Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Crowdfunding, Capital Markets

Regulation CF: An Ultimate Guide to the SEC’s Crowdfunding Regulation

Oberheiden P.C. on 3/18/2025

Early crowdfunding often broke securities laws due to unregistered offerings. In 2015, the SEC's Regulation Crowdfunding (Regulation CF) addressed this, stemming from the JOBS Act. It provides an exemption for certain...more

SEC Staff Releases Updated Guidance on Private Offerings Involving General Solicitation

Cozen O'Connor on 3/18/2025

On March 12, 2025, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a series of updates to the Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs), primarily affecting exempt offerings under...more

Corp Fin issues new and revised Securities Act CDIs—primarily Reg A and Reg D

Cooley LLP on 3/14/2025

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

SEC Harmonizes and Improves “Patchwork” Exempt Offering Framework

Alston & Bird on 12/2/2020

Our Securities Group breaks down new final rules that the Securities and Exchange Commission hopes will maintain investor protections while eliminating regulatory uncertainty....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

What is Crowdfunding Anyway?

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/3/2015

Rarely has a capital markets concept been more ambiguous, and potentially more confusing, than crowdfunding. It seems that everyone has his or her own definition, which sometimes varies depending on the circumstances. ...more