On October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved new rules for equity crowdfunding by companies as part of the JOBS Act (Title III), also known as Regulation Crowdfunding. The rules will become effective May 16, 2016. Here is a summary of the basic rules every business should know if it is looking to raise capital under the new crowdfunding regime. Caps for businesses and single investors. Businesses can raise only up to $1…
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All commercial contracts have a number of material provisions at the end of the agreement which most people think of as “boilerplate” provisions and which most company representatives overlook when negotiating and signing the contract. Ironically, when a dispute arises, the statistics show that it is the “boilerplate” provisions that are most heavily litigated. This is because of the serious consequences that these can provisions have when a contract dispute arises. An experienced business lawyer…
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