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Once again proving that you can't judge a gift by its box, emerging growth companies (EGCs) received a pleasant, but oddly wrapped, surprise in December with the enactment of a new law authorizing spending on highway and transit projects.

The SEC adopted inflation adjustments and other technical amendments to rules under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act concerning "emerging growth companies" ("EGCs").

At today's House Financial Services Committee meeting, ten bills relating to facilitating access to capital and the reduction of regulatory burden on smaller reporting companies were approved.

A reminder that the new equity research rules, contained in FINRA Rule 2241, became fully effective on December 24, 2015.

The DC Circuit today rejected the effort by two states (Massachusetts and Montana) to invalidate the SEC's rules enacted to implement Regulation A+ and Title IV of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012.

Below, a continuation of our bibliography of thought-provoking articles on issues related to right-sizing regulation, staying private versus going public, and related topics ...

Corporate governance has changed dramatically in the nearly 13 years since passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and in the nearly five years since enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

In a paper that will be published in The Financial Review, Professor Jay Ritter presents interesting data on "growth capital-backed IPOs" undertaken in the United States from 1980 to 2012.

On May 1st, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on various proposed bills related to the JOBS Act.

John Demeter, WilmerHale counsel and a Wall Street Journal expert panelist, discusses the importance of understanding valuation caps.

The International Financial Law Review (IFLR)'s Bankers' Counsel Poll was compiled with Morrison & Foerster LLP. With input from partners Anna Pinedo and James Tanenbaum, poll questions were formulated.

In an informative webinar hosted by venture capital firm Pegasus Tech Ventures and law firm Morrison & Foerster, partners of both firms will discuss:

An industry task force, the Equity Formation Task Force, which might well be seen as a successor to the IPO Task Force, recently presented a report to the U.S. Treasury Department recommending a few additional measures to facilitate capital formation.

On Wednesday, September 25, Anna Pinedo participated in a Lexis Practice Advisor CLE seminar focusing on the JOBS Act.

As privately held companies choose to remain private longer and defer their initial public offerings or other liquidity opportunities, these companies are focused on raising capital in private placements...

As privately held companies choose to remain private longer and defer their initial public offerings (IPOs), these companies are increasingly reliant on raising capital in successive private placements.

In this presentation, Fenwick partner Dan Dorosin reviews the legal issues tech entrepreneurs face along the road from idea to successful enterprise. Learn more about when a lawyer typically gets involved and why...