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Forget what you thought you knew about startup funding. According to Crunchbase, billion-dollar rounds have moved from anomaly to expectation. In the first half of 2026, 60% of global startup funding flowed to rounds of $1 billion or more — and in the U.S., that figure jumped to a staggering 73%.

Earlier this month Rick A. Fleming, Investor Advocate at the Securities and Exchange Commission, gave a speech in which he discussed the impact that shrinking public markets have on investor participation.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the equity listing standards proposed by the NYSE and Nasdaq, as amended regarding compensation committee independence criteria and compensation adviser independence criteria, which are required under Dodd-Frank Act Section 952.

Late last week the SEC announced the extension of compliance dates for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 reports by nonaccelerated filers until their first fiscal year ending after July 15, 2007. This is welcome news for smaller public companies.

On October 11, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published for comment a proposal by NASDAQ Stock Market LLC to modify its initial and continued listing requirements...

Publicly traded companies are reminded of the approaching deadline for compliance with certain of the SEC-approved final amendments of the NYSE and Nasdaq stock exchange listing rules governing compensation committee independence.

Compensation clawbacks can raise difficult, and often adverse, tax issues for employees and other service providers. Specifically, for clawbacks that are effected on a gross...

On December 1, 2020, Nasdaq submitted a proposal to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") seeking approval of new listing rules relating to board diversity.

On November 13, 2013, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations providing guidance regarding new rules allowing for general solicitation in private offerings.

The IPO market produced 10 IPOs in July, bringing the total number of IPOs over the first seven months of the year to 47–56% below the 106 IPOs over the first seven months of 2015.

The London Stock Exchange has announced proposals to introduce a new section to its main market, catering specifically for high growth companies looking for a transitional route to the Official List.

Some five years after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("the Act"), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to work through the rule-making process required by the Act.

On April 25, 2022, U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman dismissed a putative securities class action alleging that a fintech company (the "Company") misrepresented its internal control weaknesses and financial results in its prospectus and registration statement.

Proskauer's Global Capital Markets Group has just released its second annual IPO Study, the group's analysis of U.S.-listed initial public offerings in 2014 and identification of year-over-year comparisons and trends.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has proposed amendments to Rule 5122 (the rule), which governs a member firm’s participation in private placements.

Nasdaq has proposed eliminating its Alternative Price Requirement, which currently allows companies to list on the Nasdaq Capital Market at prices between $2 and $4 under certain conditions. The rule change would establish a uniform $4 minimum price requirement for all initial listings, aligning Nasdaq with other national securities exchanges after NYSE American removed its own sub-$4 listing option in March 2026.

On August 30, 2012, the SEC’s Division of Investment Management said that it would not recommend enforcement action if an oil and natural gas company implementing an alternative capital structure did not register as an investment company.