North Carolina § 78A-1 - Title.

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§ 78A-1. Title.

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the North Carolina Securities Act. History (1925, c. 190, s. 1; 1927, c. 149, s. 1; 1943, c. 104, s. 1; 1973, c. 1380.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1973, c. 1380 repealed former Chapter 78 , Securities Law, and enacted present Chapter 78A in its place. Where appropriate, the historical citations to the sections of repealed Chapter 78 have been added to similar sections in new Chapter 78A . Many of the cases cited under the sections of Chapter 78A were decided under corresponding provisions of former Chapter 78. Legal Periodicals. - For article on blue sky laws, see 1 N.C.L.Rev. 27 (1923). For article discussing the history of blue sky laws, summarizing the various statutes, and discussing the North Carolina cases, see 3 N.C.L. Rev. 150 (1925). For comment on limited offerings, the federal securities code and increased burdens on the North Carolina Securities Act, see 15 Wake Forest L. Rev. 506 (1979). For article, "A Model for Determining the Excessive Trading Element in Churning Claims," see 68 N.C.L. Rev. 327 (1990). For comment, "Fraud-on-the-Market Theory and Thinly-Traded Securities Under Rule 10b-5: How Does a Court Decide If a Stock Market Is Efficient?," see 25 Wake Forest L. Rev. 223 (1990). For comment, "Access to Capital: Rethinking Local Crowdfunding," see 38 Campbell L. Rev. 365 (2016). For article, "Equity Crowdfunding as Economic Development?," see 38 Campbell L. Rev. 317 (2016). For article, "Strict in the Wrong Places: State Crowdfunding Exemptions' Failure to Effectively Balance Investor Protection and Capital Raising," see 38 Campbell L. Rev. 267 (2016). For note, "Rethinking Janus: Preserving Primary Participant Liability in SEC Antifraud Enforcement Actions," see 65 Duke L.J. 527 (2016). For article, "The Tax Implications of Crowdfunding: From Income to Deductions,” see 97 N.C.L. Rev. 710 (2019).

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