In an intriguing case out of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, a plaintiff’s purchase of condominium units with an option to participate in the
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CAYMAN ISLANDS FUND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
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The Cayman Islands will amend a 2011 law to clarify that master funds will now have to register if they have even one Cayman regulated feeder fund. This registration will…
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Jim Gets Interviewed by LXBN TV, Looks Oddly Angry
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Colin O’Keefe at LXBN TV recently asked me a few questions about crowdfunding, the hype around it and what it might really look like. At first glance, I look kind…
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New Efforts To Assist In Capital Raising
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Recently, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Director indicated that the SEC was reviewing certain issues in an attempt to assist small businesses with capital formation.
The SEC is assessing…
Lawyer Full Employment Act – Insider Trading, Hedge Funds and the FCPA
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Recently, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation indicated that they are working on enough insider trading cases regarding the hedge fund industry to take them five…
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Cutting Through the Crowdfunding Hype
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Like many others, my interest in the JOBS Act really started with crowdfunding. This is probably because securities law is an imposing tangle of archaic acts, byzantine regulations and repetitive…
Emerging Growth Companies – A Bigger Deal Than You Might Think
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Today’s post is the penultimate of this series covering the recently signed JOBS Act, and covers the Act’s Title I – Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies. Check back later this…
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It’s Official! The JOBS Act of 2012 and Changes to Reg A and Reg D
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This post is a continuance of a series reviewing the JOBS Act. For more on the registration requirement threshold shift from 500 to 2000 investors, click here. For Jim’s…
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The JOBS Act – Will Obama’s Signature Be An Execution Order for IPOs?
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Last week, I wrote about the Crowdfunding portion of the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, which was. This week, I will try to review the rest of the Act…
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Jobs Act Backlash
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Gail Collins weighed in on the JOBS Act today in a column glibly titled “The Senate Overachieves”. Normally, I love her work – everything she does is glib…