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Sunshine On My Shoulder: Reptile Smiting in the Sunshine State

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Reptile theory litigation tactics and commensurate nuclear verdicts have become a recurring problem for motor carriers, transportation brokers, and now, even shippers in high-stakes, catastrophic casualty litigation. There...more

Allen Matkins

Legislator Proposes To Expand CFL To Encompass "Commercial Brokers"

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The California Financing Law currently requires the licensing of "finance lenders" and "brokers".   Cal. Fin. Code § 22100.  A "finance lender" is defined to include "any person who is engaged in the business of making...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Congress Enacts Statute Exempting “M&A Brokers” From Registration as Brokers or Dealers

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Effective March 29, 2023, certain small business brokers will be exempted from registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The new law was signed into effect on December 29, 2022, as part of the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

New Federal “M&A Broker” Exemption From SEC Registration in Certain Securities Transactions

President Biden signed, on December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, H.R. 2617 (the “2023 Act”). The 2023 Act amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") to exempt certain "M&A...more

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New Federal M&A Broker Exemption is a Big Deal!

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed H.R.2617, codifying a federal exemption from SEC registration for small business M&A brokers as new Exchange Act Section 15(b)(13). Limitations exist, as does the requirement to...more

Allen Matkins

Bill Would Require Passively-Managed Funds To Vote Proxies As Instructed By Investors

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Last week, U.S Senator Dan Sullivan introduced a bill to require passively managed funds to vote proxies as instructed by their investors.  I have not seen a copy of the bill yet, but according to the Senator's press release,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Revives De Minimis Lender License Exemption

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In California, any person engaging in the business of a finance lender or broker must obtain a license from the commissioner of the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation. The California Finance Code defines "finance...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Latest Milestone in LIBOR Replacement Passed

This past Monday, July 26, marked passage of the most recent major milestone in the replacement of LIBOR as the benchmark USD interest rate. Following the recommendation of the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC)...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Certain Exemptions of the New California Consumer Financial Protection Law Need To Be Clarified

In our Legislative Alert of October 13, 2020, we reported on the California legislation enacted in late September, Assembly Bill 1864, that created the new California Consumer Financial Protection Law (“CCFPL”), and we set...more

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California Signs Two New Consumer Protection Bills into Law

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On September 25, 2019, California’s Governor signed into law two bills that impact financial consumer services companies in California: California Assembly Bill 539 and California Senate Bill 187.  Both laws go into effect...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Rhode Island Follows Suit with Passage of the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act

There has been an emerging trend over the past few years to give commercial real estate brokers rights to liens on seller and purchaser’s commercial real estate for services performed. Rhode Island is the most recent state...more

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