A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
On October 23, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposed regulations to implement Title III of the JOBS Act, which will allow for the public sale of securities using crowdfunding under an exemption from registration under securities laws.
For the first time, regulators are taking action against one of the many crowdfunding sites that have sprung up since the passage of the JOBS Act. The Ohio Division of Securities issued a notice of intent to issue a cease-and-desist…
This post is the fifth in a series examining the impact of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (or JOBS Act) one year after its passage and focuses on the provisions related to crowdfunding. Previously in this series, I discussed…
It’s been almost a year since Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (or JOBS Act). At the time, the passage of this bill was greeted with significant enthusiasm from the start-up community. Among other things, it provided for…
Many entrepreneurs have been growing increasingly impatient with the SEC. Not only is the SEC about to be 6 months late in implementing the loosening of the general solicitation requirement of Regulation D, which was mandated by the JOBS Act,…
