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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act › Proposed Regulation

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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 +

Republicans’ Capital Formation Agenda

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 10/24/2022

At the end of September 2022, Patrick McHenry, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, released the Committee Republicans’ capital formation agenda. The capital formation agenda aims to build on the...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

Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2016 #4

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/27/2016

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Payment of Subcontractors - The Department of Defense (“DOD”), General Services Administration (“GSA”), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (‘NASA”), have issued a final rule...more

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/6/2015

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

SEC Approves New Crowdfunding Rules

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 11/3/2015

Fulfilling a promise made more than three and a half years ago, on Friday the SEC approved final rules for Regulation Crowdfunding ("Reg CF"), the last remaining component of the JOBS Act of 2012. Reg CF aims to create a...more

Financial Services Weekly News - October 2015 #2

Goodwin on 10/15/2015

Regulatory Developments: FINRA Proposes Rules for Funding Portals - On Oct. 9 FINRA filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to adopt Funding Portal Rules 100 (general standards), 110 (funding portal application),...more

How to Navigate the SEC’s Proposed Mandate on Clawbacks

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/5/2015

US publicly listed companies should plan now for proposed stringent policies and required disclosures. Under the long-awaited proposed rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2015, generally,...more

New Era of Capital Raising: Sorting Through the JOBS Act’s New Capital Raising Rules

Sands Anderson PC on 7/24/2015

Since the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) in 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC“) has slowly been making its way through the titles to the JOBS Act to promulgate the final...more

Crowdfunding Gets Local: What Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups Need to Know to Capitalize on Exemptions for Intrastate Crowdfunding in...

Clark Hill PLC on 4/21/2015

Many entrepreneurs and start-up companies are looking for innovative ways to raise money without the red tape of the securities laws. Crowdfunding is often touted as the solution to this dilemma. In its simplest terms,...more

Crowdfunding: What It Is and What It Isn’t

K&L Gates LLP on 4/1/2015

THIS OUTLINE is intended to flag a number of things about Crowdfunding that counsel should consider and in guiding entrepreneurial clients and small issuers with this developing capital formation exemption from the...more

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

Perkins Coie on 2/11/2015

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

SEC Proposes New Exchange Act Registration Thresholds and Changes to Certain “Held of Record” Definitions

Foley Hoag LLP on 1/8/2015

On December 18, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules regarding the thresholds at which issuers may become reporting companies under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended...more

SEC Proposes Amendments Revising Section 12(g) Thresholds as Required by the JOBS Act

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 12/19/2014

The SEC proposed rules for comment that address the JOBS Act mandate to revise the thresholds for registration, termination of registration, and suspension of reporting under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. The proposed...more

Reg A+ Debate Continues

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 9/30/2014

The debate regarding state preemption for Tier 2 Regulation A+ offerings appears to continue. Late last week, a group of Congressmen sent a letter to SEC Chair White reaffirming their view that the SEC has authority to...more

SEC Unveils Proposed Regulation Crowdfunding

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 10/28/2013

The SEC has proposed new Regulation Crowdfunding to implement the requirements of Title III of the JOBS Act. Regulation Crowdfunding would prescribe rules governing the offer and sale of securities under new Section 4(a)(6)...more

The SEC’s Proposed Rule Changes Under The JOBS Act

Troutman Pepper on 9/19/2013

As much as the elimination of the ban on general solicitation of private placements through the passage of Rule 506(c) creates significant opportunities for private issuers, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

Agencies Seek Comment On Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test Guidance For Medium-Sized Firms

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 7/31/2013

Three federal bank regulatory agencies are seeking comment on proposed guidance describing supervisory expectations for stress tests conducted by financial companies with total consolidated assets between $10 billion and $50...more

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