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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

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Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal Of Putative Securities Class Action By Crypto Investors, Addressing Extraterritoriality And...

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On March 8, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a trial court decision dismissing a putative securities class action brought by purchasers of crypto assets against an international crypto...more

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Home is Where Your Server Is?

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On March 8, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed and remanded a District Court decision that dismissed all claims by plaintiff crypto investors against Binance, an international electronic exchange...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2023 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

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Can Blue Sky Laws Break Through the Clouds?

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Though their name implies perfect clarity, Blue Sky Laws are notoriously unclear, especially when it comes to each state's unique set of requirements. The ambiguity plaguing Blue Sky Laws arises from a lack of authority and...more

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FINRA Fines Broker-Dealer for Sharing Customer Data with Third-Party Vendor

Kestra Investment Services LLC (“Kestra”) was fined $125,000 by FINRA for sharing personal customer data with a third-party vendor. Kestra had engaged the vendor to assist newly hired brokers with the transfer of customer...more

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Massachusetts Moves Forward With Proposed Fiduciary Duty for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

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Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Commonwealth, William F. Galvin, caused the Securities Division to issue, on November 29, 2019, a revised proposed uniform standard of conduct for broker-dealers, investment advisers, and their...more

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New Jersey Fiduciary Rule Pre-Proposal

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On October 15, the New Jersey Bureau of Securities (Bureau) requested public comments on the concept of amending the New Jersey Blue Sky regulations “to require that broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and adviser...more

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Broker-Dealer Beat - December 2017

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Unbundling research and execution costs for money managers subject to MiFID II means that US broker-dealers can expect to receive hard dollars or other separately identified payments for research, at least from EU managers....more

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FAQ: What Businesses Need to Know About Investment Crowdfunding

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What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a marketing tool that businesses use to obtain capital from a large number of individuals, typically over the Internet....more

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Crowdfunding Regulations

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On October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final crowdfunding rules. More than two years after the publication of the proposed crowdfunding rules, the SEC approved regulations that permit...more

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A Compilation of Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions

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Non-Enforcement Cybersecurity Is At the Top of SEC Examination Concerns In a recent SEC “risk alert” for registered broker-dealers and investment advisers, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE)...more

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“Notable By Their Absence: Finders And Other Financial Intermediaries In Small Business Capital Formation”

Small businesses are often regarded as the catalyst for economic growth in the United States. Small businesses account for the creation of two-thirds of all new jobs, and are the incubators of innovation. The majority of...more

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Still Threatened: Arbitration Clauses in Securities Customer Agreements

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In a report to Congress released in March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) takes aim at consumer agreements that require disputes to be resolved by arbitration. The CFPB generally does not have...more

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