and scllsecu~
llties in dcals that wele ltll? insulcd,as well as monitoled
and contro1led by thc Federal Resc`? BOard NVlthout checr
ing the detai‘ or e? nx,enfy? ng whether the program existed~
Montana and Knight,? ?h Iyttle‘ hdp,bcgan to se11interes‘
in the program to invcstors For a n1inlmum investment of
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t?
‘ould“utihze banks that can ensure ful1bank integnty of
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The Transaction lvhose undertaking[sl are in comp1ete ha?
mony lvlth international banking ru1es and protocoland who
?lcl guarantee maxlmum secun,of a Funderb capltal
P1acement Amount” Noth1ng??as required but the investors¯
funds and their silence~¯the pr° gran1?/as to be kcpt secret
?ver a fou? month penod,M? ntana ralsed nearly$23mn~
hon from t? venty-tuzo invcstors The pro? 1ised gains did nOL
?
l The securities and Exchange c° ???mlnission(SEC)nled a
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suit aga?nst Montana alleglng? olations of Scction10(b)
and SEC Ru1c1ob~5 ??hat is requircd to estabhsh a violation
of these1asvs?Explain how and wh,z the facts1n thls
case rneet,or%il to lneet,thesc requirements
2 Ultlmately about half of the investors rccoupcd the
amount thcy had invcsted Should thc Others be con~
sidercd at least pardy responsible for their0? ??n losses?
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Cr?ical Thinking and Writing Assignments
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ated and approvcd his cmpl°
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yerb cxtensions of credit to ch~
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en‘ These respon6ibilities gave Svoboda access to nonpubhc
infomat10n aboutthe clIents’ earllings,perfomance,acquisitions,and
business plans flo? 1consdcntial lnemOs,e-1na1l,
and othcr sources Svoboda del? sed a scheme ???th A1ena
Robles,an independent accountant,to use this infonnatlon
to trade secunrles Pursuantto thcir schcme,Robles tradcd in
the secuntles? fm°re than t? /enty diffcrent companies and
pro?ted by morc than$2mmlon sv? b? da also cxecutcd
trades for hls owll pront? fm?re tllan$8o0,000,despite thelr
agreement that Robles would do all ofthe tlading?
`re that
their schcme vi° lated Roguc Banko pohcy thcy attcmpted to
conducttheir trades to avoid suspicion?
`/hen the bank ques~ tioncd svob°da about his actions,he lied,reftlsed to coopc?
ate,and xv,as? red
1 The nrst group ?/ill detern? inc ?
`hether svoboda or Roblcs conunitted any crimcs
2 The second gr? up ?
`ill decide ?
`hether Svoboda or Robles ale sublcct to ci? `? hab11ity If so,who could
nle a suit and on ?/hat ground??Vhat are the possible
sanctionsP
3 A third group wm idenu? any defenses that svob° da
or Robles could raise,and deterl,line their likehho° d of
success