The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) directed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation or general advertising in any ...

On August 29, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission released proposed amendments to Rules 506 and 144A in order to remove the prohibition on general solicitation and general advertising in Rule ...

This article is part one, of a two part discussion, on Identifying Bad Actors for private placements. In 2010, as part of the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, Congress adopted the ...

Rule 506 requires no disclosures for an unregistered offering with the exception of required compliance with anti-fraud rules. On the other hand, crowdfunding will come with very specific reporting ...

A Securities and Exchange Commission exemption makes it easy for startups like Scuderi Group to raise money without government scrutiny, but revisions are constantly made to the law and companies must ...

This the second part, of a two part series, reviewing Bad Actors in private placements. The first article may be viewed here. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new Rule 506(d) in ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced new rules allowing “general solicitation” of investors in private offerings. The intent is to provide businesses, including health care ...

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When President Obama signed the JOBS Act almost a year ago it introduced a new era of startup financing. But until the SEC makes the required rules, the fundraising bonanza known as crowdfunding that ...