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Accredited Crowdfunding, Internet Advertising And General Solicitation

by Jill Radloff | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 4/5/2013

The SEC recently granted two accredited crowdfunding sites exemptions from the broker-dealer rules because the type of carried interest (or close equivalent) used to compensate the site is not transaction based compensation. ...more

New Freedoms & Heightened Scrutiny Complicate the US Private Fund Marketing Environment

by Thomas M. Devaney | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/22/2013

Originally published in CorporateLiveWire on February 21, 2013. The last few years have witnessed tectonic shifts in U.S. laws and regulations that effect the management and operations of hedge funds, private equity...more

SEC Issues Frequently Asked Questions on Exemption from Broker-Dealer Registration Under the JOBS Act

by Avi Badash, James Van De Graaff | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/12/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets has issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that provide guidance on the exemption from broker-dealer registration in Section 201(c) of the Jumpstart...more

Could The Product Of Two Debts Really Be A Fortune?

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/30/2013

In 628 in the Gurjar capital city of Bhillamala (now, Bhinmal, India), the mathemetician Brahmagupta set out to explain how zero and negatives numbers work. In his book, Brahmasphutasiddhanta, he set forth the rule that the...more

We’re Still Waiting: When Will the SEC Lift the Ban on General Solicitation and Advertisements for Rule 506 and 144A Offerings?

by Benji Jones, A. Heath Tripp | Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &... on 1/1/2013

Title II of the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups” Act (“JOBS Act”), which became law on April 5, 2012, aims to provide more flexibility for private company fundraising by eliminating the prohibition on general solicitation or...more

SEC Proposes JOBS Act Amendments To Rule 506 And Rule 144A To Remove Ban On General Solicitation

by Foley Hoag LLP on 9/11/2012

On August 29, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission released proposed amendments to Rules 506 and 144A in order to remove the prohibition on general solicitation and general advertising in Rule 506 and 144A offerings,...more

JOBS Act Update: SEC Releases Proposed Rules for Eliminating Prohibition Against General Solicitation & Advertising in Rule 506...

by Scott DeWald, Nickolas Jensen, Scott MacTaggart, Thomas Morgan, Mark Patton, Lew Schorr, Matthew Sweger | Lewis and Roca LLP on 9/11/2012

On August 29, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released proposed rules for eliminating the prohibition against general solicitation and general advertising in offerings of securities under Rule 506....more

JOBS Act: SEC Proposes Rules Regarding Solicitation and Advertising in Securities Offerings

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/11/2012

The Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) directed the Securities and Exchange Commission to (1) remove the prohibition under Rule 502(c) of Regulation D against general solicitation and general advertising in...more

SEC Proposes Rules to Implement JOBS Act Provision Regarding General Solicitation and Advertising in Securities Offerings

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/7/2012

On August 29, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to implement Section 201(a) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act).1 Section 201(a) directs the SEC to amend Rule 506 of...more

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