As we move closer to the signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, more groups are highlighting the fact that state securities divisions are going to be affected by the act.  After pressure from NASAA, the association of state securities regulators, Congress has provided that state [...]

Review of State Investment Advisory Fee Rules One of the things I have tried to emphasize within this blog is that there is no “one size fits all” legal solution to hedge fund formation.  Each client/manager has a unique set of circumstances and will be subject to a potentially different [...]

Dealing with Ambiguous State Securities Laws An issue which often arises during the planning phase of the hedge fund formation process is whether certain state securities or investment advisory laws or regulations apply to a certain fact situation.  Many times these issues arise in the context of investment advisor registration [...]

In our continuing effort to expand our hedge fund law resources on this blog, we will be posting statutes and other legal resources from each of the states.  Because each state has different laws and enforces those laws differently, hedge fund lawyers often discuss state specific hedge fund issues with [...]