Issues Regarding SEC Proposal to Expand Private Offering Exemptions
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), was promoted as a new piece of legislation creating groundbreaking additional pathways to funding for companies, which was especially...
View ArticleInvestments in Emerging Growth Companies Post-COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread from Asia to the rest of the world at the beginning of 2020, global venture capital (VC) funding dropped dramatically—by about 20% since December 2019 according to...
View ArticleVenture Capital And Private Equity Investors Take Note: Primary Care May Be...
According to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) study reported in Health Affairs on March 24, 2020, national health care spending reached $3.81 trillion in 2019 and is projected to...
View ArticleSEC Adopts Rule Amendments Aimed at Expanding Access to Capital
On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments intended to ease the rules for certain exempt offerings. These changes include increasing the annual cap on equity...
View Article2020, 2021 and the EC/VC Industry – Review of the Past Year and Predictions...
In the beginning of February 2020, COVID-19 seemed to have little to no impact on venture capital investing in the United States. Fast forward a few weeks later: concerns quickly spread over the...
View ArticleReminder to Perform Annual ISO/ESPP Reporting in January 2022
As discussed in our December 16, 2010 blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require employers to annually furnish each...
View ArticleRecent SEC Proposed Rulemaking Could Impact Blockchain Trading Platforms
On January 26, 2022, the SEC released a rulemaking proposal intended to enhance investor protections and cybersecurity for alternative trading systems that trade treasuries and other government...
View ArticleCorporate Transparency Act: Reporting Requirements; Preparing Your Company...
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The CTA aims to enhance transparency of beneficial ownership information for...
View ArticleOCC Issues Bulletin on Risks Related to Venture Lending
On November 1, the OCC issued Bulletin 2023-34 addressing the topic of “venture lending,” referred to as “commercial loans to early-, expansion-, and late-stage companies.” According to the Bulletin,...
View ArticleReminder to Perform Annual ISO/ESPP Reporting in January 2024
As discussed in our December 16, 2010, blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require employers to annually furnish...
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