I was honored Thursday to speak on a panel at the SEC's annual small business capital formation forum. I also co-moderated a breakout session developing recommendations to improve regulation of smaller reporting companies. My talk on the panel provided an update on Regulation A+ and...
Several recent articles are suggesting that "the jury is still out" on whether Regulation A+ will indeed usher in a new era of small, cost-effective IPOs. We all knew there would be, as my late sailor father used to say, a shakedown cruise as with...
Hostess Brands LLC, which makes the iconic Twinkies, cupcakes, Ding Dongs and others, is going public by merging with a public "shell" vehicle known as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Current owners Apollo Global Management and others will give up control but retain...
June 19 will be one year since the effectiveness of the SEC's new rules on Regulation A+ under the Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. So what's happened in the interim? According to information I very recently received: 99 deals filed, of which 55...
It took four years since the passage of the Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, but it is finally here. Regulation Crowdfunding, approved by the SEC back in October, is now officially in effect. Companies can work with a broker-dealer or registered online portal to...
According to Crowdfund Insider, spring will be a key season for the lawsuit brought by two US states to challenge the SEC rules adopted under the Regulation A provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. On April 14, final oral arguments...
Another first for Elio Motors, having now completed their IPO and starting to trade on the OTCQX market under the symbol ELIO. This is the first Regulation A+ deal to trade. Congratulations to all involved in that deal. Put a pin in this as really the...
As we know, Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 set up a system for companies to raise up to $1 million from any number of investors, whether or not accredited, without SEC registration of the offering. All offerings must...
What a year this was! As my law firm gets ready to host hundreds of people for its annual New Year's Eve event (we have a perfect view of the ball drop in our Times Square office), I'm thinking about how much has happened in...
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 preempted state blue sky registration and qualification for what ultimately became Tier II Regulation A offerings under new SEC rules. So they cannot give comments on, hold up or prevent a company from offering Reg A+...