On November 2, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to amend its rules to harmonize, simplify, and improve the exempt offering framework. The SEC believes that these amendments will promote capital...more
11/19/2020
/ Crowdfunding ,
General Solicitation ,
Harmonization Rules ,
Integration ,
Investment ,
New Amendments ,
New Regulations ,
Offerings ,
Regulation A ,
Regulation D ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Verification Requirements
As a further response to circumstances presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 26, 2020, the SEC published new temporary final rules.The temporary final rules ease requirements regarding applications for Form ID and...more
On October 26, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rules regarding intrastate and regional offerings, which largely follow the SEC’s proposed rules issued on October 30, 2015. The final...more
Many market participants were taken by surprise by the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. The JOBS Act, HR 3606, was passed by the United States House of Representatives on March 8, 2012. On March...more
2/1/2016
/ Capital Formation ,
Crowdfunding ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
JOBS Act ,
Private Offerings ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Qualified Institutional Buyers ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulation A ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
At the same time the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted rules implementing Regulation Crowdfunding pursuant to Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), the agency proposed...more
11/6/2015
/ Amended Regulation ,
Blue Sky Laws ,
Capital Formation ,
Crowdfunding ,
General Solicitation ,
Investor Protection ,
JOBS Act ,
Offerings ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulation D ,
Rule 147 ,
Rule 504 ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Startups ,
Transacting Intrastate Business ,
Websites
In this alert, we provide a detailed overview of the final rules, Regulation Crowdfunding, which will be applicable to crowdfunding offerings conducted in reliance on Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended...more
11/2/2015
/ Advertising ,
Aggregation Rules ,
AICPA ,
Annual Reports ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cancellation Rights ,
Capital Raising ,
Crowdfunding ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Statements ,
Funding Portal ,
GAAP ,
Intermediaries ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investor Protection ,
JOBS Act ,
Offerings ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulation S-P ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Title III
The growing use of social media has created challenges for federal securities regulators, who must enforce antifraud rules that were written at a time when the prevailing technology was the newspaper.
This Guide...more
6/17/2015
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Capital Raising ,
Crowdfunding ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
Material Misstatements ,
Non-GAAP Financial Measures ,
Non-Public Information ,
OCIE ,
Private Offerings ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Public Offerings ,
Regulation FD ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Social Media ,
Testimonial Statements ,
Websites
In This Issue:
- Introduction
- The IPO on-ramp
- The IPO Process
- Applying Title I to other transactions
- Private offerings
- Crowdfunding
- Regulation A+
- Exchange...more
In this alert, we provide a detailed overview of the proposed regulatory framework that will be applicable to crowdfunding offerings conducted pursuant to Title III of the JOBS Act in reliance on Section 4(a)(6) of the...more
The SEC has provided very short notice of an open meeting to consider proposed rules under Title III of the JOBS Act. Title III of the JOBS Act amended Section 4 of the Securities Act to add paragraph (6), which provides a...more
REGULATION FD -
Beginning in 1999 and continuing into 2000, media reports about selective disclosure of material nonpublic information by issuers raised concerns that select market professionals who were privy to this...more
10/1/2013
/ Crowdfunding ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
General Solicitation ,
JOBS Act ,
Private Offerings ,
Proxy Statements ,
Public Disclosure ,
Public Offerings ,
Regulation FD ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Media
REGULATION FD -
Beginning in 1999 and continuing into 2000, media reports about selective disclosure of material nonpublic information by issuers raised concerns that select market professionals who were privy to this...more
9/9/2013
/ Accredited Investors ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Crowdfunding ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
GAAP ,
Investment Adviser ,
JOBS Act ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Private Offerings ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Public Offerings ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulation FD ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Media ,
Third-Party Liability