Blue Sky Laws

In an attempt to make money quickly at the expense of naïve or uninformed investors, companies offer enticing investment opportunities with little legitimate backing. For this reason, each U.S. state has blue sky laws in place to thwart such attempts and protect the public’s financial interest. Though such laws vary by state, blue sky laws require that the details of new securities issued be registered with state authorities for examination in order to assure the public of their legitimacy.