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SEC Issues Guidance On Regulation D “Bad Actor” Rules

On December 4, 2013, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (the Interpretations) regarding Rules 506(d) and (e) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, which rules prevent issuers from...

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Corporations: A New Player In The Venture Capital World Of Start-Ups

Editor: Please tell us about your background. O’Brien: In addition to being a partner and a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, I head King & Spalding’s Emerging Company Practice Group. I was at Wilson Sonsini for many years in the 1980s and ’90s,...

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The Risks For Private Equity In Companies With Underfunded Benefit Plans

Editor: Please provide our readers with the facts involved in the case Sun Capital Partners v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund. Raskin: In the Sun Capital case, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that an investment fund managed by a private equity firm, Sun...

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