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Another way to give input on the changes coming to startup and emerging company financing 27 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
There is a committee, the "Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies," which from time to time gives the SEC recommendations that flow from a "focus on interests and priorities of small busin...
Conflicted 25 Aug 2013 | 07:09 am
SBX (Seattle Brisket Experience) 7 is tomorrow, Sunday, at the Royal Room in Columbia City. Any time you have the chance in Seattle to have Texas brisket, slow cooked over 19 hours, so that it gets t...
Ignorance about transgendered persons, even among journalists 23 Aug 2013 | 08:26 pm
I'm listening to the Diane Rehm show this morning as I write this. Ms. Rehm has a guest host, Tom Gjelten, who is even tempered and does a great job filling in. But the show has spun out of control ...
An alternative to MOOCs 23 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Parents I know who are contemplating sending kids to college are freaked out by the spiraling costs. The kids are freaked out, too. In Seattle, the personal financial anxiety naturally gets mixed in...
"Pre-existing relationship" doctrine 21 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm
Here's a thought as we scramble to draw lines to box in what is and what isn't "general solicitation." Maybe it's time to pay renewed attention to the "pre-existing business relationship" doctrine. ...
Having trouble keeping track of which general solicitation rules are final and which are proposed? 20 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
You are not alone! Joe Wallin and I are noticing that even some legal bloggers are getting two rule sets confused. Here's an exercise that might help. To try to keep everything straight. Congress t...
The general solicitation quandary: can you shoehorn today's pitch events into yesterday's rules? 20 Aug 2013 | 12:19 am
Lots and lots of questions about the new and final general solicitation rule, as well as proposed rules that would add additional conditions - beyond the accredited investor verification required by C...
Still summer! 19 Aug 2013 | 07:33 am
It is yet summer in Seattle. I insist this is so. Today I've walked to breakfast, had a cigar in a friend's backyard, taken a walk to buy salmon to grill, and am now grilling said salmon outdoors. ...
Liquidation preferences matter! 18 Aug 2013 | 01:39 am
Today's post is a shout-out to a piece by Trent Dykes on The Venture Alley. Trent gives us the up-shot of a much-watched case having to do with the legal duties faced by directors in approving the sa...
506(c) "Twilight Zone?" Or general solicitation as Congress intended it? 16 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
Thanks to Broc Romanek for reporting this and thanks to Ellie K for tweeting Broc's post: Rule 506(c) will go into effect 23 September, whether or not there is final action on proposed rules to overha...
