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The Seventeenth Annual Albert A. Destefano Lecture On Corporate, Securities & Financial Law At The Fordham Corporate Law Center, Caroline M. Gentile, The Honorable Karen L. Valihura
The Seventeenth Annual Albert A. Destefano Lecture On Corporate, Securities & Financial Law At The Fordham Corporate Law Center, Caroline M. Gentile, The Honorable Karen L. Valihura
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
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The Right Deed For The Wrong Reason: A Critical Examination Of Regulation A+ And Its Rationales, Louis Anthony Steiner
The Right Deed For The Wrong Reason: A Critical Examination Of Regulation A+ And Its Rationales, Louis Anthony Steiner
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
The recent enactment of Regulation A+ makes it possible for the first time for companies to conduct retail equity crowdfunding (i.e., equity crowdfunding campaigns involving general solicitation of unaccredited investors). On its surface, Regulation A+ seems poised to provide dual benefits to start-ups by both democratizing access to capital and easing the transition into public company status. However, Regulation A+ is largely a solution in search of a problem. There is little empirical evidence of an equity gap for early stage companies, nor is there evidence that the recent dip in small-company IPOs has anything to do with regulatory burdens. …