Purveyors of initial coin offerings (ICOs) received a strong lashing from the SEC yesterday in declaring that one particular ICO was a securities offering that should have been fully registered with the SEC or met with an exemption from registration. A very new and exploding...

Update August 1, 2017: The Financial Services Committee approved this bill on July 25, 2017 in a rare 59-0 vote. it now heads to the full House of Representatives. The House Financial Services Committee is considering a bill that would permit full SEC reporting companies to...

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 ushered in a very popular alternative for "emerging growth companies" going public and those utilizing Regulation A+: confidential submission to the SEC of your initial planned registration or offering statement. Unfortunately, companies not considered EGCs or...

What a month this has been for those of us involved with the Reg A+ movement going back all the way to 2010. Although dozens of Reg A+ deals, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, had closed before this month, virtually none were trading their...

05 Apr

Got your attention? No it's not April 1 anymore so this is serious. But actually no big deal. Last Friday the SEC adopted some rules mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. Among them: implementing the use of the term "emerging...

01 Apr

Believe it or not the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was signed into law on April 5, 2012. A great example of how the legislators, working with an administrative agency, can bring meaningful and substantive positive change. Enacted in the heat of a Congressional...

29 Mar

If you don't know what the headline means, maybe just skip this one. Otherwise read on! Last week, the SEC approved a rule change that shortens the typical settlement period for public trading through brokers (known as "T+" for "trading plus") to two business days...