Securities Law | Expert Legal Commentary
May 19, 2008
When Sales of Interest in a Venture Equal Sales of Securities under Federal Law: Consolidated Case
Consolidated Management Group, LLC., et al. v. Department of Corporations
By
Joel B. Ginsberg
The analysis and conclusions reached by the California appellate court in Consolidated Management Group v. Dept. of Corporations, ___ Cal. Rptr. 3d___, 2008 WL 1850310 (Cal. App. 1st 2008), are not necessarily new. But rarely has an opinion so thoroughly and effectively laid out the prevailing law and its application. In Consolidated, the California appellate court analyzes two issues: 1) whether federal law preempts the California Department of Corporations’ authority to issue a desist and refrain order against the appellants, and 2) whether the interests being sold by the appellants were “securities” for purposes of being covered by the applicable laws.
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