151A – SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission sec.gov/comments/s7-14-08/s71408-1875.pdf sec.gov/files/rules/final/2010/33-9152.pdf SUMMARY: We are withdrawing rule 151A under the Securities Act of 1933, which defines the terms “annuity contract” and “optional annuity contract” under the Act. On July 12, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order vacating…

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SEC – Regulation Best Interest – Reg BI FINRA – Reg BI – [link] 2008 – Report – Rand – SEC – Investor and Industry Perspectives on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers, Sponsored by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission – 228p sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-1.htm 2011 – Report – SEC – Study on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers, As…

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FTC – BOR – Business Opportunity Rule 2021 0614 – FTC – Press Release – Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra – Regarding the Business Opportunity Rule – Commission File No. P924214, Federal Trade Commission – 2p 2022 1125 – FTC – Consultation – BOR – Business Opportunity Rule – ANPR, Project No. R511993  —  [BonkNote] 32 Comments – regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2022-0072/comments…

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UILA – Uniform Insurers Liquidation Act 1940 – LR – Legislation: The Uniform Insurers Liquidation Act – 12p 1953 – LR – The Uniform Insurers Liquidation Act and Wisconsin Law, by Darrell L. Peck – 10p 1940 – LR – Legislation: The Uniform Insurers Liquidation Act – 12p Corporations doing business in several states have long faced the…

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United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association 1944 – LC – UNITED STATES v. SOUTH-EASTERN UNDERWRITERS ASSOCIATION ET AL., APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA., No. 354. Argued January 11, 1944.-Decided June 5, 1944 – 63p

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