THE EMERGING GROWTH COMPANY -
The JOBS Act created a new class of issuer: the emerging growth company (EGC). An EGC is defined as an issuer with total annual gross revenue of less than $1 billion during the most recent...more
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are endlessly inventive. They were first developed in the 1960s as a means for ordinary retail investors to hold interests in real estate. The REIT market has waxed and waned over the...more
11/18/2016
/ CFTC ,
Corporate Governance ,
D&O Insurance ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Mortgage REITS ,
Registration Statement ,
REIT ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On June 27, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) proposed amendments to the definition of “smaller reporting company” (SRC) that would expand the number of companies that have this status. These...more
Many market participants were taken by surprise by the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. The JOBS Act, HR 3606, was passed by the United States House of Representatives on March 8, 2012. On March...more
2/1/2016
/ Capital Formation ,
Crowdfunding ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
JOBS Act ,
Private Offerings ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Qualified Institutional Buyers ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulation A ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
On January 13, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted interim final rules to implement Sections 71003 and 84001 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”). The interim final...more
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are endlessly inventive. They were first developed in the 1960s as a means for ordinary retail investors to hold interests in real estate. The REIT market has waxed and waned over the...more
12/7/2015
/ CFTC ,
Corporate Governance ,
D&O Insurance ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Mortgage REITS ,
Registration Statement ,
REIT ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (“FAST Act”), which includes a number of securities law related provisions that had previously been the subject of individual bills...more
The SEC Staff’s recently released Report on Review of Disclosure Requirements in Regulation S-K, which was required by Section 108 of the JOBS Act, provides a starting point for revisiting broader issues regarding SEC...more
The emerging growth Company -
The JOBS Act created a new class of issuer: the emerging growth company (EGC). An EGC is defined as an issuer with total annual gross revenue of less than $1 billion during the most recent...more