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The SEC recently provided some data on registered offerings by foreign issuers, noting that

MoFo recently partnered with Corporate Counsel on a 20-question survey of global in-house counsel.

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.

On December 2, 2015, the Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing to consider four bills related to capital formation.

This chapter is a continuation of the preceding chapter, where the author discussed the obstacles encountered by established companies

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.

At Practising Law Institute’s session, "The S.E.C. Speaks," Commissioner Troy A. Paredes commented on the increased complexity of mandatory disclosures, and the increased quantity of disclosures.

In a recent speech SEC Commissioner Aguilar addressed the "scale back" of disclosures in connection with the JOBS Act, and the role of institutional investors in the capital markets.

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

Recently, the SEC's Investor Advocate released a report regarding the Office's areas of focus for fiscal year 2017.

Amidst the flurry of Securities and Exchange Commission cases involving improper employee stock option backdating several years ago, many commentators opined on the potential insider trading implications of companies’ issuance of stock options to officers and directors.

JOBS Act, SEC, Title II

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