News & Analysis as of

The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act Emerging Growth Companies Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act)

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 +
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 investment. less -
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The JOBS Act 3.0: Regulatory Reforms Pass House of Representatives

On July 17, 2018, the House of Representatives passed the JOBS and Investor Confidence Act (JOBS Act 3.0), a package of reforms consisting of 32 pieces of legislation principally designed to spur entrepreneurship by...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Proskauer’s Study Examines 2017 IPOs

Proskauer Rose LLP on

Welcome to this fifth edition of Proskauer’s IPO Study. In it you will find our analysis of market practices and trends for U.S.-listed initial public offerings (IPOs). Our proprietary database and analyses now cover 462 IPOs...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Confidential Submission Procedures Expanded Beyond Emerging Growth Company Issuers Beginning July 10, 2017

Last week, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that, beginning on July 10, 2017, the SEC will accept voluntary draft registration submissions from all issuers for nonpublic review. This...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC to Permit All Issuers to Submit Confidential Draft Registration Statements

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on June 29, 2017, that the staff (staff) of the Division of Corporation Finance will accept draft registration statement submissions from all companies for nonpublic...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Adopts JOBS Act Amendments to Forms and Rules, EGC, and Crowdfunding Inflation Adjustments

Alston & Bird on

On March 31, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted technical amendments to several rules and commonly used forms, including Forms S-1, S-3, and S-4 under the Securities Act and Forms 8-K, 10-Q, and 10-K...more

Carlton Fields

FAST Relief from Some Securities Law Requirements

Carlton Fields on

The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), which became law in December 2015, contained important federal securities law changes. - Among other changes, it further reduced the burdens on emerging growth...more

Alston & Bird

Securities Law Advisory: SEC Issues Concept Release Seeking Comment on Regulation S-K

Alston & Bird on

At an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 13, 2016, the SEC voted 3-0 to issue a concept release seeking public comment on modernizing certain disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K,...more

WilmerHale

2016 IPO Report

WilmerHale on

Our 2016 IPO Report offers a detailed analysis of, and outlook for, the IPO market, plus useful IPO market metrics. We look at rates of adoption of JOBS Act relief by emerging growth companies, and recent FAST Act amendments...more

WilmerHale

FAST Act Offers More Goodies to Emerging Growth Companies

WilmerHale on

Once again proving that you can’t judge a gift by its box, emerging growth companies (EGCs) received a pleasant, but oddly wrapped, surprise in December with the enactment of a new law authorizing spending on highway and...more

Perkins Coie

Practical Guidance on FAST Act Changes to JOBS Act and SEC Disclosure Requirements

Perkins Coie on

Tucked into the 490 pages of the Highway Transportation Bill that President Obama signed into law in December 2015, known as the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) and which largely deals with...more

Carlton Fields

Jobs Act Revamped by Fast Act

Carlton Fields on

The Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act of 2012 (the "JOBS Act") was enacted on April 5, 2012 in an effort to make it easier for certain emerging growth companies (EGCs), generally defined as companies with annual gross...more

WilmerHale

2015 Year-End IPO Market Review

WilmerHale on

The 2015 IPO market produced 152 IPOs, a disappointing tally that lagged well behind the 244 IPOs in 2014 despite continued strength in the life sciences sector. Setting aside the anomalous years of 2008 and 2009, however,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

JOBS Act Quick Start – A Brief Overview of the JOBS Act, 2016 Update

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

Troutman Pepper

SEC Further Enhances the IPO On-Ramp

Troutman Pepper on

The SEC’s rule changes further streamline the pathway for many companies to conduct their initial public offerings and reduce the burdens associated with their subsequent SEC periodic reporting obligations. On January...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"SEC Rulemaking Update: A Year of Changes, With More to Come"

Last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made major progress in completing its rulemaking mandates under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) and the Dodd-Frank Act. Additionally, Congress enacted...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Adopts Interim Final Rules to Implement FAST Act Provisions

On January 13, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted interim final rules to implement Sections 71003 and 84001 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”). The interim final...more

Foley Hoag LLP

How the FAST Act Will Impact Securities Laws

Foley Hoag LLP on

On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act) was signed into law. Although the majority of the Act concerns transportation and infrastructure, it also contains several provisions that...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: SEC Adopts Rules To Implement Two Provisions Of The FAST Act

Cooley LLP on

The SEC has approved interim final rules implementing two provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. As you may recall, the FAST Act was signed into law in early December and contained several...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Omnibus Highway Bill Contains a Grab Bag of December Surprises for Public Companies and Companies Aspiring to Go Public

In December 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law an omnibus highway bill called “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act” or the “FAST Act.” This new law (i) amends certain sections of the Jumpstart Our Business...more

Morgan Lewis

Federal Securities Law Implications of the FAST Act

Morgan Lewis on

New rules enhance IPO accommodations under the JOBS Act and provide private resale exemption. On December 4, US President Barack Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act or the Act, H.R....more

Baker Donelson

FAST Act Brings Holiday Cheer to Issuers

Baker Donelson on

"Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act," also known as the FAST Act, was signed by President Obama on December 4, 2015. Although primarily aimed at authorizing spending on highway and transit projects, the FAST Act...more

K&L Gates LLP

FAST Act Continues Capital Formation Initiatives of the JOBS Act

K&L Gates LLP on

On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”) was signed into law by President Obama. While not apparent from its name, the FAST Act contains provisions that amend or supplement the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

FAST Act Amendments to Securities Laws Improve Access to Capital Markets

The new Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) builds upon several securities laws contained in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), the 2012 law that sought to expand and ease capital raising...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The FAST Act: Buried Transportation Bill Amendments Ease Private Resale Restrictions and Modify the JOBS Act

On Dec. 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”). As the name implies, the FAST Act is primarily concerned with transportation and infrastructure spending, but...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

FAST Act’s Hidden Securities Law Benefits

The so-called “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act” or “FAST Act” was signed into law on December 4, 2015. Buried in the legislation are changes to the JOBS Act and the Securities Act of 1933 that add a statutory...more

36 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide