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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act is a United States federal law enacted in 2012 to increase start-up companies' access to capital by easing certain restrictions on seeking and soliciting private... more +
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Using Regulation D Rule 506(c) to Raise Capital

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Raising investment capital through private offerings has always been a challenge, especially for new and emerging investment managers. COVID-19 has exasperated this challenge by significantly limiting traditional means of...more

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Practical Considerations For A Rule 506(c) General Solicitation

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So you want to jump into the fray and take advantage of the new opportunities created by the JOBS Act’s elimination of the ban on general advertising of private placements?...more

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New Rules May Revolutionize Private Placements: Five Steps You Can Take NOW to be Prepared

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently took action to implement certain provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Defining "Bad Actors" Disqualified From Using Rule 506 Of Regulation D To Raise Capital

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In This Issue: - Covered Persons - Disqualifying Events - The Pre-Effectiveness Event Exclusion - Waivers and Exclusions - Ramifications of Rule 506 Disqualification - Excerpt from Covered...more

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SEC Rule 506 Amendments and Blue Sky

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The Securities and Exchange Commission took some long-awaited action in the area of private offerings at its open meeting on July 10, 2013. The Commission issued two releases adopting final rules (i) to eliminate the...more

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Impacts of SEC Rule Changes Allowing General Solicitation

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The SEC’s Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act rule eliminating the ban on advertising private offerings by hedge funds, buyout firms, and startups will be lifted and this article looks at how these SEC rule changes could...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Securities Law Update - SEC Amends Rules on Advertising, Solicitation and "Bad Actors" for Certain Private Offerings and Proposes...

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On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new rules that, beginning September 23, 2013, will under specified circumstances eliminate the bans on “general solicitation and general advertising”...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SEC Adopts JOBS Act Private Placement Provisions: Lifts Ban on General Solicitation and Advertising in Private Placements

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On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved by a vote of 4-1 final rules that eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation and advertising in certain private offerings of securities. ...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Approves General Solicitation in Private Offerings and Proposes Further Regulation D Amendments

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On July 10, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a series of three releases — referred to in this White Paper as the General Solicitation Release, the Bad Actors Release, and the Proposing...more

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SEC Approves Changes to Private Offering Rules and Adopts New “Bad Actor” Prohibitions; Proposes Additional Changes to Better...

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On July 10, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved changes to Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 to implement the elimination, mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups...more

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SEC Adopts Long-Awaited Final Rule Removing Ban On General Solicitation In Rule 506 Private Offerings

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On July 10, 2013, the SEC adopted a “game changing” new final rule that lifts an 80-year-old ban on general solicitation and advertising for certain private securities offerings. Previously, investors conducting private...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Lifts Ban On General Solicitation, Adopts “Bad Actor” Disqualification Rules And Proposes Amendments To Form D Filings

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On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act") was enacted. The stated objective for the JOBS Act is to improve access to the public capital markets for startup and emerging companies and thus...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Permit General Solicitation in Certain Private Offerings

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On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation and general advertising in certain securities offerings under Rule 506 of...more

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SEC Relaxes Ban On Advertising And Solicitation For Private Placements To Accredited Investors

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In a watershed event reversing decades of private offering restrictions, on July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved final rules required by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (JOBS...more

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New SEC Rule Allows General Solicitation Of Investors In Private Placement Offerings

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A recent series of changes to Florida’s business laws and regulations are focused on creating and maintaining a competitive commercial climate for Florida companies, positioning the state as a business-friendly environment....more

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SEC Adopts Rule Permitting General Solicitation In Private Placements And Proposes New Reg D Requirements

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On July 10, 2013, the SEC adopted new rules under Section 201(a) of the JOBS Act, repealing the ban on general solicitation in all Rule 144A offerings and certain Rule 506 transactions....more

Miller & Martin PLLC

SEC Eliminates Ban on General Solicitation in Private Offerings

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On July 10, 2013, the SEC took the following actions that are likely to have a significant impact on hedge funds, private investment funds and other companies that raise capital through private offerings of securities...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Adopts and Proposes New Rules, Including Easing the Prohibition on General Solicitation

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On July 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted certain new rules and proposed others applicable to certain securities offerings that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act). ...more

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What the SEC’s Elimination of the Prohibition on General Solicitation for Rule 506 Offerings means to the EB-5 Community

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As we previously reported, on July 10, 2013, the SEC adopted the amendments required under the JOBS Act to Rule 506 that would permit issuers to use broad-based marketing methods such as the Internet, social media, email...more

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SEC Lifts Advertising Ban on Private Offerings: What It Means for Private Equity, Hedge and Venture Capital Funds

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On July 10, the SEC adopted a new rule that will permit many private equity funds, hedge funds and venture capital funds to use general advertising and solicitation when offering and selling interests in a fund (the “New...more

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SEC Adopts Rules Lifting Ban On General Solicitation In Private Placement Offerings

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The following information concerning new rule amendments just approved yesterday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allows companies to engage in general solicitation of investors in private placement offerings....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Acts To Eliminate Prohibition on General Solicitation and Expand 'Bad Actor' Disqualifications

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took long-awaited action on July 10, 2013, to finalize and adopt new rules that eliminate the current prohibition against general solicitation and advertising in certain Rule 506...more

Saul Ewing LLP

SEC proposes new regulations under JOBS Act related to solicitation and advertising

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new regulations to implement provisions of the JOBS Act, eliminating prohibitions on general solicitation and advertising in certain private placement offerings to...more

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