Bowie,a certified public accountant,prepares and certifies Candy Products Corporation's financial statements. These statements are in-cluded in Candy's registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission before Candy's offering of securities. Dona buys a security covered by the registration statement. Based on this transaction,Dona files a suit against Bowie under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. To succeed in the suit,what must Dona prove? Bowie responds that Dona was not in priv-ity with him and that even if she had been in privity,she cannot prove his lack of due diligence. Can Bowie prevail on these grounds? Why or why not?

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The Answer of Bowie,a certified public accountant,prepares and certifies Candy Products Corporation's financial statements. These statements are in-cluded in Candy's registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission before Candy's offering of securities. Dona buys a security covered by the registration statement. Based on this transaction,Dona files a suit against Bowie under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. To succeed in the suit,what must Dona prove? Bowie responds that Dona was not in priv-ity with him and that even if she had been in privity,she cannot prove his lack of due diligence. Can Bowie prevail on these grounds? Why or why not?

Bowie,a Certified Public Accountant,prepares and Certifies Candy Products Corporation's Financial