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The JOBS Act creates new opportunities for middle-market companies to access the U.S. public capital markets and to raise private capital

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 17 2012

President Obama signed into law on April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”

Chief Accountant reminds lawyers that GAAP and not the ABA-auditor treaty governs loss contingency disclosure

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2011

At a recent New York Bar Association conference, Wayne Carnall, Chief Accountant of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, warned registrants to avoid relying on the long-standing ABA-auditor "treaty" between lawyers and auditors when deciding what to report about litigation contingencies in financial statements

SEC settles Regulation FD violations regarding trust preferred redemption

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 12 2011

On November 22, 2011, the SEC announced a settlement regarding Regulation FD violation allegations

SEC issues guidance on the use of social media to disclose company information

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

On April 2, 2013, the SEC provided guidance on the use of social media to disclose company information in a Report of Investigation under Section

SEC adopts new rules in response to May 6, 2010 market disruption

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2010

On May 6, 2010, the U.S. equity markets experienced a severe disruption when the price of a large number of stocks dropped precipitously

House passes financial reform legislation

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2010

On June 30, 2010, the House of Representatives approved the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" (the "Dodd-Frank Act"

PCAOB issues FAQs on audit firm annual reports and makes the reports publicly available

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2010

On June 18, 2010, the PCAOB issued Staff Questions and Answers regarding the requirements to file with the PCAOB Annual Reports on Form 2

SEC Division of Corporation Finance issues new CDIs on a variety of topics

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 14 2011

On March 4, 2011, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDIs) covering a variety of matters, including one on the CD&A, two on Rule 144, two on free writing prospectuses and two on director disclosures, as well as two others

SEC issues final rules on beneficial ownership reporting requirements for security-based swaps

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 20 2011

To preserve the application of the SEC's existing beneficial ownership rules to persons who purchase or sell security-based swaps, on June 8, 2011, the SEC readopted without change the relevant portions of Rules 13d-3 and 16a-1

SEC provides guidance on road show internet broadcasts by companies that are not registered broker-dealers

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2011

On May 6, 2011, the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets of the SEC issued a no-action letter stating that it would not recommend enforcement action to the SEC against Roadshow Broadcast, LLC, or its officers, directors and employees under Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act if Roadshow Broadcast, for a flat service fee, transmits over the Internet, without registering as a broker or dealer, road shows that relate to public offerings of securities