Definition: A Parking Violation is an illegal tactic used to get around the Williams Act, which requires disclosure when a person or entities' holdings reach 5% of a company. In order for a raider to hide his ownership in the target company, he/she will have a third-party hold or finance the stock (thus, no one realizes just how much they own).
Parking Violation
By Joshua Kennon, About.com
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