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The Future of Blue Sky Laws: Is This the Beginning of the End for NSMIA Preemption?

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Despite the enactment of the National Securities Market Improvement Act (“NSMIA”) in 1996, which aimed to create more uniform regulation of securities at the federal level, recent developments in Missouri suggest this...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Rule 506 Offerings Continue to be Popular with Real Estate Companies

Like an accordionist, real estate sponsors often seek to be innovative. Cutting-edge opportunities like crowdfunding and online selling platforms call to them. However, based on statistics from the Securities and Exchange...more

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NASAA (State Securities, not Outer Space) Cautions Investors Exploring Opportunities in the Metaverse

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​​​​​​​The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), an organization of state and provincial securities regulators in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, recently issued an investor advisory warning...more

Allen Matkins

Looking For Cryptocurrency In All The Wrong Places . . .

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Last Friday, the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation issued a warning about "romance scams and cryptocurrency".  This warning is similar to one issued this month by the North American Securities Administrators...more

Lewitt Hackman

FRANCHISOR 101: COVID-19 vs. Item 19

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Item 19 of the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) can provide information on how a prospective franchisee may perform financially. Historical financial performance representations (FPRs) may be made if the franchisor has a...more

A&O Shearman

US States Regulatory Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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On April 16, 2020, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) released a chart detailing each state’s regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Can ethics be taught? Yes, according to new study

Compliance Today (January 2020) - On November 18, 2019, MIT Sloan School of Management announced in a press release, “Evidence points towards yes, according to new research that offers the first large sample study on how...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Preemption of state securities laws

With the recent announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it will hold an open meeting on June 5, 2019, to consider adopting Regulation Best Interest, one of the major issues that the SEC may clarify...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Proposed State Securities Registration Amendments for Smaller Offerings

On November 1, 2018, the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. (“NASAA”) released for public comment proposed updates to the SCOR Statement of Policy and the SCOR Form (Form U-7). According to the NASAA,...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Bipartisan Members of Congress and NASAA Declare Support for SEC’s Proposed Modernization of Rules to Facilitate Intrastate...

On October 7, 2016, a bipartisan contingent of members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the president of the North American Securities Administrator Association (NASAA) coordinated a duel message to the SEC regarding...more

Carlton Fields

Federal Regulation of Fixed Equity Indexed Annuities Redux?

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When SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar recently cited "the need for the Commission and state regulators to focus on combatting fraud involving complex securities" including "equity-indexed annuities," he did not discuss...more

Allen Matkins

This May Not Be Rocket Science, But Is NASAA’s Form D Filing Fee Legal?

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Earlier this week, the North American Securities Administrators Association (aka NASAA) announced the launch of its Electronic Filing Depository (EFD). The EFD allows issuers to file Form Ds in Rule 506 offerings online. A...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

NASAA Seeks Comment on a Model Rule for Electronic Blue Sky Filings

The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. (NASAA) posted a web notice requesting comment on model rules that would provide for electronic filings with the states of Form D and other state securities...more

Allen Matkins

Does The SEC’s Regulation A Proposal Defy Congress’ Clear Intent?

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This week’s announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it is proposing amendments to update and expand Regulation A has attracted quite a bit of attention. David Lynn writing in Broc’s Blog took special note...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

NASAA on Reg A+

At the end of last week, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) submitted another comment letter on Reg A+, which now (given the SEC open meeting notice) seems particularly well timed. The NASAA...more

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