Blue Sky Laws: Defending State-Level Securities Violations
Blue Sky laws are anti-fraud security statutes that can be found in all 50 states in the United States. Most states adopted some variation of a uniform Securities Act back in the 1950s, with the earliest of these adopted in...more
On August 26, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a significant change affecting New York’s blue sky law (the Martin Act), extending the period during which the Attorney General of New York can take action...more
A recent dispute between plaintiffs domiciled in California and defendants domiciled in New York caused U.S. District Court Judge Arthur D. Spatt to ponder whether to apply New York's Martin Act or California's Corporate...more
The ICO boom in 2017 brings with it questions of jurisdiction and compliance, and a need for further guidance - The benefits of ICOs in raising capital, as well as in providing a marketing push for a new business model,...more