A summary of federal and state securities laws — strategies for investor recovery and manager and investment advisor compliance.
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Section 1
Washington: the State Securities Act
No proof of intent, rescission with 8% interest and fees, control-person exposure, void waivers, and a discovery-based deadline — plus what six decades of RCW 21.20 decisions show.
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California: the Corporate Securities Law of 1968
Section 25401's antifraud rule, the privity-bound remedy of Section 25501, mandatory fee-shifting after A.B. 511, and the manipulation route for aftermarket buyers.
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Federal securities litigation
Rule 10b-5, Sections 11 and 12(a)(2), the PSLRA's pleading and repose hurdles, control-person liability, and loss causation — with insights for investors, fund managers, and advisors.
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Key SEC rules and regulations
The SEC rulebook for fund managers, startups and public issuers, and advisors — Regulation D, the Investment Company Act exclusions, Form ADV and Form PF, Exchange Act reporting, Regulation FD, and the Marketing, Compliance, and Custody Rules.
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