rule
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Atkins and SEC’s two other commissioners now argue that stockbrokers already have a strict legal duty to execute trades with the most favorable terms for their clients, making the trade-through rule superfluous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Activist investors who want to force changes at underperforming closed-end funds take advantage of this rule by buying up a bunch of shares and then trying to change how the fund is run.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
"All we want...is for everybody else facing removal proceedings by our government to have the same access to the rule of law as I had in this trial yesterday and today," Lander added.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Two Virginia activists who are plaintiffs in the suit claim that they “want to uphold the rule of law and protect our nation’s most cherished monuments from corrupt exploitation.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
That first attack opened the door for her and she began to rule the yard with an iron hand from the top of the woodpile.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Speaking and Listening - Introductory
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