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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted two important rule amendments that significantly impact the private securities offering market.

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

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.

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.

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.

The SEC's Investor Advisory Committee has announced the agenda for its June 22 meeting.

On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, the NYSE resubmitted proposed rules to the SEC to enable capital raises through direct listings ("Primary Direct Listings").

Winston Taylor LLP announces its role in advising BOXABL on a USD3.5 billion business combination with FG Merger II Corp, a transaction designed to provide the modular housing innovator with enhanced access to public capital markets. The deal aims to support BOXABL's expansion of its factory-built housing platform, scale manufacturing capabilities, and accelerate research and development efforts.

The JumpStart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, commonly known as the JOBS Act, sought to make it easier for smaller companies to access the public capital markets by relaxing restrictions ...

A recent journal article by Prof. Robert Bartlett, III, Prof. Paul Rose, and Prof. Steven Davidoff Solomon (What Happened in 1998?

Since the adoption of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, emerging companies have a broader array of financing alternatives...

There have been any number of economic analyses demonstrating that the public markets remain inhospitable to smaller IPOs and blog posts (many, ours) lamenting the absence of smaller IPOs.

In a structure commonly referred to as an "up‑C," an existing LLC or other partnership form undertakes a public offering through a newly formed corporation, which is structured as a holding company that owns an interest in the LLC.

Some companies have considered buying back stock from current and former employees when a liquidity event, such as a sale of the company or an IPO, is unlikely to occur.

This blog focuses on IPOs, including legal and regulatory developments affecting the IPO market, analysis of market practices, and information of interest to all companies planning or hoping to go public.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization noted that this week marks a JOBS Act milestone with the 100th company to have gone public since the Act was passed.