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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act

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SEC’s Expanded Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Greater Flexibility To Explore and Plan Public Offerings

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 3/13/2025

On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced significant enhancements to the accommodations available for issuers confidentially submitting draft registration...more

SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate Capital Formation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/6/2025

In March 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is expanding the accommodations available for issuers that submit draft registration statements for nonpublic review. The SEC’s Division of...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

SEC Completes JOBS Act Rulemaking with Amendments to Exchange Act Registration Rules

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/2/2016

The SEC recently adopted rules implementing Title V and Title VI of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) and Title LXXXV of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”). Title V and...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

SEC Adopts Interim Final Rules to Implement FAST Act Provisions

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/18/2016

On January 13, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted interim final rules to implement Sections 71003 and 84001 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”). The interim final...more

Following the Wisdom of the Crowd? A Look at the SEC’s Final Crowdfunding Rules

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/2/2015

In this alert, we provide a detailed overview of the final rules, Regulation Crowdfunding, which will be applicable to crowdfunding offerings conducted in reliance on Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/13/2015

EIOPA Updates Risk Dashboard - On December 18, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ("EIOPA") published an updated version of its risk dashboard (dated December 19), together with a background...more

SEC Proposes Amendments to Implement JOBS Act Mandate for Exchange Act Registration Requirements

Orrick - Finance 20/20 on 12/23/2014

As mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), on December 17 the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the issuance of proposed amendments to revise the rules related to the thresholds for...more

Preventing Exchange Act Reporting Obligations After The JOBS Act

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 11/18/2013

In General - Growing companies need to be aware of the requirements of Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. If the thresholds of Section 12(g) are crossed, which look principally to the number of shareholders, the...more

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