Investment Advisers Act of 1940: Difference between revisions

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Both strike righteous fear into the hearts of US securities attorneys and glum resignation in the spleens of their clients. Fear, for US attorneys, of an exhilarating sort which floods the gizzard with adrenaline the way it does when you lean forward into a bungee jump. It feels a bit like bungy jumping for clients, too. Only from the perspective of the bridge.  
Both strike righteous fear into the hearts of US securities attorneys and glum resignation in the spleens of their clients. Fear, for US attorneys, of an exhilarating sort which floods the gizzard with adrenaline the way it does when you lean forward into a bungee jump. It feels a bit like bungy jumping for clients, too. Only from the perspective of the bridge.  


{{tag|Bungee jumping}} is an apt {{tag|metaphor}}, because as soon as the {{tag|40 Act}} is mentioned in forensic conversation, attorneys will jump (for joy) off the client’s bridge and gleefully bounce up and down in the revenue stream drifting on below as long as they possibly can.
[[Bungee jumping]] is an apt {{tag|metaphor}}, because as soon as the {{tag|40 Act}} is mentioned in forensic conversation, attorneys will jump (for joy) off the client’s bridge and gleefully bounce up and down in the revenue stream drifting on below as long as they possibly can.


===Prohibited Transactions - Section 206===
===Prohibited Transactions - Section 206===