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Compliance Tip of the Day: Clarifying Compliance Mandates
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Greenhushing: What It Is & Why It Matters
In what may be indicative of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s renewed focus on small business capital formation, one of the topics that the staff (the “Staff”) of the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the...more
Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure - A group of financial services industry trade associations submitted a joint petition for rulemaking requesting that the SEC amend the...more
Regulation A+ has emerged as a powerful tool for companies seeking to raise capital from both accredited and non-accredited investors. This Regulation A+ Offerings Guide provides a comprehensive overview of Regulation A+,...more
On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published updates to its Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) related to exempt offerings under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act). These...more
Corp Fin has just issued a slew of new and revised CDIs regarding the Securities Act and related rule and forms—primarily Reg A and Reg D. Some are updates that relate back to the 2020 amendments designed to harmonize and...more
Coming out of the Great Recession, there was a rush by real estate sponsors to raise “blind pool” capital to take advantage of displacement and distress in the real estate market. From 2009 through 2010, 30 new public real...more
On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted amendments to its rules under the Securities Act (the “Securities Act”) in an effort to harmonize, simplify and modernize the exempt...more
Our Securities Group breaks down new final rules that the Securities and Exchange Commission hopes will maintain investor protections while eliminating regulatory uncertainty....more
The SEC amended the rules under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Act") to simplify, harmonize, and improve certain aspects of the exempt offering framework in order to promote capital formation while preserving or enhancing...more
In another 3-2 vote, on November 2, 2020 the SEC approved significant amendments to the framework for exempt offerings intended to harmonize and simplify the framework for exempt offerings under the Securities Act of 1933. ...more
The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation published its annual report to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the US House of...more
SEC is seeking public comments in its concept release in an effort to simplify, harmonize and improve the existing exempt offering framework. On June 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the...more
SEC Adopts Hedging Rules, Extends Regulation A to all Public Companies and Solicits Comments on Earnings Releases and Quarterly Reports. SEC Adopts Rules for Public Companies to Use Regulation A - Keeping up with the...more
Last month, the SEC adopted amendments intended to facilitate the disclosure of information to investors, simplify compliance without significantly altering the total mix of information provided to investors, improve...more
Speaking at a session at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, a representative of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (Michael Seaman) provided guidance for attendees regarding...more
How should an initial coin offering, or ICO, be conducted? Despite a burgeoning ICO market, there is little consensus. ICOs are offerings of digital assets, or tokens, generally associated with a platform or project to be...more
[author: Trevor Starer] The use of social media raises many securities law and compliance challenges for issuers, broker-dealers, and investment advisers. This Compliance Guide summarizes briefly some key principles. ...more
Introduction - On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Relief Act”). The Relief Act significantly reforms the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more
Pursuant to Executive Order 13772, the Treasury Department has issued a report that identifies laws, treaties, regulations, guidance, reporting and record keeping requirements, and other government policies that promote or...more
SEC/CORPORATE - Implementation of Pay Ratio Disclosure Requirement Not Expected to Be Delayed - On September 15, at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of...more
On September 13, 2017, the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies held an open meeting to discuss the Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) auditor attestation requirement, the final report that will be issued prior to the...more
A host of things happened in the last few months regarding Conflict Minerals, although likely not much that will affect what a public company reports on its Form SD, due May 31. (Spoiler alert: The same thing companies have...more
The SEC published a white paper about Regulation A+, What Do We Know So Far?, here. Since changes to Regulation A in June 2015, there have been 147 Regulation A offerings, seeking $2.6 billion, that have raised about $190...more
During the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, at the Dialogue with the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, hosted by the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, Keith Higgins offered a comprehensive...more
The SEC’s equity crowdfunding rules finally go into effect this month almost four years after Congress passed the JOBS Act, requiring the relaxing of certain rules on raising funds. So what does equity crowdfunding actually...more