In its 2019 Concept Release on Harmonization of Securities Offerings,1 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) included a section requesting comment regarding resale exemptions, including Rule 144. While the SEC...more
On March 14, 2016, the staff of the SEC's Division of Corporate Finance issued a no-action letter (the "No-Action Letter") concluding that, for purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended...more
In December 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law an omnibus highway bill called “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act” or the “FAST Act.” This new law (i) amends certain sections of the Jumpstart Our Business...more
On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, known as the FAST Act. The FAST Act made several important changes to the federal securities laws, including (i) extending...more
New rules enhance IPO accommodations under the JOBS Act and provide private resale exemption. On December 4, US President Barack Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act or the Act, H.R....more
On December 4, 2015, the President signed the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, better known as the FAST Act, which had been approved by a bipartisan Congress. The FAST Act (also referred to in the media as the...more
On Dec. 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”). As the name implies, the FAST Act is primarily concerned with transportation and infrastructure spending, but...more
Regulatory Developments - Client Alert: SEC Issues New Guidance on Excluding Shareholder Proposals under Rule 14a-8: Goodwin Procter’s Capital Markets practice has released a client alert on the SEC’s Division of...more
On January 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (C&DI) regarding the resale of securities under Regulation S of the Securities Act...more