News & Analysis as of July 25, 2025

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General Solicitation typically refers to the soliciting of investors to purchase securities. Prior to the passage of the JOBS Act in 2012, general solicitation was banned in connection with privately offered unregistered securities. Issuers were only permitted to offer such securities to investors with whom they had a pre-existing substantive relationship. Section 201(a) of the JOBS Act lifted the ban on general solicitation, but only with respect to accredited investors. less -

SEC Issues Modified CDI's on Private Placements and Offering Exemptions

Buchalter on 3/14/2025

On March 12, 2025, the SEC dropped a massive amount of changes to their Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDI’s) related to Regulation D and other forms of exempt offerings, including clarification (and flexibility!)...more

SEC Modernizes Framework for Exempt Offerings

BCLP on 11/5/2020

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 More Things Change….

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 9/24/2014

Today, September 23rd, is the one year anniversary of the effective date of the changes relaxing the prohibition against general solicitation in certain offerings made under Rule 506 and resales made pursuant to Rule 144A....more

CFTC Aligns CPO Regulation With JOBS Act, Provides Other Guidance for CPOs

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/16/2014

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) recently issued several letters affecting commodity pool operators (CPOs): JOBS Act Harmonization: On September 9,...more

New Rule 506 C&DI’s Require Some Explaining

Allen Matkins on 12/5/2013

Nancy Wojtas, the head of the public companies group at Cooley LLP, alerted me to the fact that the SEC staff yesterday issued 14 new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) relating to Rule 506 under Regulation D. ...more

The SEC’s Proposed Rule Changes Under The JOBS Act

Troutman Pepper on 9/19/2013

As much as the elimination of the ban on general solicitation of private placements through the passage of Rule 506(c) creates significant opportunities for private issuers, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel (Cumulative)

Stoel Rives LLP on 8/15/2013

As forecast, there is no shortage of law firm memos describing Regulation D changes, including the final rules eliminating the general solicitation ban (here) and prohibiting "bad actor" participation (here) and the proposed...more

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