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	<title>Dodd-Frank and the Law &#187; David Jenson</title>
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	<description>This site, developed and maintained by attorneys at Leonard, Street and Deinard, is dedicated to making sense of the complex Dodd Frank legislation and helping businesses understand how it will affect them specifically</description>
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		<title>SEC Agrees Not to Prosecute Ralph Lauren Corporation for FCPA Violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, the SEC has entered into a Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) with a company relating to misconduct under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  The SEC decided not to prosecute Ralph Lauren Corporation (RLC) for violations of the FCPA as a result of the company’s cooperation with the SEC’s enforcement division during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Lie About Assets Under Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Umesh Tandon, president, chief compliance officer, and sole owner of Simran Capital Management, recently agreed to a settlement with the SEC relating to alleged violations of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 stemming from false representations of the amount of Simran’s assets under management (AUM), a common metric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broker-Dealer Due Diligence and FINRA Exam Priorities</title>
		<link>http://dodd-frank.com/broker-dealer-due-diligence-and-finra-exam-priorities/</link>
		<comments>http://dodd-frank.com/broker-dealer-due-diligence-and-finra-exam-priorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FINRA Chairman and CEO Richard G. Ketchum gave a speech on April 9, 2013 as part of the National Compliance Outreach Program for Broker-Dealers. Mr. Ketchum addressed FINRA’s view that there may be a need for additional supervision with respect to the marketing and sales of “complex products.”  One such complex product is a security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Red Flags Rules Adopted by SEC and CFTC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the CFTC and the SEC jointly issued final rules that require regulated entities to adopt programs designed to prevent identity theft – so-called “red flags” rules. Since 2003, the Fair Credit Reporting Act has authorized federal agencies responsible for banking regulations to implement programs to prevent identity theft and the FTC has been authorized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The JOBS Act Turns One</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 5, 2013 marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of the JOBS Act.  Here’s a roundup of a few of the media outlets that took the occasion as an opportunity to provide commentary on the effectiveness of the legislation. An article at Bloomberg Businessweek explains that one of the reasons for the delay in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC Comments on Broker-Dealer Registration by Private Fund Advisers</title>
		<link>http://dodd-frank.com/sec-comments-on-broker-dealer-registration-by-private-fund-advisers/</link>
		<comments>http://dodd-frank.com/sec-comments-on-broker-dealer-registration-by-private-fund-advisers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David W. Blass, Chief Counsel, Division of Trading and Markets, SEC, recently gave a speech before the American Bar Association Trading and Markets Subcommittee on April 5, 2013. The topic of the speech was whether and when investment advisers to private funds are required to register with the SEC as broker-dealers.  As a result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to Proposed Investment Adviser Legislation</title>
		<link>http://dodd-frank.com/changes-to-proposed-investment-adviser-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://dodd-frank.com/changes-to-proposed-investment-adviser-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We previously reported that there was proposed legislation making its way through the Minnesota legislature that contained a number of amendments to the securities laws relating to investment advisers and applying a new layer of regulation for investment adviser representatives.  After receiving input from a number of constituencies, the committees involved have offered changes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Minnesota Investment Adviser Legislation</title>
		<link>http://dodd-frank.com/proposed-minnesota-investment-adviser-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://dodd-frank.com/proposed-minnesota-investment-adviser-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a bill working its way through the Minnesota state legislature that amends chapter 80A of the Minnesota Statutes to, among other things, implement investment adviser registration for investment advisers whose only clients are private funds. Minnesota law currently includes an exemption from registration as an investment adviser for investment advisers whose only clients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reverse Triangular Mergers Do Not Trigger Anti-Assignment Clauses</title>
		<link>http://dodd-frank.com/reverse-triangular-mergers-do-not-trigger-anti-assignment-clauses/</link>
		<comments>http://dodd-frank.com/reverse-triangular-mergers-do-not-trigger-anti-assignment-clauses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Companies and Securities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Delaware chancery court recently restored some clarity to its jurisprudence regarding the effect of a reverse triangular merger (RTM) on contracts of the target company that contain anti-assignment clauses.  An April 2011 ruling on a motion to dismiss had hinted that, in some circumstances, an RTM could be construed as an assignment by operation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New FAQs on Broker-Dealer Registration Exemption</title>
		<link>http://dodd-frank.com/new-faqs-on-broker-dealer-registration-exemption/</link>
		<comments>http://dodd-frank.com/new-faqs-on-broker-dealer-registration-exemption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Jenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 5, 2013, the SEC released FAQs regarding Section 201 of the JOBS Act, which offers a new limited exemption from broker-dealer registration. In addition to directing the SEC to adopt rules lifting the ban on general solicitation in Rule 506 offerings to only accredited investors (provided that the issuers take reasonable steps to verify [...]]]></description>
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