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In response to a request for no-action submitted by the law firm Latham & Watkins on March 12, 2025 (No-Action Letter), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance’s staff (Staff) provided new...more
On March 12, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a no-action letter clarifying that issuers relying on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D, the private offering safe harbor permitting general...more
On March 12, 2025, staff of the Office of Small Business Policy of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “SEC Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued interpretive guidance in the form of a...more
On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a No-Action Letter that provided guidance regarding the ways issuers can satisfy the accredited investor verification requirements of offerings made...more
On March 12, 2025, the staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance issued a no-action letter in response to a request for Rule 506(c) interpretative guidance, agreeing that an issuer...more
On March 12, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), via a No Action Letter, issued interpretive guidance clarifying what constitutes “reasonable steps” issuers can take to verify purchasers’ accredited investor...more
The SEC now permits public marketing of private placements, without burdensome investor wealth verification requirements, if the investment is big enough. On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more
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
The SEC has given the go-ahead to a venture capital firm’s plan to conduct 506(b) private placements online. On August 5, 2015, the Commission issued a no-action letter to Citizen VC, Inc., saying the firm’s proposed online...more