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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 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 -
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SEC Proposes to Modernize Disclosures of Business, Legal Proceedings, and Risk Factors Under Regulation S-K

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In an effort to improve the readability of disclosure documents, as well as discourage repetition and disclosure of information that is not material, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments on August...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Impact of “Test-the-Waters” Reform Debated

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As we previously noted, in February, the SEC proposed expanding its “test-the-waters” accommodation from emerging growth companies (EGCs) only to all issuers via a new Rule 163B and related amendments. This accommodation...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Proposes New Rule to Expand “Test-the-Waters” Modernization Reform to Registered Investment Companies

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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - On February 19, 2019, the SEC proposed Rule 163B (the “Proposed Rule”) and amendments to certain related rules under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), that would enable all...more

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Hoping to Encourage Increased Participation in the Public Markets, SEC Proposes New Rule Allowing all Issuers to Test the Waters

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The SEC is proposing to extend the testing-the-waters ("TTW") accommodation to all issuers, including investment company issuers.1 Citing the dominance of the IPO market by emerging growth companies ("EGCs")2 and evidence...more

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SEC Proposes New Rule 163B to Expand ‘Testing-the-Waters’ Communications to All Issuers

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On February 19, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose a new rule and related amendments under the Securities Act that would expand the permissible use of testing-the-waters communications to...more

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CFTC Proposes to Simplify, Modernize Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor Regulations

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On October 18, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a proposal in the Federal Register (Proposed Rule) to amend several key compliance and registration regulations governing commodity pool operators...more

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SEC Seeks Public Comment on Disclosure Requirements in Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K

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On August 25, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is seeking public comment on Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K, which requires certain disclosures about an issuer’s management,...more

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Comment Period Closing July 21 on Possible Expansion of Environmental Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

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Comments are due July 21, 2016 on a concept release published on April 22, 2016 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) on potential revisions to certain business and financial disclosure...more

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"Corporate Finance Alert: SEC Finalizes Crowdfunding Rules, Proposes to Expand Intrastate Offering and Rule 504 Exemptions"

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently took several important steps to facilitate smaller securities offerings. First, it adopted final rules for the new Securities Act exemption for securities-based...more

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

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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

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SEC Proposes Rules to Implement JOBS Act Relief From Exchange Act Registration Requirements

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In December 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to implement Title V and Title VI of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), which permit early stage companies to defer registration...more

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