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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 +

The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2023 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/12/2023

Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

Simplified Rule 506(c) Investor Verification Takes Effect March 15

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC on 2/9/2021

Although few might think of securities laws as “simple,” sometimes, laws are more complicated than necessary. That has been the case with accredited investor verification under Rule 506(c). But that will change when a new...more

SEC Proposes New Accredited Investor Rule

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC on 1/2/2020

Access to invest in private placement securities reminds me of All-State Orchestra. Private placements provide unique investment opportunities that can help investors diversify their portfolios. Yet, most private placements...more

Proskauer’s Study Examines 2017 IPOs

Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/18/2018

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

Late-Stage Private Placements: A Life Sciences Sector Survey

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 7/26/2016

As privately held companies choose to remain private longer and defer their initial public offerings (IPOs), these companies are increasingly reliant on raising capital in successive private placements. New categories of...more

What's Market? Update: Securities

Goulston & Storrs PC on 10/21/2015

Amendments to Regulation A adopted by the SEC to comply with a mandate in the JOBS Act took effect on June 19, 2015. Regulation A as amended (often referred to as “Regulation A+”) expands the maximum aggregate amount that...more

FINRA Warns Investors About Private Placements

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation on 9/19/2013

On the eve of an anticipated increase in private-placement activity as a result of recent reforms made pursuant to the JOBS Act, FINRA issued an Investor Alert on Monday about risks associated with private placements. The...more

Private Placements Under New Rule 506(c) – Interplay With Other Exemptions And State Law Implications

Troutman Pepper on 8/8/2013

A fundamental precept of the federal securities laws is that any purchase or sale of a security must either be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) or qualify for an exemption from registration....more

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

Troutman Pepper on 7/18/2013

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

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

Bilzin Sumberg on 7/18/2013

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

SEC Lifts Ban on General Solicitation in Private Placements

Akerman LLP on 7/11/2013

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (Commission) adopted rules on July 10, 2013 eliminating the ban on general solicitation and advertising in certain private offerings, as required by Section 201(a)(1) of the Jumpstart...more

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