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Grown From The Shadows: How Technology And Taxes Can Bring Private Companies Into The Public Light, Alon Sugarman
Grown From The Shadows: How Technology And Taxes Can Bring Private Companies Into The Public Light, Alon Sugarman
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The initial public offering (IPO) has started to make a comeback, but in forms that require less oversight and at a later point in a company’s lifecycle. These new trends cut main street investors out of early-stage corporate growth and have imperiled the fortunes and retirement funds of a generation. One of the most significant precipitating factors in this new dynamic is electronic private markets that allow sophisticated investors to trade pre-IPO shares. These electronic private markets provide liquidity to institutional investors, which relieves institutional pressure on companies to go public. The current approaches to IPO reform are primarily deregulatory, …
Federalism And Federalization On The Fintech Frontier, Brian Knight
Federalism And Federalization On The Fintech Frontier, Brian Knight
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The rise of financial technology (fintech) has the potential to provide better-quality financial services to more people. Although these enhanced financial services have arisen in order to meet consumer need, their regulatory status threatens that progress. Many fintech firms are regulated on a state-by-state basis even though their transactions are interstate, and they compete with firms that enjoy more consistent rules through federal preemption. This dynamic can harm efficiency, competitive equity, and political equity. This Article examines developments in marketplace lending, money transmission, and online sales of securities in an attempt to identify situations in which greater federalization of the …
Unsponsored Adrs Falling Through The Cracks: Adapting A Domestic Securities Regime To A Global Marketplace, Sarah Dotzel
Unsponsored Adrs Falling Through The Cracks: Adapting A Domestic Securities Regime To A Global Marketplace, Sarah Dotzel
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Investing in the securities market has become a commonplace activity for expert and amateur investors alike. As more and more companies transcend national boundaries with their business activities, investment in their securities becomes coveted by international investors. Since securities are regulated on a country-by-country basis, it is unclear which law applies when conflict arises. In an attempt to clarify one such situation, simplify the application of US securities laws, and respect the legal regimes of other nations, the Morrison decision created an unclear test which leaves investors in unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), one of the most common international trading …
Power To The People: How The Sec Can Empower The Crowd, R. Kevin Saunders, Ii
Power To The People: How The Sec Can Empower The Crowd, R. Kevin Saunders, Ii
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Crowdfunding emerged as a heralded capital-formation mechanism at a time when capital markets desperately need it, but is it actually viable? Following passage of the JOBS Act and issuance of proposed rules by the SEC, equity crowdfunding will soon become reality. When signing the JOBS Act, President Obama touted it as a means "to increase American job creation and economic growth," but that will only hold true for Title III, Crowdfunding, if the SEC creates an attractive market for high-quality projects. The SEC's proposed rules impose a heavy disclosure burden relative to a low maximum offering amount, offering a poor …
The Social Network And The Crowdfund Act: Zuckerberg, Saverin, And Venture Capitalists' Dilution Of The Crowd, John S. (Jack) Wroldsen
The Social Network And The Crowdfund Act: Zuckerberg, Saverin, And Venture Capitalists' Dilution Of The Crowd, John S. (Jack) Wroldsen
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
By virtue of Title III of the JOBS Act, signed into law on April 5, 2012, crowdfunding could become a powerful, even revolutionary, force to finance start-up companies. It democratizes entrepreneurs' access to seed capital and converts the masses of Internet users into potential retail venture capitalists. Many have cautioned, though, that crowdfunding poses serious investment risks of start-up companies failing, committing fraud, and being mismanaged. Accordingly, the JOBS Act includes numerous disclosure obligations designed to mitigate such downside risks.
But what has been overlooked, and what this Article analyzes from a venture capitalist perspective, is that even if a …
Don't Sell Out, Sell Bonds: The Pullman Group's Securitization Of The Music Industry, Hewson Chen
Don't Sell Out, Sell Bonds: The Pullman Group's Securitization Of The Music Industry, Hewson Chen
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Securitization is the selling of debt to investors. In general, securitization converts future income streams like credit card receivables or auto loan payments to present in-pocket cash. Notably, this transformation from future income to current wealth gives the issuer of the security immediate access to cash at less cost than other financing methods such as bank loans. In the 1970s, this technique was applied to the housing industry, and since then, securitization has evolved into greater varieties of income streams, including medical insurance, typhoon insurance, and unused airline tickets. The application of securitization in the entertainment industry, however, remains largely …