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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 +

Crowdfunding or Private Placement Memorandum?

Gray Reed on 3/23/2017

Spurred by the frenzy of mid-century modern furniture of the 1950s and 1960s returning in popularity, a growing number of collectors are investing in and holding vintage furniture. Capitalizing on that craze, N. Stile Sune’s...more

TechConnect - Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - September 2016

Mintz on 9/29/2016

Letter from the Editors - Dear Readers, The world of raising capital for emerging companies has experienced a revolution. Prior to the enactment of the JOBS Act in 2012, raising capital for private companies was...more

Various Ways to Raise Capital

Mintz Edge on 9/21/2016

The world of raising capital has been evolving over the last several years. Offerings of securities generally used to fall into two main buckets: (i) private placements under the old Rule 506 or (ii) a public offering. With...more

"The JOBS Act: Did It Accomplish Its Goals?"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/6/2016

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress created the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) to encourage capital formation in order to grow businesses, create jobs and spur economic activity. Congress and...more

The CATO Institute Assesses the Effectiveness of the JOBS Act

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 5/5/2016

On May 3, 2016, the CATO Institute published a policy paper titled, “A Walk Through the JOBS Act of 2012: Deregulation in the Wake of Financial Crisis,” which assesses the JOBS Act and offers certain policy recommendations. ...more

The Equity Crowdfunding Rules: What You Need to Know

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/5/2016

The SEC’s equity crowdfunding rules finally go into effect this month almost four years after Congress passed the JOBS Act, requiring the relaxing of certain rules on raising funds. So what does equity crowdfunding actually...more

House Financial Services Hearing on Capital Formation Bills

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 4/18/2016

On Thursday, April 14th, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and GSEs held a hearing at 10 am titled, The JOBS Act at Four: Examining its Impact and Proposals to Further Enhance Capital Formation. The...more

SEC Advisory Committee Recommends Additional Clarity Regarding So-Called “Finders”

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/8/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies ("Advisory Committee") announced new recommendations to make it easier for small and emerging companies to raise capital using...more

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/20/2015

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

“A” is For Approved: SEC Finalizes Regulation A+, the Small Offering Exemption

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/1/2015

Securities lawyers had a “first time in forever” moment on March 25, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to approve landmark reforms to its Regulation A, the so-called (and until now little-used)...more

No Billboards, Please

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/25/2014

Companies intending to seek funding under the JOBS Act’s crowdfunding provision gained a seeming advantage in September when the SEC removed its ban on the general solicitation or advertising of certain types of private...more

SEC Lifts Ban on General Solicitation for Certain Private Offerings

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 8/19/2013

Background - On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) into law. The JOBS Act is intended to “increase American job creation and economic growth by improving...more

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