by admin | Aug 4, 2016 | Crowdfunding
By Lauren Mack On May 16, 2016, the long awaited equity crowdfunding rules authorized under the JOBS Act of 2012 came into effect. Unlike non-equity crowdfunding, which became popular during the past decade and rewards supporters with goods or services instead of...
by admin | Oct 1, 2015 | Regulation D
By Lauren Mack On August 6, 2015, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (“DCF”) updated its Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDI”) with eleven new CDI on general solicitation and advertising in Regulation D offerings. That same day, the DCF also issued...
by admin | Apr 6, 2015 | Regulation A
On Wednesday March 25th, 2015, the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously adopted amendments to Regulation A. Due to its low dollar threshold and failure to preempt state blue sky laws, Regulation A has heretofore been a little utilized exemption from...
by admin | Jan 16, 2015 | Crowdfunding, Regulation D
With the popularity of crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and the federal government’s blessing of equity crowdfunding (“EC”), the recent trend to fund projects by seeking a little money from many may surpass private equity offerings as the new normal. Hence...
by admin | Sep 5, 2014 | Regulation D
By Kaiser Wahab With the creation of new Rule 506(c) under the JOBS Act, private placement issuers are now authorized to leverage general solicitation, provided they verify that each purchaser in the offering is an accredited investor. In theory, this is a very...