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California Enacts Mini-GDPR Effective January 1, 2020

Covered businesses will need to update policies and procedures for responding to customer inquiries about collection, use, sale and disclosure of customers’ personal information or face stiff enforcement actions. Takeaways The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 provides consumers with broad rights to control use of their personal information by…

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New Custody Compliance Tasks for California Registered Advisers Effective April 1

Written by: Ildiko Duckor The California Commissioner of Business Oversight (“Commissioner”) recently amended California’s custody rule 10 C.C.R. Section 260.237 (the “New Custody Rule”).  The New Custody Rule will be effective on April 1, 2014. All investment advisers licensed or required to be licensed in California must comply with the…

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California’s New LLC Law: Next Steps for California LLCs

If your management company or fund was formed as a California limited liability company, you need to review your Operating Agreement to determine whether amendments need to be made. On January 1, 2014, California’s Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act (Old Act) was superseded by the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability…

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A Conversation with the Regulators: A program for Fund Managers and Investment Advisors

REGISTER NOW! Pillsbury and the California Hedge Fund Association invite you to join us on Thursday, April 25, 2013 for an educational program featuring Ms. Jan Lynn Owen, the Commissioner of the California Department of Corporations (DOC) and Person to be Announced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The…

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California Adopts New Exemption–Should Fund Managers Still Register in California?

Written by:  Jay Gould and Peter Chess While you were touring the Champagne region or sipping umbrella drinks at the beach this summer, the California Department of Corporations (the “DOC”) was busy overhauling the rules applicable to investment advisers.  On August 27, 2012, the DOC adopted final rules, available here,…

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Excellence In Investing: San Francisco

The 3rd Annual Excellence In Investing: San Francisco, in partnership with The Sohn Conference Foundation, will be held on October 24, 2012 at the Merchants Exchange, Julia Morgan Ballroom.   Excellence In Investing: San Francisco is the premiere Bay Area investor conference benefiting local and national education and other children’s causes.…

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Pillsbury meets with the CA Department of Corporations

On August 30, 2012, Ildi Duckor and Michael Wu, members of Pillsbury’s Investment Funds and Investment Management practice, met with executives and staff of the California Department of Corporations at the Department’s invitation.  The purpose of the meeting was to provide the Department’s investment adviser and broker dealer divisions (live…

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California and Massachusetts Propose Further Regulations

Written by Jay Gould and Peter Chess In re-proposed custody rules, the California Department of Corporations (“DOC”) has reflected the most important aspects of the comment letter that Pillsbury provided on July 27, 2011, such that all transactions and short positions need not be disclosed in the quarterly account statements. …

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Readoption of California Emergency Regulation — Private Adviser Exemption

The California Commissioner of Corporations (Commissioner) has released a notice regarding readoption of the emergency regulation on private adviser exemption. On January 5, 2012, the Commissioner will file with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) the readoption of emergency regulations to extend the effectiveness of Rule 260.204.9 (10 C.C.R. §260.204.9)…

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Investment Fund Law Blog Nominated as Top 25 Business Law Blog – We need your vote!

If you have found the IFLB helpful and informative, please vote for us and provide comments at LexisNexis at http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/corpsec/. We appreciate your support and hope to continue to provide you with the latest developments in our industry! LexisNexis Corporate & Securities Law Center Staff lexisnexis.com  Each year, LexisNexis honors…