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Has the SPAC Bubble Burst? Part 2: The SEC’s New Rules
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Fast Track to IPO: Why Are Series A Startups Snatching Topflight CFOs?
The Brave New Frontier of Securing D&O Insurance for SPACs and deSPACs
Venture Capital: Global State of the Market
Nota Bene Episode 95: Mapping Capital Markets and Securities Enforcement in the Current COVID-19 Moment with Jamie Mercer and John Stigi
Compliance and Coronavirus-Michael Beber on M&A, IPOs and SPACs During and After Covid-19
What Is a Direct Listing?
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 85-Professor Coffee on the Dearth of IPOs
Life Sciences Quarterly: A View From Washington: What to Expect From the SEC
Dual-track IPOs
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 175-Debra Bruce on new methods for law firm funding and its implications
Advanced Intellectual Property Strategies for Defending Your Life Sciences IPO
The M&A Word of the Day® from the Book of Jargon® – Global Mergers & Acquisitions is Dual Track Process
Why Choose the Dual Track Process?
Navigating the Dual Track M&A/IPO– Part One
Form 10s as Alternatives to Traditional IPOs – Interview with Bill Hicks, Member, Mintz Levin
Jaffe Sees 'A Lot' of IPOs in 2013 'Pipeline'
The Jobs Act: Confidential Filing
In recent years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has increased its scrutiny of disclosure in public filings, as evidenced by an increase in the number of comments issued to public reporting companies. This trend...more
Almost two years after the publication of proposed rules (the Proposed Rules) on March 30, 2022, the SEC has adopted final rules (the Final Rules) to enhance disclosure and expand liability in initial public offerings by...more
March Madness extends into April as the Commission markedly increases its focus on SPACs. Surprise pronouncements call into question use of the PSLRA safe harbor for projections and accounting treatment for warrants....more
This newsletter provides a snapshot of the principal US and selected international governance and securities law developments during the third quarter of 2018 that may be of interest to Latin American corporations and...more
On August 17, 2017, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance further extending an important accommodation provided to companies contemplating going public. Under the updated guidance, all issuers, including...more
On June 29, the SEC announced that its Division of Corporation Finance will allow all companies to submit for nonpublic review draft registration statements relating to initial public offerings and other specified...more
In Stadnick v. Vivint Solar, Inc., 2017 WL 2661597 (2d Cir. June 21, 2017), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of claims for violations of Section 11 of the Securities Act of...more
New Policy Provides Substantial Flexibility for Non-EGC and Foreign Issuers, Direct Listings, and Select Follow-On Transactions - On June 29, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation...more
Last week in Stadnick v. Vivint Solar, the Second Circuit provided important guidance for determining when an omission in a registration statement is material for purposes of a Section 11 claim. The decision holds that the...more
As summarized in our recent client alert “FAST Act Brings Additional Benefits for Emerging Growth Companies and New Resale Exemption,” President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act ("FAST Act"),on...more
Benefit Corporations and other impact-driven corporate entities, such as Delaware Public Benefit Corporations and California Social Purpose Corporations, are proliferating at a healthy pace. More than 30 states have enacted...more
Earlier this month, fitness-tracking company Fitbit, Inc. filed a Form S-1 Registration Statement for an IPO of up to $100 million that exhaustively disclosed potential cybersecurity risks with respect to the personal data...more