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
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
This is a very brief, initial summary. We will be reporting on the final rule in an upcoming alert. The SEC’s proposed rules already had provided a very practical format for private issuers seeking to raise capital. The...more
Shortly after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the final rule relaxing the prohibition against general solicitation in connection with offerings made pursuant to new Rule 506(c) and Rule 144A, we provided...more
10/3/2013
/ Accredited Investors ,
Bad Actors ,
Disqualification ,
Form D Filing ,
General Solicitation ,
Investors ,
Private Offerings ,
Regulation D ,
Rule 144A ,
Rule 506 Offerings ,
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
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