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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC extends security-based swap reporting requirements safe harbor to 2029

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On April 17, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended the expiration date of a no-action statement (Compliance Statement) regarding compliance with reporting rules for security-based swap data repositories...more

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SEC Votes to Harmonize and Improve “Patchwork” Exempt Offering Framework

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On November 2, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), by a 3 – 2 vote, amended certain rules under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) in order to harmonize, simplify, and modernize the...more

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SEC Proposes Rule Changes to Improve Private Placement Rules

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On March 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) proposed a set of amendments to the rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), to simplify, harmonize and...more

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SEC Proposes Rule Changes to Exempt Offering Framework

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On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to the current framework of registration exemptions and safe harbors. ...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Proposed Three-Year Digital Token Safe Harbor May Bridge Gap to Decentralization or Functionality

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It’s not often that an SEC Commissioner quotes Bruce Springsteen – not once, but twice – in a speech on securities regulation. But SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce did just that in a February 6, 2020 speech in which she...more

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SEC Committee Makes Recommendations On Municipal Securities Disclosure Practices

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On February 10, 2020, an SEC advisory committee called the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) met and adopted a series of recommendations on the topic “Timeliness of Financial Disclosures in the...more

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Power of the Peirce: SEC Commissioner Spends Some of Her Influence on Trying to Help Crypto Network Developers

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce continues to be one of the most vocal persons in leadership positions at federal regulators who are promoting innovation in digital currency and the blockchain....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SEC Commissioner Peirce Proposes Three Year “Safe Harbor” For Tokens

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Thursday, February 6, 2020, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed rules which, if certain conditions are met, would, for three years, exempt (1) the offer and sale of tokens from most provisions of the...more

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Playing Catch-Up: Commissioner Peirce Proposes a Safe Harbor for Certain Token Offerings

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has once again earned her title as “Crypto Mom” by expressing support for building a “non-exclusive safe harbor” for the offer and sale of certain cryptocurrency tokens. Peirce explained that...more

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