Professor O’Hare joined the Villanova School of Law faculty in 2000. Before that, she had been a member of the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida. Professor O’Hare’s research focuses on the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws, and, in particular, the securities fraud class action. More recently, she has been interested in the relationship between federal and state law in regulating securities fraud. Her articles have been published in, among other journals, the Alabama Law Review, the Cincinnati Law Review, the Ohio State Law Journal, the Pittsburgh Law Review, and the Wisconsin Law Review. Professor O’Hare received a B.S. degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. degree, with high honors, from the George Washington University School of Law. At George Washington, she was a member of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Following law school, she practiced corporate and securities law for several years as an associate at the international law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in New York. At Villanova, Professor O’Hare teaches Business Organizations and several classes in securities regulation.
Articles
Retail Investor Remedies under Rule 10b-5, University of Cincinnati Law Review, forthcoming “Twenty Years After McMahon v. Shearson/American Express: Assessing Investors’ Remedies” symposium issue (2007)
This paper assesses the private remedies available under Rule 10b-5 to retail investors who have...
The Use of the Corporate Monitor in SEC Enforcement Actions, Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law (“New Models for Securities Law Enforcement” symposium issue) (2006)
This paper addresses the SEC's recent use of the corporate monitor as ancillary relief in...
Preemption under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act: If It Looks Like a Securities Fraud Claim and Acts Like a Securities Fraud Claim, Is It a Securities Fraud Claim?, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2004)
This Article addresses the removal and preemption provisions of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act...
Misleading Employer Communications: The Securities Fraud Implications of the Employee as Investor, Villanova Law Review (“Lessons from Enron” symposium issue) (2003)
This Article addresses the securities fraud implications of the employee as investor. It first demonstrates...
Director Communications and the Uneasy Relationship Between the Fiduciary Duty of Disclosure and the Anti-Fraud Provisions of the Federal Securities Laws, University of Cincinnati Law Review (2002)
This Article addresses a conflict between the fiduciary duty of disclosure under state law and...