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FAST Act Includes Changes to Securities Laws
By Avital Perlman President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, into law on December 4, 2015. The FAST Act, which is aimed at improving the country’s surface transportation infrastructure, also contains several sections that amend securities laws to ease regulatory burdens for smaller companies. Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth…
Read MoreCrowdfunding Under Title III: Building an SEC-Compliant Funding Portal
November 30, 2015 Regulation Crowdfunding Crowdfunding continues to garner more and more attention as the SEC pushes forward implementing the 2012 JOBS Act. not assigned cass sanford
Read MoreUtilizing a “Shelf” Registration Statement for a Follow-On Public Offering
Under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), any public securities
offering must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In a
follow-on public offering, a publicly reporting company offers securities to the public in an
offering registered with the SEC subsequent to the completion of the issuer’s initial public
offering.
Rule 506(b): Developing Substantive Relationships in the Age of the Internet
On August 6th, 2015, the SEC responded to letter a from Citizen VC, Inc.
Read MoreInternational Tax Planning II — Inbound
In our last blog post covering international tax planning, we focused on the unique tax traps related to international acquisitions. In our final installment, we discuss the tax considerations for foreign businesses looking to acquire companies in the U.S. The U.S. is still the big apple for most foreign businesses, but deciding how to get…
Read MoreTips for the Chinese Entrepreneur Accessing U.S. Small and Micro Cap Capital Markets
This article is meant to address the commitments a Chinese entrepreneur interested in accessing the US capital markets should be prepared to make.
Read MoreGoing Public: Self-Registration as An Alternative to the Reverse Merger
A reverse merger is a common method by which private companies go public. Companies appreciate this method because it is generally quick, though the process is comparatively expensive to other ways of going public.
Read MoreInternational Tax Planning Part I – Going Abroad
From a tax standpoint international acquisitions – whether starting your own subsidiary or buying a foreign company — require special attention.
Read MoreSEC Finalizes Regulation A+; Raises Cap on Certain Reg A Offerings
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Read More23 States Legalized Marijuana – Bankruptcy Courts Remind Us That It’s Legal in None of Them
“There was a time a few years ago when the United States was spoken of in the plural number. Men said ‘the United States are’ — ‘the United States have’ — ‘the United States were.’ But the war changed all that.” The Washington Post, April 24, 1887. The phrase “United States” became a singular noun…
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