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Dilution Funders and Dilution Financings Challenged by SEC We recently wrote about two interesting SEC enforcement actions that examine the question of…
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Read MoreThe U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a final judgment as to monetary relief against the former…
Read MoreThe SEC announced that it has obtained final judgments by consent against Ronald Hardy, Anthony Vassallo, and Sergio Ramirez charged for their…
Read MoreThe SEC announced that it has obtained court approval of settlements with eight defendants: Arkadiy Dubovoy, Igor Dubovoy, Southeastern Holding and Investment…
Read MoreSales of restricted securities by affiliates and control persons of publicly traded companies are subject to requirements not applicable to other sellers…
Read MoreForm 3 must be filed within ten (10) calendar days after a person becomes a Section 16 insider. Form 3 is a…
Read MoreWhen the SEC issues a trading suspension pursuant to Section 12(k), trading in the security is halted for the period set forth…
Read MoreThe SEC charged Jason C. Nielsen, a penny stock trader in Santa Cruz, California, with conducting a fraudulent pump-and-dump scheme in the…
Read MoreUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio entered final consent judgments against recidivist investment adviser Brandon E. Copeland and…
Read MoreThe United States District Court for the Central District of California entered a preliminary injunction and orders freezing assets and imposing other…
Read MoreThe SEC announced that it has obtained final judgments that will require a former privately held dermatology products manufacturer, Stiefel Laboratories, and…
Read MoreDilution Funders have been charged by the SEC as unregistered dealers in violation of the Securities Exchange Act. Justin Keener and his…
Read MoreOn June 5, 2020, the SEC announced an asset freeze against Daniel F. Putnam, of Utah, Jean Paul Ramirez Rico, of Colombia,…
Read MoreAfter an issuer completes a Regulation CF crowdfunding offering, it must comply with certain ongoing reporting obligations. Unlike public company SEC reporting…
Read MoreSecurities offerings under Rule 504 of Regulation D of the Securities Act may prove useful to founders of startup and small companies.
Read MoreThe SEC has provided relief to Form S-3 issuers because of coronavirus. Form S-3 is a short-form registration statement that consists primarily…
Read MorePublic Company SEC Reporting Requirements - SEC Requirements to Go Public, Going Public Attorneys. Companies filing registration statements with the SEC become…
Read MoreSEC trading suspensions often leave investors in the dark. While SEC trading suspensions may be intended to prevent investor losses, the opposite…
Read MoreThe SEC’s Regulation Crowdfunding temporary rules are intended to expedite the crowdfunding offering process for smaller, previously established companies directly or indirectly…
Read MoreSection 4(a)(7) provides an exemption for private resales from the SEC’s (“SEC”) registration statement requirements if certain conditions are met. One of…
Read MoreSection 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) provides an exemption from the SEC’s registration statement requirements…
Read MoreForm 12b-25 and Rule 12b-25 provide relief for issuers unable to meet SEC reporting requirements on time. Rule 12b-25 grants..
Read MoreSection 16 insiders must file an Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 5 if there are any transactions in…
Read MoreSecurities Lawyer 101 Blog Companies going public have a variety of structures for their transactions. Companies can sell shares in reliance upon…
Read MoreOne requirement of a going public transaction is that the issuer obtain sufficient stockholders to establish a trading market. These initial investors…
Read MoreMy Regulation A Offering Is Qualified. Now What? Once the SEC has qualified a Regulation A Offering Circular on Form 1-A, the…
Read MoreMany issuers seeking to raise capital often attempt to go public using a reverse merger with a Form 10 public shell company.…
Read MoreIf you use email in your business, you should be aware of the requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act ("CAN-SPAM"). Investor relations providers…
Read MoreInvestor relations or stock promotion involves the dissemination of information about a public company and is heavily regulated by the SEC. A…
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