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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act › Financial Markets

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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 +

On the Rise Again? A Look at Trends in the U.S. IPO Market

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 9/6/2018

Since the financial crisis, the IPO market has been somewhat volatile, but in the last few quarters, the market has shown growth. ...more

The Snap IPO: Speculation Without (Board) Representation

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 3/7/2017

The just completed IPO of Snap Inc. has received enormous buzz and plenty of press coverage, mostly about its eye-popping valuation and offering proceeds, the big winners among the founders and early investors and the...more

The Trump Administration: Change By Appointment

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 11/21/2016

The election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States, along with the Republican control of the majority of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, will likely result in significant changes in...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/14/2016

Financial Industry Developments - The CFPB Publishes Final Rule for Prepaid Accounts - On October 5, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") finalized comprehensive consumer protections for...more

OTC Markets, Inc. Asks SEC To Open Regulation A+ to Reporting Issuers

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 6/9/2016

On June 6, 2016, the OTC Markets Group Inc., the entity operating three major over-the-counter marketplaces (“OTC”), submitted a rulemaking petition to the SEC. The petition asked the SEC to amend Regulation A+ to allow...more

SEC Adopts Rules to Permit Crowdfunding: Proposes Amendments to Existing Rules to Facilitate Intrastate and Regional Securities...

Orrick - Finance 20/20 on 11/3/2015

On October 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules under Title III of the JOBS Act (“Regulation Crowdfunding”) to permit a company to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding transactions that...more

Crowdfunding: FINRA Proposes JOBS Act Portal Rules

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 10/26/2015

Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, enacted in 2012 with the goal of increasing American job creation and economic growth, contains key provisions relating to securities offered or sold through...more

States File First Brief in Regulation A+ Challenge

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 8/28/2015

Montana and Massachusetts have filed their first brief in their Regulation A+ challenge. They are not happy because Tier 2 offerings under Regulation A+ preempt state review of the offering. Under the text of the rule Tier 2...more

Briefing on Regulation A+ Challenge to Extend Though November

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 7/20/2015

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has entered a briefing schedule in Montana’s and Massachusetts’ challenge to Regulation A+. The states’ briefs are due August 26, the SEC’s brief is due...more

SEC Staff Ready to Recommend Variable Annuity Summary Prospectus

Carlton Fields on 6/19/2015

William Kotapish, an Assistant Director in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, recently stated that the SEC staff is prepared to recommend that the Commission adopt rules and forms authorizing a variable annuity...more

Meeting of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/17/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (Committee) met on June 3 to discuss various topics including (1) SEC rules with respect to intrastate crowdfunding; (2) the...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 23

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/15/2015

In This Issue: - Meeting of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies - FINRA Requests Comment on a Proposed Rule to Require Delivery of an Educational Communication to Customers of a Transferring...more

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