Regulation A+ 2019 Q&A – Securities Lawyer 101
Regulation A provides an exemption from registration that can be used in combination with a Rule 506 private placement, a direct public offering and/or initial public offering by a private company or company seeking to go public. Since Regulation A was… Read More
Regulation A Investor Bulletin Issued by SEC
Regulation A Not Giving Warm Fuzzies to the SEC In April of this year, NASDAQ submitted a proposal related to the Regulation A Offering Exemption which would require any Company listing on NASDAQ in connection with an offering… Read More
Nasdaq’s Regulation A Seasoning Requirement
Posted by Brenda HamiltonNasdaq’s Regulation A Proposal The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) proposed a rule that would impose listing requirements for Regulation A companies pursuant to pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934… Read More
Dormant Shell Companies For Reverse Mergers Suspended by the SEC While Delinquent Filers Run Wild
We’ve written several times about reverse mergers and Operation Shell Expel. Shell Expel is one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s most successful enforcement initiatives to combat the use of shell companies for reverse mergers. Its object is… Read More
SEC Charges Lloyd Schuman with Repeated Insider Trading
The SEC charged on May 9, 2019, Lloyd Schuman and Dane Janes for insider trading and for repeatedly traded and tipped on confidential information that they obtained through their respective employers. The SEC’s complaint, filed in the U.S…. Read More
SEC Charges Danny Williams Former Executive of a Truckload Freight Company with Accounting Fraud
On May 9,2019, the SEC charged Danny Williams, the former President of Quality Companies, LLC, a former subsidiary of Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc., with an accounting fraud that allowed Celadon to avoid disclosing substantial losses and misrepresent its… Read More
SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Rocco Roveccio for Defrauding Customers
On May 3, 2019, a federal district court entered a final consent judgment against Rocco Roveccio, a broker who was charged with defrauding customers by making unsuitable and unauthorized trades and churning customers’ accounts, which enriched the broker… Read More
SEC Announces Fraud Charges in Ticket Resale Investment Scam
On April 29,2019, the SEC charged James Siniscalchi, a New York City man with continuing a previously charged scheme, stealing millions of dollars from investors who were allegedly falsely promised their funds would be used for the purchase and… Read More
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze in Connection with Alleged Insider Trading
The SEC announced on April 29,2019, the entry of an emergency court order freezing assets related to alleged insider trading that yielded approximately $2.5 million in profits in connection with the April 12, 2019 announcement that oil-and-gas conglomerate… Read More
Regulation A+ Now Available For Public Reporting Companies
Benefits of Regulation A+ Amendments On December 19, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation A informally referred to as Regulation A+. The amendment allows companies that are subject to SEC reporting requirements under… Read More
