Brochure Rule

  

This rule came as part of the 1940 Investment Act, and it requires that folks selling securities provide written documentation of what they are selling, i.e. a brochure. That way, if things ever go to court, there's no "he said, she said" in front of the very angry Judge Judy. All the pertinent facts are written down. Preferably not in crayon.

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