§ 71-1-507. Qualified immunity.  


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  • A broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser, or investment adviser representative is not liable to another broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser, or investment adviser representative for defamation relating to an alleged untrue statement that is contained in a record required by the Administrator, or designee of the Administrator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a self-regulatory organization, unless it is proven that the person knew, or should have known at the time that the statement was made, that it was false in a material respect or the person acted in reckless disregard of the statement’s truth or falsity.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 347, § 35, eff. July 1, 2004.