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On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, adopted a new rule, known as Rule 163B,…
Introduction The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) originally released its Industry Guide 3, Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies (“Guide 3”)…
What is a Dual-Class Stock Structure? A dual-class stock structure basically means that a company has given disproportionate voting rights to one…
On September 3, 2019, the FTC announced proposed settlements with five companies that falsely claimed to participate in the EU-US Privacy…
Effective October 1, 2019, the first day of the SEC’s 2020 fiscal year, the applicable filing fees that public companies and other…
Pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, private employers with 100 or more employees and certain government contractors…
Weeks after the FTC fined Facebook $5 billion and the company entered a $100 million settlement with the SEC, Facebook has once…
The Federal Trade Commission’s historic $5 billion civil penalty against Facebook for the Cambridge Analytica scandal has been the subject of…
What is Franchise Tax? A franchise tax is a government tax charged by states to businesses organized in that state. A state…
We regularly receive questions from clients about qualified small business (“QSB”) stock. Some of our startup or early-stage clients encounter QSB stock…