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We’ve noticed something interesting recently: Regulation A filings by companies that used to be SEC-reporting companies with quotes on the OTC Pink market, who have ceased to file reports with the SEC and whose trading activity on OTC has flatlined. Why would such companies file for a Reg A offering? Especially since so many of them are complete losers with weird agglomerations of business lines resulting from multiple reverse mergers (“We are a holding company operating in the mattress, muffin…

We’ve noticed something interesting recently: Regulation A filings by companies that used to be SEC-reporting companies with quotes on the OTC Pink market, who have ceased to file reports with the SEC and whose trading activity on OTC has flatlined. Why would such companies file for a Reg A offering? Especially since so many of them are complete losers with weird agglomerations of business lines resulting from multiple reverse mergers (“We are a holding company operating in the mattress, muffin…

We’ve noticed something interesting recently: Regulation A filings by companies that used to be SEC-reporting companies with quotes on the OTC Pink market, who have ceased to file reports with the SEC and whose trading activity on OTC has flatlined. Why would such companies file for a Reg A offering? Especially since so many of them are complete losers with weird agglomerations of business lines resulting from multiple reverse mergers (“We are a holding company operating in the mattress, muffin…

We’ve noticed something interesting recently: Regulation A filings by companies that used to be SEC-reporting companies with quotes on the OTC Pink market, who have ceased to file reports with the SEC and whose trading activity on OTC has flatlined. Why would such companies file for a Reg A offering? Especially since so many of them are complete losers with weird agglomerations of business lines resulting from multiple reverse mergers (“We are a holding company operating in the mattress, muffin…

With the approval by the House of Representatives of the Senate version of S. 2155, a number of financial regulatory reform measures were sent to the President’s desk for signature and became law on May 24. While some of these measures, especially those related to banking, are more controversial, there are a few provisions related to US securities law that have received broad support. These changes include allowing issuers to better use smaller national stock exchanges, increasing the…

With the approval by the House of Representatives of the Senate version of S. 2155, a number of financial regulatory reform measures were sent to the President’s desk for signature and became law on May 24. While some of these measures, especially those related to banking, are more controversial, there are a few provisions related to US securities law that have received broad support. These changes include allowing issuers to better use smaller national stock exchanges, increasing the…

With the approval by the House of Representatives of the Senate version of S. 2155, a number of financial regulatory reform measures were sent to the President’s desk for signature and became law on May 24. While some of these measures, especially those related to banking, are more controversial, there are a few provisions related to US securities law that have received broad support. These changes include allowing issuers to better use smaller national stock exchanges, increasing the…

We keep saying that ICOs have not changed the securities laws and there’s no real magic to how to apply existing securities laws to ICOs. We are sure you’ve read our memo on the topic. That’s certainly true when it comes to “bounty” or referral programs in the ICO space. In these programs, people get coin or tokens for spreading the word about an ICO offering. Normal securities laws apply. ICOs have not warped the space-time continuum so as to apply the Securities Act of 1933 differently than…

We keep saying that ICOs have not changed the securities laws and there’s no real magic to how to apply existing securities laws to ICOs. We are sure you’ve read our memo on the topic. That’s certainly true when it comes to “bounty” or referral programs in the ICO space. In these programs, people get coin or tokens for spreading the word about an ICO offering. Normal securities laws apply. ICOs have not warped the space-time continuum so as to apply the Securities Act of 1933 differently than…

We keep saying that ICOs have not changed the securities laws and there’s no real magic to how to apply existing securities laws to ICOs. We are sure you’ve read our memo on the topic. That’s certainly true when it comes to “bounty” or referral programs in the ICO space. In these programs, people get coin or tokens for spreading the word about an ICO offering. Normal securities laws apply. ICOs have not warped the space-time continuum so as to apply the Securities Act of 1933 differently than…