by Bennett Yankowitz | Aug 14, 2017 | Bitcoin, Crowdfunding, Cryptocurrency, Raising Capital
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have gone in and out of fashion since being introduced in late 2008. A new twist has recently come to the fore, the Initial Coin Offering (ICO), which has been used to raise over $1 billion in capital in the U.S. An ICO is a form of...
by Bennett Yankowitz | Aug 11, 2016 | Crowdfunding, Entrepreneurs, Raising Capital
Check out our new video on equity crowdfunding: For more information on equity crowdfunding please visit our sister site, crowdfundinglawyer.us, and our infographic comparing alternatives for raising capital in private transactions, including equity crowdfunding, Reg...
by Bennett Yankowitz | May 16, 2016 | Raising Capital
Payment of finders fees has long been a grey area of the law. Because the receipt of a fee or commission on the sale of property is a key element in the definition of a broker, the widespread practice of paying finder’s fees to unlicensed persons has always had...
by Bennett Yankowitz | May 16, 2016 | Crowdfunding, Raising Capital
After a long wait, the SEC’s equity crowdfunding rules went in effect today, May 16, 2016. For the first time in the U.S., startups and other businesses can sell stock and other securities by listing on equity crowdfunding websites (known as...
by Bennett Yankowitz | Mar 19, 2016 | Crowdfunding
We are pleased to announce the publication by our sister site, crowdfundinglawyer.us, of a brand-new Infographic on Raising Capital on the Internet. There appears to be much confusion between the four major methods of raising capital for start-ups and growing business...
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...
