by Bennett Yankowitz | Feb 13, 2016 | Crowdfunding
Registration now Open for Crowdfunding Portal Licenses Equity crowdfunding took a step closer to becoming a reality in the U.S. when on January 29, 2016 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority...
by Bennett Yankowitz | Jun 22, 2015 | Crowdfunding, Raising Capital
The SEC’s revamped Regulation A, known informally as Regulation A+, went into effect on June 19, 2015. There have been many reports in the press, including the Los Angeles Times, mistakenly implying that Reg A+ has legalized equity crowdfunding. In fact,...
by Bennett Yankowitz | Apr 1, 2015 | Real Estate
In a word, NO. At least in California. Printed form leases for apartments and other residential real estate almost always have a clause that adds on a late fee for rent, often in the range of 5 to 6 percent. In California, many landlords use one of the standard lease...
by Bennett Yankowitz | Mar 30, 2015 | Raising Capital
On March 25, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its long-awaited final rules overhauling its Regulation A+. The full text of the rules can be found at this link to the SEC’s website. The final Rules implement Section 401 of the JOBS Act,...
by Bennett Yankowitz | Mar 18, 2015 | Oil and Gas
California’s new regulations governing the fracking of oil and gas wells, as well as other forms of well stimulation, were adopted on December 30, 2014 and will go into effect on July 1, 2015. Our previous blog post discussed the interim regulations, adopted...
