Section 11 of the Securities Act - Part 2: Due Diligence and Other Defenses

This is one of two lessons on section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, which imposes liability for false or misleading registration statements. This lesson discusses the defenses to liability in section 11(b); the other lesson focuses on the basic requirements of a section 11 action. You should take the other lesson before beginning this lesson.

A basic understanding of registered securities offerings is helpful, but not essential, to understand this lesson.