Friday, January 09, 2009

ABA's Blue Sky Bugle Newsletter for Blue Sky Lawyers

The ABA's Committee of State Securities Regulation publishes an online newsletter of articles of interest to Blue Sky lawyers. This newsletter, called the "Blue Sky Bugle," is published around major holidays about four times per year.

Articles in the January, 2009 issue cover : (1) why Washington State's September, 2008 adopted Form D filing rule, the first state to adopt a rule to coordinate with the SEC's newly adopted electronic Form D rule, will fail issuers making Rule 506 offerings and should not be followed by other states; (2) the states' inexcusable and unjustified delays in reviewing registrations by coordination; and (3) the inevitable delays that will occur in processing agent registrations in Florida because of tightening the fingerprint card requirement following the resignation of the State's long-time Securities Commissioner.

The link to the The link to the Blue Sky Bugle.


The Committee's listserv is available to committee members for posting comments, arguments, updates, news relating to Blue Sky law, the people who practice blue sky law, and the people who administer blue sky law:

bl-stateregs@mail.abanet.org

Lastly, to submit materials for future editions, contact:
Martin A. Hewitt, 11 Quaker Drive, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
(732) 266-9336, email: mhewittesq@gmail.com.