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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act › Filing Requirements

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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 +

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

Dechert LLP on 1/9/2020

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

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/14/2018

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

Mid-Year IPO Trends - July 2017

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 7/24/2017

Practical Law Company recently reviewed trends in the U.S. IPO market for the first half of 2017. In the first five months of 2017, 46 IPO issuers identified themselves as emerging growth companies (EGCs). Under the JOBS...more

"Corporate Finance Alert: SEC Adopts EGC Inflation Adjustments and Other Technical Amendments Under the JOBS Act"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/8/2017

On March 31, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted several new rules to effectuate inflation adjustments mandated under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act and made a number of technical...more

Read the New Rules before You Make Your Next SEC Filing

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 4/3/2017

The SEC has issued final rules that reflect self-executing provisions of the JOBS Act. Because they were self-executing provisions of the JOBS Act, they do not change existing practice and were already well known. In...more

The Equity Crowdfunding Rules: What You Need to Know

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/5/2016

The SEC’s equity crowdfunding rules finally go into effect this month almost four years after Congress passed the JOBS Act, requiring the relaxing of certain rules on raising funds. So what does equity crowdfunding actually...more

What you need to know about the New SEC Rules on Crowdfunding

Burns & Levinson LLP on 12/15/2015

On Oct. 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules that will enable some private companies to use the Internet for crowdfunding campaigns seeking up to $1 million per 12-month period. ...more

"CFTC Staff Issues More No-Action Letters to Commodity Pool Operators"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/24/2014

Over the last month, the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued four letters providing exemptive, no-action and interpretative relief to commodity...more

The Guide to Social Media and the Securities Laws

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/9/2013

REGULATION FD - Beginning in 1999 and continuing into 2000, media reports about selective disclosure of material nonpublic information by issuers raised concerns that select market professionals who were privy to this...more

JOBS Act Implementation Regulations

Troutman Pepper on 8/12/2013

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) regulations, which were announced on July 10 and which become effective on September 23, promise a new era for capital raising for operating companies and private funds...more

Investment Funds Need To Be Aware: Broker-Dealer Private Placement Compliance Requirements Are Now In Effect

Troutman Pepper on 2/6/2013

New FINRA Rule 5123 is now applicable and investment funds need to be cognizant of its requirements. Approved last June, Rule 5123 requires FINRA member firms (principally broker-dealers) participating in private placements...more

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