Articles Posted in Safe-harbor

In October 2015, the Financial Services Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) requested comments on a proposal (“Proposal”) to amend its Customer Account Information Rule (“Rule 4512”) and to adopt a new Financial Exploitation of Specified Adults Rule (“Proposed Rule 2165”).  Based on a study published in 2011 and a survey…

In 1974 the  Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)  adopted Rule 147 as a “safe-harbor”  for intrastate offerings under Section 3(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act.”)  On October 30, 2015, the SEC proposed sweeping changes to Rule 147. Notably, the proposed Rule 147 would be “decoupled” from Section…