JOBS Act, Social Media

The Snap IPO: Speculation Without (Board) Representation

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 3/7/2017

The just completed IPO of Snap Inc. has received enormous buzz and plenty of press coverage, mostly about its eye-popping valuation and offering proceeds, the big winners among the founders and early investors and the...more

Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies Makes Three Written Recommendations to SEC

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 9/24/2015

It was a productive morning at the last meeting of its current term for the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. The Committee, which has been renewed for two more years, approved three recommendations to...more

The Guide to Social Media and the Securities Laws

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 10/1/2013

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

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

Investment Management Legal + Regulatory Update -- July 2013

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/19/2013

In This Issue: Regulatory Updates - SEC Proposes Money Market Reform; SEC Eases Ban on General Solicitation and General Advertising in Certain Private Placements; SEC and CFTC Adopt Joint Rules to Address...more

Private Funds on Social Media—Proceed with Caution

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 7/16/2013

When the Securities and Exchange Commission lifted the ban on general solicitation and general advertising for private offerings of securities, can marketing blitzes on Twitter and other social media sites be far behind?...more

Is Crowdfunding Dead On Arrival? A Legal Perspective...

JD Supra Perspectives on 5/15/2013

"[Crowdfunding] lays the riskiest investments at the doorstep of those investors that can least afford the risk. And it won’t create jobs except for plaintiff’s lawyers…”...more

The Trouble With Crowdfunding

Troutman Pepper on 4/18/2013

It’s about one year since President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), designed to help new companies raise capital and go public. For individual investors the most troublesome provisions of...more

Market Trends & Legal Developments for Dealmakers - Quarter 4: 2012

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/15/2013

In This Issue: -Market Trends -Venture Capital -Private Equity -Initial Public Offerings -Mergers & Acquisitions -Legal Updates -Jobs Act & Capital Markets -Mergers & Acquisitions ...more

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Capital Markets

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2013

2012 was a robust year for both the U.S. leveraged loan and high-yield markets, including record-breaking deal volume for the latter. These conditions provided fertile ground for borrowers and issuers in U.S. markets to fund...more

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