Allan Horwich

Senior Lecturer

Phone: (312) 258-5618
E-mail: a-horwich@law.northwestern.edu

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Allan Horwich has practiced law with Schiff Hardin for more than 35 years and taught at Northwestern since 1999. His practice is concentrated in securities litigation and counseling. He has also been involved in litigation in other areas of law, principally involving corporate law and fiduciary duty matters, including class actions and derivative suits.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Securities Regulation

COURSES

PUBLICATIONS

Representative Publications

Warnings to the Unwary: Multi-Jurisdictional Federal Enforcement of Manipulation and Deception in the Energy Markets After the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 27 Energy Law Journal 363 (2006)
The Clinical Trial Research Participant as an Inside Trader: A Legal and Policy Analysis, JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW, 2006
Section 11 of the Securities Act: The Cornerstone Needs Some Tuckpointing, The Business Lawyer (November 2002)
The Neglected Relationship of Materiality and Recklessness in Actions Under Rule 10b-5, The Business Lawyer (May 2000)
Possession Versus Use: Is There a Causation Element in the Prohibition on Insider Trading?, The Business Lawyer (August 1997)

Recent Publications

Role of Rule 10b5-1 Plans in Securities Litigation , SECURITIESLAW360 , January 12, 2009
When the Corporate Luminary Becomes Seriously Ill: When is a Corporation Obligated to Disclose that Illness and Should the Securities and Exchange Commission Adopt a Rule Requiring Disclosure?
When the Corporate Luminary Becomes Seriously Ill: When is a Corporation Obligated to Disclose That Illness and Should the Securities and Exchange Commission Adopt a Rule Requiring Disclosure? , 5 NYU JOURNAL OF LAW AND BUSINESS 827-871 , 2009
The Federal Enforcement Framework Pertinent to the Energy Markets , ENERGY ANTITRUST NEWS 9-29, Winter 2006
Pleading Reform or Unconstitutional Encroachment? An Analysis of the Seventh Amendment Implications of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, 35 SECURITIES REGULATION LAW JOURNAL 1, 2007

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EDUCATION

AB (cum laude), Princeton University
JD, University of Chicago

RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP