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Open Letter to the SEC: Please Don’t Hang Up on Small Business (And Please Don’t Put Small Business on Hold)
Some of you who read my July 2014 article entitled “Intrastate Crowdfunding at Risk -Has Intrastate Crowdfunding in Washington State Been Washed Out by NASAA and the SEC?” may have concluded that I was making a mountain out of a … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Plus, CrowdfundingPlus, final SEC rules, Guzik and Associates, intrastate crowdfunding, Invest Kansas Exemption, JOBS Act, NASAA, Patrick McHenry, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, Regulation A, Rule 506, samuel guzik
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The Misplaced Logic of Dodd-Frank: Protecting the Ordinary Investor by Redefining the Accredited Investor
Many of you are still reeling from the impact of the worldwide collapse of the financial markets in 2008. And most of us have rightfully observed that following one of the greatest debacles in financial history, no one has gone … Continue reading
Posted in Capital Raising, Corporate Law, General, SEC Developments
Tagged accredited investors, final SEC rules, FINRA, Guzik and Associates, Investor Advisory Committee, JOBS Act, NASAA, private placements, regulation d, Rule 506, samuel guzik, sec, securities attorney
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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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Regulation (C)rowdfunding Day – The Morning After
[Following is a reprint of an article written by me for my Legal Column, The Crowdfunding Counselor™, on CrowdfundInsider, published on October 24, 2013] First in a Series of Articles Focusing on the Road Ahead to Final Rules and Beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, california securities attorney, Crowdfunding, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding lawyer, equity crowdfunding, final SEC rules, Guzik and Associates, investment crowdfunding, JOBS Act, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, proposed sec crowdfunding rules, proposed SEC rules, samuel guzik, sec, SEC crowdfunding regulations, SEC lawyer, 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
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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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Preparing for (Regulation) D-Day – September 23, 2013
“The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have sav’d my life.” Henry the Fourth, William Shakespeare, Part I, Act 5, scene 4. * * * * * As featured in CrowdfundInsider on September 17, … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, advertising, candace klein, Crowdfunding, ellenoff grossman and schole, final SEC rules, general soliciitation, JOBS Act, Ohio Division of Securities, private placements, regulation d, Rule 506, samuel guzik, SoMoLend
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Equity Crowdfunding and The Road Not Taken – What Congress Could Learn From Kansas
It’s pretty easy to make a case against equity crowdfunding: Startups are risky investments – most will fail, and investors will lose their money. Crowdfunding will be a magnet for fraud, drawing phony and exaggerated investment schemes. The goal of … Continue reading
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Tagged california securities attorney, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding blog, crowdfunding lawyer, equity crowdfunding, final SEC rules, general solicitation, Guzik and Associates, IKE, Invest Kansas Exemption, JOBS Act, New York Times, private placements, proposed SEC rules, regulation d, sec, SEC crowdfunding regulations, SEC lawyer, securities attorney, securities lawyer
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Equity Crowdfunding – The Road Ahead at the SEC and Beyond
Equity crowdfunding, hoped by many to be a promising new vehicle for capital formation for startups and other early stage companies, has yet to become operational under the JOBS Act – waiting on the SEC to promulgate proposed and final … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, california securities attorney, Crowdcheck, crowdfunding attorney, crowdfunding blog, crowdfunding lawyer, equity crowdfunding, final SEC rules, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, private placements, proposed SEC rules, regulation d, SEC crowdfunding regulations, SEC lawyer, securities attorney, securities lawyer, startups
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