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SEC Continues Focus on Regulation A

In what may be indicative of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s renewed focus on small business capital formation, one of the topics that the staff (the “Staff”) of the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the...more

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House of Representatives Pass Capital Formation Related Legislation

On June 23, 2025, the House of Representatives (the “House”) passed seven bills relating to capital formation. As discussed in a previous post, these bills were reported to the House by the House Committee on Financial...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

SEC's Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation Explores the Use of Rule 506(c) Offerings by Alternative Investment Managers

A recent report from the SEC's Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation presents a study on how the Rule 506(c) exemption under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933 is used in fundraising by venture...more

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SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Examines the Public Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee held a panel discussion on recent trends in taking a company public during its October 13, 2022 meeting. The panel, “Update on the...more

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Push to Facilitate Liquidity in Private Companies

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What do founders, employees and investors in privately held companies all have in common?  Limited opportunity to sell their shares.  That’s because of various legal, contractual and market factors that impede the sale of...more

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Annual Report of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation recently delivered its annual report for FY2020 to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the US Senate and...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments Aimed at Expanding Access to Capital

On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments intended to ease the rules for certain exempt offerings. These changes include increasing the annual cap on equity crowdfunding from $1.07 million...more

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SEC Adopts Broad Exempt Offering Reforms

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more

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SEC’s Inaugural Capital Call

On January 23, 2020, the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (the “Office”) hosted its first Capital Call, during which the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and Director of the...more

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Annual Report of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation published its annual report to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the US House of...more

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SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

In her first speech as the SEC’s Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, Martha Miller provided an overview of the Office’s mission, as well as the Office’s priorities. Miller noted the importance of the small...more

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Legislation Relating to Capital Formation

As the 115th United States Congress is currently in session, a number of bills designed to promote capital raising for companies have been introduced in both the House and the Senate. In the last two months, both the House...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

The Plan to Replace Dodd-Frank: The Financial CHOICE Act

On June 7, in a speech to the Economic Club of New York, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling announced the Republican plan to replace the Dodd-Frank Act. The Financial Creating Hope and Opportunity for...more

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SEC Adopts Rules Permitting Crowdfunding

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On October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved by a 3 to 1 vote, new regulations designed to provide additional avenues for small businesses to raise capital via a fundraising method commonly...more

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SEC’s Crowdfunding Rules

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Crowdfunding is a popular and controversial form of selling securities using the internet. Prior to the passage of the JOBS Act, which was designed to facilitate capital formation for small companies, such sales generally...more

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