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SPACs and the JOBS Act

October 2, 2012 By wpengine

Download PDF Usha Rodrigues † Public Inroads in Private Equity The law has long confined the average investor to trading in public securities[1] while allowing wealthy—or “accredited”[2]—individual investors access to a panoply of private securities, including investment … [Read more...] about SPACs and the JOBS Act

Filed Under: Featured, Home, U.S. Business Law, Volume 3 Tagged With: Financial Regulation, Front Page, IPO, JOBS Act, SEC

Comments on Seasoning of Reverse Merger Companies Before Uplisting to National Securities Exchanges

March 12, 2012 By wpengine

Download PDF David N. Feldman* Introduction Blockbuster Entertainment, Occidental Petroleum, Turner Broadcasting, Tandy Corp. (Radio Shack), Texas Instruments, Jamba Juice, and Berkshire Hathaway are just a few well-known companies that went public through a "reverse … [Read more...] about Comments on Seasoning of Reverse Merger Companies Before Uplisting to National Securities Exchanges

Filed Under: Home, Volume 2 Tagged With: IPO, Reverse mergers, SEC

In Dodd-Frank’s Shadow: The Declining Competitiveness of U.S. Public Equity Markets

March 28, 2011 By wpengine

Download PDF David Daniels* As we enter into 2011, things are looking up. The Dow Jones has recently broken through 12,000 and is climbing to pre-recession heights. The economy has emerged from the greatest downturn since the Great Depression and continues to show modest … [Read more...] about In Dodd-Frank’s Shadow: The Declining Competitiveness of U.S. Public Equity Markets

Filed Under: Home Tagged With: David Daniels, Dodd-Frank, IPO, Proxy Access, SEC, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Questioning the 500 Equity Holders Trigger

March 18, 2011 By wpengine

Download PDF William K. Sjostrom, Jr. An obscure provision of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act)[1] has received unprecedented attention in recent months because of the prominent role it appears to be playing in Facebook’s decision on going public. … [Read more...] about Questioning the 500 Equity Holders Trigger

Filed Under: Home Tagged With: Facebook, Google, IPO, SEC, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, William K. Sjostrom

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