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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act › New Rules

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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 +

Testing the Waters for All – New Rule 163B Expands TTW to All Issuers: First Analysis

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 11/20/2019

In this Lexis Practice Advisor Practice Note, we discuss new Rule 163B adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On September 26, 2019, the SEC extended the ability to test the waters to all issuers by...more

A Rising Tide May Lift All Boats: SEC Adopts Rule 163B, Permitting All Issuers to “Test the Waters”

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/31/2019

The rule is an expansion of a popular modernization reform previously only available to emerging growth companies. All issuers considering a registered securities offering will now be able to engage in “testing-the-waters”...more

Everybody “Test-the-Waters” - SEC Expands Communications Rule to All Issuers

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 10/8/2019

On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has expanded the “testing-the-waters” exemption to all issuers. The new rule and related amendments under the Securities Act of 1933, as...more

“Testing-the-Waters” for All

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/3/2019

On September 26, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt new Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), to expand the “testing-the-waters” (TTW) accommodation —...more

Gauging Interest: SEC Votes to Approve Proposal to Expand “Test-the-Waters” Rules

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/3/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced on September 26, 2019 that it voted to adopt the application of “testing-the-waters” rules to all issuers who engage in raising capital in the public markets. This...more

SEC Extends "Test the Waters" to All Issuers

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/2/2019

On September 26, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had voted to adopt new Rule 163B, extending the "test the waters" accommodations previously available only to emerging growth...more

Legal Update: Testing the Waters for All – New Rule 163B Expands TTW to All Issuers

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 9/30/2019

On September 26, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission extended the ability to test the waters to all issuers by adopting the highly anticipated new Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)....more

SEC Adopts New Rule to Allow All Issuers to “Test-the-Waters”

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/27/2019

In connection with its efforts to modernize the regulatory framework, the SEC announced a new rule that provides all issuers with the flexibility provided by the JOBS Act to use “test-the-waters” communications with...more

Investment Services Regulatory Update - August 2018

Vedder Price on 8/21/2018

New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS – OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on Compliance Issues Relating to Best Execution – On July 11, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and...more

"Corporate Finance Alert: SEC Adopts EGC Inflation Adjustments and Other Technical Amendments Under the JOBS Act"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/8/2017

On March 31, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted several new rules to effectuate inflation adjustments mandated under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act and made a number of technical...more

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