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What is a General Solicitation?

General Solicitation General Solicitation is the act of marketing a capital raise publicly. Rule 506(b) [...]

Private Placement Memorandum for Friends and Family?

Do you need a private placement memorandum for a friends and family capital raise? At [...]

Suspended Trading in Securities of Nevada-Based American Retail Group, Inc.

The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading in the securities of Nevada-based American Retail Group, [...]

Advantages of Raising Capital with a PPM

Advantages of Raising Capital with a PPM There are three main reasons to provide potential [...]

What is an Exemption from Registration

What is an “exemption from registration?” Regulation D’s Rule 504 and Rule 506 grant exemptions [...]

Is the Securities and Exchange Commission Helping or Harming Cryptocurrency Entrepreneurs?

Is the Securities and Exchange Commission Helping or Harming Cryptocurrency Entrepreneurs? Hester M. Pierce. Commissioner [...]

SEC Charges Two Celebrities with Unlawfully Touting Initial Coin Offerings

SEC Charges Two Celebrities with Unlawfully Touting Initial Coin Offerings On November 29, 2018, the [...]

SEC Charges Promoter with Penny Stock Market Manipulation Scheme

SEC Charges Promoter with Penny Stock Market Manipulation Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) [...]

SEC Forces Initial Coin Offering Issuers to Register Tokens as Securities

SEC Forces Initial Coin Offering Issuers to Register Tokens as Securities The Securities and Exchange [...]

Spotify: The First Direct Public Offering to the NYSE

Spotify, the giant music streaming service from Sweden, began public trading its shares on the [...]