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Crowdfunding is a method for raising capital whereby many individuals network and pool their funds, usually via the internet or social media. Crowdfunding methods are used in a variety of circumstances including,... more +
Crowdfunding is a method for raising capital whereby many individuals network and pool their funds, usually via the internet or social media. Crowdfunding methods are used in a variety of circumstances including, but not limited to, supporting charitable organizations, disaster relief, product development, artistic projects, and financing start-up companies. The passage of the JOBS Act of 2012 sought to broaden the use of crowdfunding in developing private capital for start-up companies by relaxing certain SEC investor registration requirements. less -
Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Real Estate Continued to Favor Rule 506(b) Offerings During the Pandemic

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Under the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act), all securities offerings must be registered with the SEC unless there is an exemption. Registering securities is a costly and time-consuming process requiring SEC review and...more

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Social Media Compliance Guide For Issuers, Broker-Dealers, And Advisers

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[author: Trevor Starer] The use of social media raises many securities law and compliance challenges for issuers, broker-dealers, and investment advisers. This Compliance Guide summarizes briefly some key principles. ...more

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Investment Crowdfunding Exemptions: Understand What You Can and Cannot Do to Advertise Your Offering

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This article expands upon a recent overview of the securities law exemptions commonly used for investment crowdfunding campaigns. The six distinct exemptions or "paths" outlined below are the most commonly used by...more

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The Guide to Social Media and the Securities Laws

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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

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Integration of Private and Public Offerings 2017

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I. INTRODUCTION - A. Outline Coverage - This outline reviews the SEC’s interpretations that relate to the integration of private and public offerings and the challenges they impose for the capital formation process....more

Smith Anderson

[Webinar] Online Public Offerings and Everything You Need to Know - Dec. 5th, 1:00 pm EST

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December 5, 2016 A live webinar presented by StartEngine's CEO Ron Miller, Command Partners' CEO Roy Morejon and Smith Anderson Partner Benji Jones. This webinar will focus on the legal, marketing and platform components to...more

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Revised SEC Rule 504 and Minnesota Offerings

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The SEC recently revised Rule 504 of Regulation D to increase the amount of securities that can be offered in any 12-month period from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Among other things, Rule 504 allows companies to solicit or...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules to Facilitate Intrastate and Regional Securities Offerings

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted final rules modernizing and expanding the ways in which smaller companies can raise capital. Rule 147 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provides a safe...more

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NOTICE: SEC Adopts Rules to Facilitate Intrastate and Regional Securities Offerings

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On October 26, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules that modernize how companies can raise money to fund their businesses through intrastate and regional securities offerings....more

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New SEC Rules for Intrastate and Regional Securities Offerings

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The SEC has adopted final rules to modernize intrastate securities offerings under Rule 147, adopted new Rule 147A to broaden the availability of the existing safe harbor for intrastate securities offerings and amended Rule...more

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Direct-to-Consumer Equity Offerings: Are Loyal Customers Happy Shareholders?

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“Direct-to-consumer” offerings enable companies to raise capital directly from their customers, with or without the use of underwriters or other financial intermediaries. Direct-to-consumer offerings have garnered attention...more

Stoel Rives LLP

In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - November 2015

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The SEC has finally adopted Regulation Crowdfunding, here, which was required by the Capital Raising Online While Deterring Fraud and Unethical Non-Disclosures Act of 2012 (. . . seriously). Its 686 pages belie the elegant...more

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SEC Finally Adopts “Regulation Crowdfunding”

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The SEC’s final crowdfunding rules, which are largely consistent with the proposed rules, provide broader access to capital for startups and small businesses, though concerns over cumbersome disclosure and regulatory...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Corporate Finance Alert: SEC Finalizes Crowdfunding Rules, Proposes to Expand Intrastate Offering and Rule 504 Exemptions"

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently took several important steps to facilitate smaller securities offerings. First, it adopted final rules for the new Securities Act exemption for securities-based...more

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SEC Issues Final Rule on Crowdfunding, Proposes Amendments to Existing Rules to Facilitate Small Business Capital Raising

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Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the final rule permitting crowdfunding, permitting investors to purchase securities over the Internet using a crowdfunding exchange, on October 30, 2015....more

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SEC Proposes to Ease Intrastate Offering Exemption to Facilitate Crowdfunding

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The SEC has proposed amendments to Rule 147 under the Securities Act of 1933, which currently provides a safe harbor for compliance with the Section 3(a)(11) exemption from registration for intrastate securities offerings....more

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Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

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This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

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The Guide to Social Media and the Securities Laws

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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

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S.E.C. Adopts Final Rules Amending Regulation A

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On March 25, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules amending its Regulation A, i.e., the so-called “Regulation A+ Rules”. Regulation A has been a little used provision in the securities laws due to,...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Regulation A to Facilitate Small Issuer Access to Capital

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On March 25, the SEC unanimously voted to adopt amendments to Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and the related forms and filing and delivery requirements, to implement Title IV...more

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Crowdfunding: What It Is and What It Isn’t

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THIS OUTLINE is intended to flag a number of things about Crowdfunding that counsel should consider and in guiding entrepreneurial clients and small issuers with this developing capital formation exemption from the...more

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“A” is For Approved: SEC Finalizes Regulation A+, the Small Offering Exemption

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Securities lawyers had a “first time in forever” moment on March 25, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to approve landmark reforms to its Regulation A, the so-called (and until now little-used)...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules Expanding Regulation A, Providing a New Option for Offerings Under $50 Million

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On March 25, 2015, the SEC formally adopted its final rule amendments governing the expansion of registration exemptions for public offerings of $50 million or less in any 12-month period under Regulation A of the Securities...more

Baker Donelson

Federal Crowdfunding Efforts Stall While Tennessee Prepares for Takeoff

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On January 1, 2015, pursuant to the Invest Tennessee Exemption (ITE), crowdfunding in Tennessee became legal, granting Tennessee-based companies and investors increased access to capital and broadened opportunities to invest....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Global Crowdfunding Site Consents to SEC Censure

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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission censured Eureeca Capital SPC, an online, securities-based crowdfunding site incorporated in the Cayman Islands, for failing to implement procedures “reasonably designed” to...more

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