Is Steve Jobs’ right to privacy more important than shareholders?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Zac Bissonnette }
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With the SEC reportedly looking into Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s disclosures about Steve Jobs' health, an interesting philosophical question is raised: Do the rights of Apple shareholders to timely disclosures about material risk factors trump Jobs' right to privacy about his medical situation?

"They're delving into a sensitive area that's very uncommon," Lisa Casey , an associate professor of securities law at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana told Bloomberg. "Health is that last little area of privacy," she said.

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