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Capital Markets The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act

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SEC Continues Renewal Project for Registered Capital Raises - Expanding Use of Draft Filings May Counter Abandonment of Public...

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More than a decade has passed since the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which encouraged small-company capital formation through a reduction in costly regulatory burdens on SEC registrants. In...more

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SEC Provides Updated Guidance Reducing Burden for Rule 506(c) Verification Requirement

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On March 12, 2025, the Staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) provided guidance in response to a letter requesting interpretive guidance (the No-Action Letter) to clarify the verification requirement of...more

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Less Red Tape, More Capital? SEC Clarifies 506(c) Verification Rules

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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

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SEC Broadens Guidance on Accredited Investor Verification

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a no-action letter providing new interpretive guidance on the verification of accredited investor status in offerings conducted under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D, which...more

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SEC’s Expanded Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Greater Flexibility To Explore and Plan Public Offerings

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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced significant enhancements to the accommodations available for issuers confidentially submitting draft registration...more

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SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate Capital Formation

In March 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is expanding the accommodations available for issuers that submit draft registration statements for nonpublic review. The SEC’s Division of...more

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Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What You Need to Know - 2025 Edition

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The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2024 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2023 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2021 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Modernize Certain Disclosures Under Regulation S-K

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By a 3-2 vote, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments designed to modernize the disclosure requirements involving description of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103), and risk...more

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EGC IPOs and IPO Registration Statement Trends in 2019

IPOs in 2019 have raised more capital across a smaller number of deals, as we have previously blogged. EY’s recent Trends in US IPO Registration Statements report notes that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)...more

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SEC Extends "Test the Waters" to All Issuers

On September 26, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had voted to adopt new Rule 163B, extending the "test the waters" accommodations previously available only to emerging growth...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2019 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

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2019 IPO Report

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The IPO market produced 183 IPOs in 2018, an increase of 29% from the 142 IPOs in 2017. The year’s tally represented the second-highest annual figure since 2007, trailing only the 244 IPOs in 2014. Total gross proceeds for...more

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Gig Stock: Extension of Rule 701 Exemption for Compensatory Equity Proposed for Gig Economy Participants

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Private companies in the gig economy like Uber, Airbnb and GrubHub would love to issue compensatory equity to their platform participants, just like they’re able to do with their employees. ...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

On the Rise Again? A Look at Trends in the U.S. IPO Market

Since the financial crisis, the IPO market has been somewhat volatile, but in the last few quarters, the market has shown growth. ...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Jobs Act 3.0

This statement from Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, confirms the House continues to work on JOBS Act 3.0. ...more

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Capital Markets Alert – Public Market Advocacy Groups Release Guidance

On April 27, 2018, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nasdaq, along with certain technology and biotechnology groups, released a policy paper titled “Expanding...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2017 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

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Financial CHOICE Act Aims to Open Capital Markets and Reduce Regulatory Burdens

On June 8, 2017, the House of Representatives passed, by a 233-186 party-line vote (with all Democrats and one Republican voting against), the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, a bill principally designed to reverse many features...more

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The JOBS Act at Five: Congressional Hearing Highlights Need for Further Reform

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On March 22, the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment of the Financial Services Committee conducted a hearing entitled “The JOBS Act at Five: Examining Its Impact and Ensuring the Competitiveness of the...more

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Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment to Hold Hearing on JOBS Act

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 2 p.m. ET, the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment will hold a hearing entitled “The JOBS Act at Five: Examining Its Impact and...more

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Two Bills Aimed at Broadening Access to Capital Markets Reported out of House Financial Services Committee

Earlier this month, on March 2, 2016, the House Financial Services Committee reported favorably on two bills that propose changes to the federal securities laws: the Main Street Growth Act (H.R. 4638) and the Fostering...more

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2016 IPO Report

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Our 2016 IPO Report offers a detailed analysis of, and outlook for, the IPO market, plus useful IPO market metrics. We look at rates of adoption of JOBS Act relief by emerging growth companies, and recent FAST Act amendments...more

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