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General Solicitation typically refers to the soliciting of investors to purchase securities. Prior to the passage of the JOBS Act in 2012, general solicitation was banned in connection with privately offered... more +
General Solicitation typically refers to the soliciting of investors to purchase securities. Prior to the passage of the JOBS Act in 2012, general solicitation was banned in connection with privately offered unregistered securities. Issuers were only permitted to offer such securities to investors with whom they had a pre-existing substantive relationship. Section 201(a) of the JOBS Act lifted the ban on general solicitation, but only with respect to accredited investors.  less -
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SEC Adopts Amendments Facilitating Opportunities for Access to Additional Capital

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a release adopting amendments (“final rules”) to certain of its rules relating to exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act). The...more

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Using Regulation D Rule 506(c) to Raise Capital

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Raising investment capital through private offerings has always been a challenge, especially for new and emerging investment managers. COVID-19 has exasperated this challenge by significantly limiting traditional means of...more

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CFTC Finalizes Regulation Amendments: Certain Registered and Exempt CPOs and CTAs Need to Take Action

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2019 several amendments to the regulatory framework applicable to certain commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading...more

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“Testing-the-Waters” for All

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On September 26, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt new Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), to expand the “testing-the-waters” (TTW) accommodation —...more

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SEC Extends "Test the Waters" to All Issuers

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On September 26, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had voted to adopt new Rule 163B, extending the "test the waters" accommodations previously available only to emerging growth...more

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SEC Enforcement Action Demonstrates That Timing Is Everything

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Rule 506 is a non-exclusive safe harbor from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. If an offering meets the conditions of either Rule 506(b) or 506(c), it is deemed to not involve a public offering...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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“Three’s A Charm”: House Adopts JOBS Act 3.0 To Fix Earlier Capital Raising Reform Efforts

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t’s not often that the House of Representatives votes nearly unanimously on anything noteworthy these days, but that’s exactly what the House did on July 17 in voting 406-4 for the “JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of...more

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

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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

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Practice Pointers on Navigating the Securities Act’s Prohibition on General Solicitation and General Advertising

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The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) included a measure directing the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) to relax the prohibition against general solicitation and general...more

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House Committee on Financial Services Reports Favorably on the HALOS Act

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United States Representative Steve Chabot of Ohio first introduced the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act (the “HALOS Act”) on February 9, 2016. Less than a month later, on March 2, 2016 the House Committee on Financial...more

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SEC Proposes Rule Changes to Pave the Way for Intrastate and Regional Offerings

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At the same time the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted rules implementing Regulation Crowdfunding pursuant to Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), the agency proposed...more

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Integration of Private and Public Offerings 2015

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I. INTRODUCTION - A. Outline Coverage - This outline reviews the SEC’s interpretations that relate to the integration of private and public offerings and the challenges they impose for the capital formation...more

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Crowdfunding and Real Estate Development

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The real estate development market continues to open up to crowdfunding, and the changes to capital raising for real estate projects could be significant if only a small portion of the potential of these new methods take...more

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Citizen.VC No Action Letter: Clarity and Guidance for Conducting a Private Placement Online

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The SEC has recently provided clarity as to how an issuer of securities can conduct a private placement in a password protected web page under Rule 506(b), without it being deemed a “general solicitation” and thereby being...more

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CFTC Issues Exemptive Relief Related to JOBS Act Amendments to Regulation D

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The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (Division) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on September 9, 2014 issued a letter granting exemptive relief from provisions in CFTC Regulations...more

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Angels in Limbo: Congress and SEC Consider Regulatory Changes with Potential for Profound Effects on Start-Up Investments

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Three events occurred during 2013 that have the potential to significantly affect angel investment around the country: (1) the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) lifted the prohibition on general solicitation for...more

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CFTC Grants Exemptive Relief to Private Fund Managers: General Solicitation Conditionally Permitted

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The JOBS Act and the regulations thereunder (which went effective on September 23, 2013) applies to private issuers – including hedge funds and private equity funds – that want to make general solicitations within the context...more

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CFTC Aligns CPO Regulation With JOBS Act, Provides Other Guidance for CPOs

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) recently issued several letters affecting commodity pool operators (CPOs): JOBS Act Harmonization: On September 9,...more

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CFTC Permits CPOs to Advertise

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On September 9, 2014, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an exemptive letter (No. 14-116) that permits a commodity pool operator (CPO) relying on an exemption under CFTC Regulation 4.7(b) or 4.13(a)(3) to...more

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CFTC Publishes Long-Awaited JOBS Act Relief

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The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a no-action letter on September 9, 2014 (available here) that permits certain commodity pool operators (CPOs) to conduct general solicitation in private...more

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CFTC Issues Exemptive Relief to Harmonize with JOBS Act Amendments to Regulation D and Rule 144A

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued an Exemptive Letter on September 8, 2014 (“Exemptive Letter”) providing that an issuer relying on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D and resellers relying on Rule 144A,...more

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CFTC’s (Sort-of) Relief for Funds Using General Solicitation

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The CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a no-action letter that provides exemptive relief until the CFTC takes action on JOBS Act related amendments to its Part 4 Rules....more

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CFTC Eliminates Barrier to Hedge Funds Using JOBS Act General Solicitation

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Many hedge funds have been reluctant to use general solicitation to offer securities because of the possibility it would be inconsistent from exemptions related to CPO (commodity pool operator) regulations administered by the...more

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SEC Issues Interpretive Advice About Verification Safe Harbors Under Rule 506(c)

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The availability of the private placement exemption under SEC Rule 506 depends in large measure upon determinations that purchasers are “accredited investors” under the rules. Where there is no general solicitation, Rule...more

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