SEC Staff Guidance Regarding Secondary Market Disclosure

Hawkins Advisory

02.13.2020

This Advisory provides a summary and analysis of the recent Staff Legal Bulletin from the SEC’s Office of Municipal Securities.

The Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities published on February 7, 2020, a Staff Legal Bulletin, entitled “Application of Antifraud Provisions to Public Statements of Issuers and Obligated Persons of Municipal Securities in the Secondary Market.”

 

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