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Private Equity

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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Finance | Private Equity

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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Regulatory & Compliance

SEC’s Second Annual Report Summarizing Whistleblower Program Shows Little Change

On November 15, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) released its Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program (the Report).[1] The Report is remarkable for three reasons. First, the Report shows that, despite very significant...

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