Stephen Diamond was interviewed by the Financial Times on a new secondary market for trading shares of private startups in Silicon Valley. Bloomberg’s Money Stuff blog excerpted Professor Diamond’s quote.

The rush to expand trading could lead to fraud and manipulation, says Stephen Diamond, a professor of law at Santa Clara University who has studied private secondary transactions.

“All too often in Silicon Valley, people want to basically ignore the consequences of unhealthy market structures,” Diamond says.

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Stephen F. Diamond

Associate Professor of Law