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The Impact Of Nsmia On Small Issuers, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.
The Impact Of Nsmia On Small Issuers, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.
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Small businesses may account for 40% of the business activities in this country, but capital formation rules always have discriminated against small businesses and imposed rules that make it unreasonably difficult for small companies to exploit external sources of capital. NSMIA, through its broad statutory delegation to the SEC of the right to expand the preemption of state blue sky laws, provides a unique opportunity for the Commission to deliver much-needed and much-deserved help to small issuers engaged in capital formation and to finally break the hegemonic hold states have over the rules governing capital formation by small businesses. Society …
The Sky Is Still Blue In Texas: State Law Alternatives To Federal Securities Remedies, Keith A. Rowley
The Sky Is Still Blue In Texas: State Law Alternatives To Federal Securities Remedies, Keith A. Rowley
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Recent actions by the United States Supreme Court and by Congress have reduced the number of avenues by which plaintiffs relying on federal law may pursue alleged wrongdoers for securities fraud and have imposed significant additional requirements on plaintiffs suing in federal court to recover from securities fraud. As a consequence, persons who claim injury from some material misrepresentation or omission in the purchase, sale, offer for purchase, or offer for sale securities, or who have suffered as a consequence of some other impropriety relating to such transactions, may find better options available in state court or under state law …
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act Of 1998: The Sun Sets On California's Blue Sky Laws, David M. Lavine, Adam C. Pritchard
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act Of 1998: The Sun Sets On California's Blue Sky Laws, David M. Lavine, Adam C. Pritchard
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It is often said that California sets the pace for changes in America's tastes. Trends established in California often find their way into the heartland, having a profound effect on our nation's cultural scene. Nouvelle cuisine, the dialect of the Valley Girl and rollerblading all have their genesis on the West Coast. The most recent trend to emerge from California, instead of catching on in the rest of the country, has been stopped dead in its tracks by a legislative rebuke from Washington, D.C. California's latest, albeit short-lived, contribution to the nation was a migration of securities fraud class actions …