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The Securities Law Blog provides commentary and news on the latest securities law developments impacting established and emerging growth publicly-traded issuers and investment banks, as well as entrepreneurs and venture-backed private entities. Our blog closely follows SEC rulemaking in several key areas including public and private securities offerings, shareholder activism and equity investment, and mergers & acquisitions.

The authors of this blog are members of the Corporate/Securities practice of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP.  Since our founding, this firm has been distinguished by responsive, independent and client-focused legal services provided by lawyers with a profound commitment to the companies they serve. This blog is an outgrowth of this representation of our clients in a wide range of capital market transactions.

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Microcap Regulation A Issuers Targeted by the SEC for Offering Registration Violations

Regulation A issuers may be younger, smaller and less profitable than more established Form S-1 issuers, but they must still comply with numerous specific SEC regulations governing disclosures and procedural rules during ongoing public offerings. By enforcing Regulation A rule violations against ten microcap companies, the SEC has made clear that, despite any relaxation of restrictions on these offerings, well-established SEC rules apply to Regulation A offerings as much as they do to traditional registered offerings. Read More ›

New York State Updates State Securities Regulations

New Rules Modernize Securities Filings and Eliminate Pre-Offer Filing Requirements, Now Consistent with Federally Set Timelines Read More ›

The SEC Rebuilds the Integration Principles Guiding Concurrent Private and Public Offerings of Securities

The SEC’s new release amends the rules governing “integration” permitting private placements and registered public offerings to occur shortly before, after or at the same time with each other. The amendments replace the SEC’s prior five-factor test with practical updates for today’s markets that particularly benefit smaller publicly traded companies. Read More ›

The SEC Warns Prospective Investors to Beware of Claims that the SEC Has Approved a Securities Offering (Because It Hasn’t, Technically)

Fraudsters may use SEC forms and filings to falsely claim SEC registration or that an offering was approved by the SEC. Don’t confuse that with the actual vetting by the SEC staff of disclosure during the review process and acceleration of effectiveness of a registered securities offering. Read More ›

SEC Adopts Rules Opening the Door for Public Companies to Use Regulation A for Their Securities Offerings

Regulation A would be a logical choice for smaller, non-exchange traded public companies, particularly for broadly disseminated public offerings of their shares to “uplist” to Nasdaq and for subscription rights offerings to their shareholders. Read More ›

SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Publishes Massive Data-Driven Report on Securities Offerings Over the Past Decade

This blog post highlights what we believe are the 20 most interesting statistics in the DERA’s report on registered initial public offerings and secondary equity offerings, and exempt Regulation D, Regulation A and Crowdfunding offerings. Read More ›

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