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In the Matter of Weiss Research: Financial Newsletter Publisher Sanctioned as an Unregistered Investment Adviser

Date: 07/10/06

On June 22, 2006, in In the Matter of Weiss Research, Inc., the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) issued a Cease-and-Desist Order (the “Order”) against Weiss Research, Inc., a financial newsletter publisher, its owner, Martin Weiss (“Weiss”), and one of its principal editors, Lawrence Edelson (“Edelson”). The Commission found that Weiss Research failed to meet the “publishers’ exemption” under Section 202(a)(11)(D) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”).

CGR Firm Memo - In the Matter of Weiss Research Financial Newsletter Publisher Sanctioned as an Unregistered Investment Adviser.pdf (pdf | 43.93 KB )