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N. Kathleen Friday, Tracy Crum | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”). The new law is designed to help smaller companies access the capital markets by easing private capital formation and reducing certain regulatory requirements for smaller...

Finance

Kathy H. Rocklen | Proskauer

This article discusses the U.S. registration and regulatory issues arising from the provision of discretionary portfolio management or other investment advisory services by non-U.S. advisers[1] to clients in the United States.[2] I. Jurisdiction ​and Exemptions from Federal and State...

Finance | Real Estate

Philip A. Markowitz | Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

In an environment where real estate buyers are increasingly confronted by a market that is either focused on a particular asset type, or geographic area, or some other widely accepted trend or type, many buyers are discovering that they must look beyond their normal “comfort zone” in...