JOBS Act, Publicly-Traded Companies, Emerging Growth Companies

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

Carlton Fields on 5/7/2025

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

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What You Need to Know - 2022 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/3/2022

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

SEC Amends Definition of Accelerated and Large Accelerated Filer

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 3/18/2020

On March 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted amendments to the “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” definitions in the Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,...more

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What Non-US Issuers Need to Know - 2020 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/13/2020

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

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What You Need to Know - 2020 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/13/2020

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

Legal Update: Testing the Waters for All – New Rule 163B Expands TTW to All Issuers

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 9/30/2019

On September 26, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission extended the ability to test the waters to all issuers by adopting the highly anticipated new Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)....more

US IPO Guide - 2019 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/5/2019

This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

Impact of “Test-the-Waters” Reform Debated

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/30/2019

As we previously noted, in February, the SEC proposed expanding its “test-the-waters” accommodation from emerging growth companies (EGCs) only to all issuers via a new Rule 163B and related amendments. This accommodation...more

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What You Need to Know - 2019 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/9/2019

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

Capital Markets Alert – Public Market Advocacy Groups Release Guidance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/10/2018

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

Guide to Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings by Non-US Issuers 2018

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/5/2018

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

Corporate Finance Alert: House Passes Bipartisan Legislation Intended to Ease Capital Formation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/7/2017

On November 1, 2017, the House of Representatives passed two bills intended to ease regulatory burdens on capital formation. The bills would amend the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) to extend the “testing the waters”...more

Securities Act and Exchange Act Form Revisions

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 4/18/2017

In 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act created a new category of companies known as “emerging growth companies (EGCs).” The JOBS Act also requires that, once every five years, the SEC indexes various EGC...more

US IPO Guide 2016 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/11/2016

This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

JOBS Act Quick Start – A Brief Overview of the JOBS Act, 2016 Update

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 2/1/2016

Many market participants were taken by surprise by the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. The JOBS Act, HR 3606, was passed by the United States House of Representatives on March 8, 2012. On March...more

US IPO Guide - 2015 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/11/2015

This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/20/2015

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

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