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SEC Announces Topics for Future Rule Proposals to Ease Disclosure Requirements and Simplify Capital Raising

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On September 4, 2025, the SEC released its Spring 2025 Reg. Flex Agenda, which sets forth, among other things, “deregulatory rule proposals” relating to public company disclosure rules and requirements for private company...more

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Recalibrating Regulation of Private Markets?

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In various public statements of late, representatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission have noted concern regarding the growth of the private markets.  The statements have pointed to the fact that fundraising in the...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - September 2021

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Should Your Company Implement a Vaccination Mandate?  As the Biden administration announced the new federal vaccine requirements on Thursday, an increasing...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

PE & VC Exits: U.S. Direct Listing Rules In Flux

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Amid intense focus on investor liquidity (and paths to potential liquidity) in private companies, we provide an update on developments around direct listings as an alternative to traditional IPOs in the United States. On...more

Jones Day

NYSE Proposes Updated Rule Change to Permit Capital Raising in Direct Listings

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Less than a week after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rejected a proposed rule change to permit primary capital raising in direct listings, the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") submitted an updated...more

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NYSE Files Revised Proposal to Allow Primary Direct Floor Listings

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Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed a revised proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow companies to sell shares on their own behalf in direct listings. Last week, as discussed in our...more

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EGC IPOs and IPO Registration Statement Trends in 2019

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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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

With Zenefits Settlement Award SEC Demonstrates Continued Commitment to “Unicorn” Scrutiny Despite Administration Change: Same Old...

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Last week the SEC announced it had reached an agreement with privately-held company Zenefits, and its co-founder and former CEO Parker Conrad, to settle allegations that Zenefits materially misled Series B and C investors....more

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Chair White Addresses Pre-IPO Private Placements and Staying Private Longer

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Speaking at Stanford, Chair White addressed a broad range of issues affecting the technology sector, including the decision on the part of many privately held companies to defer their IPOs, to rely on exempt offerings to...more

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