b'period in which the notice must be filed. If the attorney is doing the filings on behalf of the issuer as part of its legal services, the issuer has a duty to keep the attorney informed of its progress so that the Form D and Blue Sky notices can be timely filed; or to file them themselves. The easiest way to comply with federal and BlueSkynoticefiling requirements is to provide your attorney with a list of states where your investors claim residency before you break impounds and use their money. If you continue to raise money beyond that date, then you will need to update your attorney if you accept a subscription from an investor from a new state so the attorney can file a new state notice within the required time frame. Another common source of securities violations includes self-drafted, or cut-and-paste, documents. Issuers of securities who copy anothers offering often overlook or are unaware of the required federal and Blue Sky notice filings. If the filings are not timely made, the exemption may not apply,regardlessofwhetherthedocumentscomplywithdisclosure requirements, or even if the issuer has followed the rest of the rules for the appropriateexemption(whichisunlikelyiftheissuercut-and-pasted someone elses documents). Asset ProtectionCan You Keep Your Name Out of the Public Record? Weoftengetcallsfrompeoplewhobelievetheycanuseanasset protection strategy to keep their name out of the public record. While this may be true for your personal entities that you use to acquire and own properties on your own, it does not apply to securities offerings, which 89'