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Latest SEC News- SEC Announces Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2024 November 22, 2024
- SEC Charges Three Broker-Dealers with Filing Deficient Suspicious Activity Reports November 22, 2024
- UPS to Pay $45 Million Penalty for Improperly Valuing Business Unit November 22, 2024
- SEC Charges Advisory Firm La Mancha and its Owner David Kushner with Fraud November 21, 2024
- SEC Chair Gensler to Depart Agency on January 20 November 21, 2024
Category Archives: SEC Developments
On Regulation A+, CrowdfundingPlus and JOBS Act 2.0
For those of you who have been following the regulatory labyrinth that has followed in the heels of the JOBS Act, the perpetual questions du jour have been: What ever happened to Title III investment crowdfunding? What ever happened to Regulation … Continue reading
Posted in Capital Raising, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Crowdfunding, General, Regulation A+ Resource Center, SEC Developments
Tagged blue sky regulation, Crowdfunding, CrowdfundingPlus, equity crowdfunding, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, Regulation A, Samuel S. Guzik, sec, SEC proposed rules
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Dawn of a New Era: SEC Chair White Speaks to Small Business
In a speech delivered on January 27 by SEC Chair Mary Jo White at the 41st Annual Securities Regulation Institute in Coronado, California, entitled: “The SEC in 2014,” it appears that Chair White has “gotten the memo” from her predecessors, and is … Continue reading
Posted in Business Formation, Capital Raising, Corporate Law, Crowdfunding, General, SEC Developments
Tagged california securities attorney, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding lawyer, Crowdfunding Plus, CrowdfundingPlus, equity crowdfunding, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, proposed rules, proposed sec crowdfunding rules, proposed SEC rules, Regulation A, samuel guzik, SEC crowdfunding regulations, small business, Title III, Title IV
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Regulation A+ Offerings—A New Era at the SEC
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL FORUM ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REGULATION ON JANUARY 15 2014] December 18, 2013 may well mark an historic turning point in the ability of small business to effectively access capital in the private … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, california securities attorney, Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Plus, CrowdfundingPlus, final SEC rules, Guzik and Associates, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, JOBS Act, Los Angeles securities attorney, Los Angeles Securities Lawyer, proposed SEC rules, Regulation A, Regulation A Plus, samuel guzik, sec, securities attorney, The Crowdfunding Counselor, Title IV
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THE SIX DEADLY SINS OF THE SEC’S PROPOSED CROWDFUNDING REGULATIONS – AND HOW TO MAKE THE SEC REPENT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
In a previous article I identified a number of serious problems with the SEC’s proposed crowdfunding regulations. I also promised readers to share my opinions on what can and should be done by crowdfunding supporters to fix the problems – … Continue reading
Posted in Business Formation, Capital Raising, Corporate Governance, Crowdfunding, General, SEC Developments, Uncategorized
Tagged accredited investors, california securities attorney, Crowdcheck, Crowdfunding, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding blog, crowdfunding lawyer, Dan Gallagher, equity crowdfunding, investment crowdfunding, JOBS Act, Kim Wales, Los Angeles securities attorney, Los Angeles Securities Lawyer, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed rules, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, proposed sec crowdfunding rules, proposed SEC rules, samuel guzik, sec, SEC crowdfunding regulations, securities attorney, securities lawyer
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On the Proposed SEC Regulations & Crowdfunding – A Postscript: Is SEC Commissioner Gallagher a Friend of the Crowd?
Behind the unanimous vote that accompanied the SEC’s issuance of proposed crowdfunding regulations on October 23, 2013, I sensed that there was more afoot behind the congenial surface. It seemed unlikely to this Commission observer that the sharp divisions amongst … Continue reading
Posted in Business Formation, Capital Raising, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Crowdfunding, General, SEC Developments
Tagged accredited investors, california securities attorney, Crowdcheck, Crowdfunding, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding blog, crowdfunding lawyer, Dan Gallagher, equity crowdfunding, JOBS Act, Los Angeles securities attorney, Los Angeles Securities Lawyer, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed rules, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, proposed sec crowdfunding rules, proposed SEC rules, samuel guzik, sec, SEC crowdfunding regulations, securities attorney, securities lawyer
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ON THE PROPOSED SEC REGULATIONS AND CROWDFUNDING: LET’S GET IT RIGHT, CHAIRMAN WHITE
There was an air of euphoria in the crowdfunding community on October 23 when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finally issued its proposed crowdfunding rules – a necessary step to implement equity crowdfunding, as dictated by Congress in the … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, california securities attorney, Crowdcheck, Crowdfunding, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding blog, crowdfunding lawyer, equity crowdfunding, JOBS Act, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed rules, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, proposed sec crowdfunding rules, proposed SEC rules, samuel guzik, sec, SEC crowdfunding regulations, securities attorney, securities lawyer
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The SEC Finally Convenes on Crowdfunding Rules – Open Meeting or Crowd Control?
[Following is a reprint of an article written by me for my Legal Column, The Crowdfunding Counselor™, on CrowdfundInsider, published on October 22, 2013] It had been more than 18 months since President Obama signed into law the multi-faceted potpourri … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, california securities attorney, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding lawyer, crowdfundinsider, equity crowdfunding, Georgia Levenson Keohane, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed SEC rules, Roosevelt Institute, samuel guzik, sec, SEC crowdfunding regulations, securities attorney, securities lawyer, The Crowdfunding Counselor
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Securities Attorney Samuel Guzik Announces Regular Legal Column for Crowdfund Insider – The Crowdfunding Counselor™
As previously reported on CrowdfundInsider.com, I will be authoring a column on its behalf, The Crowdfunding Counselor™, dedicated to discussing legal issues of importance to those committed to advancing capital formation for small businesses and startups alike flowing from the … Continue reading
Posted in Capital Raising, Corporate Law, Crowdfunding, General, SEC Developments, Uncategorized
Tagged accredited investors, Andrew Dix, california securities attorney, Charles Luzar, Crowdfund Insider, Crowdfunding, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding blog, crowdfunding lawyer, equity crowdfunding, final SEC rules, JOBS Act, proposed SEC rules, samuel guzik, SEC crowdfunding regulations, securities attorney, securities lawyer, The Crowdfunding Counselor
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SEC Extends Comment Period for JOBS Act Rule 506 Proposed Rulemaking – Is the SEC About to Pivot?
September 23, 2013 kicked off an historic period in federal securities laws. For the first time in 80 years companies would be allowed to publicly solicit investors in unregistered private placements so long as all of the investors were accredited. … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, Congressman Patrick McHenry, crowdfundinsider, equity crowdfunding, final SEC rules, Form D, general solicitation, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, Milken Institute, private placements, proposed rules, proposed SEC rules, regulation d, Rule 506, samuel guzik, SBA office of Advocacy
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IT’S THE JOBS ACT, STUPID!
Still Time to Comment on SEC’s Proposed Regulation D General Solicitation Rules? On July 10, 2013, the SEC issued its final rules allowing general solicitation and advertising in unregistered private placements, provided all of the investors were accredited, effective September … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, final SEC rules, general advertising, general solicitation, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, Office of Advocacy, Patrick McHenry, private placements, proposed SEC rules, public solicitation, regulation d, Rule 506, samuel guzik, SBA, sec
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