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NASD Proposed More IPO Purchase Restrictions

 Free-riding and Withholding Interpretation being replaced? By John M. Baker, Esq. NASD Regulation posted the second amendment to its SEC rule filing on proposed Rule 2790, Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings. Proposed Rule 2790 is intended to replace the existing Free-Riding and Withholding Interpretation, […]

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GAO Report on Blue Sky Revenue Released

Blue Sky Filings Become a Cash Cow By John M. Baker, Esq. Blue sky filings are quite the cash cow, according to a recent General Accounting Office report. Expenditures and Revenues of State Securities Regulatory Agencies, No. GAO/GGD-00-189R (Aug. 15, 2000). For example, in 1999 the 46 jurisdictions reporting usable […]

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LAW REVIEW: BREWING TROUBLE?

  INTERNET OFFERINGS CAN RESULT IN A DOUBLE WHAMMY: AN IPO BY INEXPERIENCED BROKERS IN A COMPANY WITH NO FUNDAMENTALS By now, you’re probably aware of Spring Street Brewing’s successful initial public offering completed last year. The company conducted a self-underwriting almost entirely on the Internet and then commenced trading of its securities on its Internet World […]