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Is it a Security?
In my ongoing quest to distinguish what’s a security and what’s not a security, a new case came down from Missouri on the topic. Disgruntled purchasers of condominiums at the Branson Landing Hilton...
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Is a Note a Security?
In the post-Dodd-Frank world of securities regulation, the definition of a security remains important when looking at funding options and regulatory regimes. Kickstarter works from the securities law...
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Failing to Turn Real Estate Into a Security
Fee simple ownership of the “bricks and mortar” of real estate is not a security. “The offer of real estate as such, without any collateral arrangements with the seller or others, does not involve the...
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Are Oil and Gas Investments “Securities”?
The Securities and Exchange Commission brought an enforcement action against Jeffory D. Shields, GeoDynamics, Inc., and several other business entities affiliated with Mr. Shields, alleging securities...
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Initial Coin Offerings and the Securities Laws
Regulators have been trying to figure out what to do with the new currencies coming to the marketplace. Bitcoin was the vanguard, bringing its blockchain technology into the public’s view. The...
View ArticleIs a TIC a security?
TIC refers to Tenancy in Common, not the blood-sucking insect. A TIC is a completely legal way of owning real estate that has been around for hundreds of years. When one of the parties owning real...
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HoweyCoins – The ICO I Have Been Waiting For
Initial coin offerings have been a new wave of financing.. and scams. One offering that you should look at for some lessons about coin offerings is the soon to be released Howey Coin. HoweyCoins are...
View ArticleYes, A Cryptocurrency Can Be a Security
Earlier this week, a federal judge denied a claim that a cryptocurrency is not a security under the federal securities law. The judge didn’t say that it was a security. Instead, he ruled that a...
View ArticleHowey Test – Framework for “Investment Contract” Analysis of Digital Assets
To show the markets that the Securities and Exchange Commission is not just about slapping around wrong-doers, but also trying to help people navigate the securities laws, the SEC’s FinHub published a...
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Can a Real Estate Lot Be a Security?
Of course the lawyerly answer is: “maybe.” Ronald Duane Dunham challenged his criminal conviction for securities fraud, arguing that the Cherokee Village lots he sold did not qualify as securities...
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