Client Alert

| April 6, 2012

JOBS Act Relaxes Offering Restrictions and Facilitates Capital Raising for Emerging Growth Companies

Yesterday President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) into law. The JOBS Act will usher in significant changes to public and private offering processes. In particular, a new class of issuers, “emerging growth companies” (EGCs), will benefit from amendments to the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) that relax offering restrictions.

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Christopher P. Peterson

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