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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act › Tier 2 Offerings

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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 +

Tier 2 Regulation A Offerings – Is Your Company Ready for a Mini-IPO?

Locke Lord LLP on 4/21/2021

The amount of capital that companies can raise in a Regulation A (also known as a “Reg A+”) offering increased to $75 million annually, effective as of March 15, 2021. With the new offering limit, Tier 2 Reg A+ offerings,...more

FAQ: What Businesses Need to Know About Investment Crowdfunding

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 11/9/2017

What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a marketing tool that businesses use to obtain capital from a large number of individuals, typically over the Internet....more

Updated Market Statistics

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 2/8/2017

At the 35th Annual Federal Securities Institute, a representative of the Securities and Exchange Commission shared some market data....more

A Guide to Regulation A+

McGuireWoods LLP on 12/15/2015

Significant changes to Regulation A, generally referred to as Regulation A+, went into effect on June 19, 2015. Old Regulation A - Regulation A is a previously existing exemption from the registration requirements...more

What's Market? Update: Securities

Goulston & Storrs PC on 10/21/2015

Amendments to Regulation A adopted by the SEC to comply with a mandate in the JOBS Act took effect on June 19, 2015. Regulation A as amended (often referred to as “Regulation A+”) expands the maximum aggregate amount that...more

States Challenge SEC Regulation A+

Carlton Fields on 10/2/2015

Massachusetts and Montana have taken the highly unusual step of suing the SEC over a recent amendment to Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933. The SEC adopted "Regulation A+" (as the amended regulation is...more

States File First Brief in Regulation A+ Challenge

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 8/28/2015

Montana and Massachusetts have filed their first brief in their Regulation A+ challenge. They are not happy because Tier 2 offerings under Regulation A+ preempt state review of the offering. Under the text of the rule Tier 2...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

Briefing on Regulation A+ Challenge to Extend Though November

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 7/20/2015

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has entered a briefing schedule in Montana’s and Massachusetts’ challenge to Regulation A+. The states’ briefs are due August 26, the SEC’s brief is due...more

What Do the Expanded Reg A+ Rules Mean for Your Company?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/14/2015

This spring, the SEC adopted final rules required by the JOBS Act, which some hoped would increase smaller companies’ access to capital. Note, this wasn’t the long-awaited crowdfunding rules, it was the expansion of...more

A+ for Raising New Capital

Sands Anderson PC on 6/23/2015

Access to capital for private companies just became easier and most likely cheaper. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s amendments to Reg A under the Securities Act of 1933 went into effect on June 19, 2015....more

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