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In response to a request for no-action submitted by the law firm Latham & Watkins on March 12, 2025 (No-Action Letter), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance’s staff (Staff) provided new...more
On March 12, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a no-action letter clarifying that issuers relying on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D, the private offering safe harbor permitting general...more
On March 12, 2025, staff of the Office of Small Business Policy of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “SEC Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued interpretive guidance in the form of a...more
On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a No-Action Letter that provided guidance regarding the ways issuers can satisfy the accredited investor verification requirements of offerings made...more
In new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (see CDIs 256.35 and 256.36) and a related no-action letter (Latham & Watkins LLP, March 12, 2025), the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of...more
On March 12, 2025, the staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance issued a no-action letter in response to a request for Rule 506(c) interpretative guidance, agreeing that an issuer...more
On March 12, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), via a No Action Letter, issued interpretive guidance clarifying what constitutes “reasonable steps” issuers can take to verify purchasers’ accredited investor...more
The SEC now permits public marketing of private placements, without burdensome investor wealth verification requirements, if the investment is big enough. On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more
On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a significant no-action letter clarifying the use of high minimum investment amounts as a method for verifying accredited investor status under Rule...more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues No-Action Letters to Facilitate Cross-Border Compliance with the Research “Unbundling” Provisions of the European...more
On October 16, the SEC Division of Investment Management granted no-action relief in response to a request by Orrick on behalf of Redwood Trust. The Redwood request and the SEC staff response impact the way in which...more
Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Publish Study on Banking Activities and Investments under Dodd-Frank - On September 8, 2016, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance...more
Shakespeare’s Juliet may not have ascribed great significance to a name but for securities lawyers and market participants alike there is significance to nomenclature. Social impact bonds, or investments that are intended to...more
Investment advisers to venture capital funds are exempt from registration under the Investment Advisors Act if certain requirements are met. Amongst those requirements is that certain investments be made in qualifying...more
The SEC has given the go-ahead to a venture capital firm’s plan to conduct 506(b) private placements online. On August 5, 2015, the Commission issued a no-action letter to Citizen VC, Inc., saying the firm’s proposed online...more