Brian Korn

Crowdfunding predictions for the new year.

Reg A+ Proposal and what it means for other private placements.

Overview of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending from legal perspective.

New FINRA funding portals rules proposed for crowdfunders

Review of Rule 144 sales

Crowdfunding and litigation

Quoted regarding crowdfunding

Quote on real estate crowdfunding

Rule 105 enforcement actions take center stage.

TV appearance on twitter IPO filing.

Bad actors must be disqualified from all Rule 506 private placements.

Nasdaq trading halt appearance

It’s been a great year for the stock market, which could make some investors complacent or overly confident. Before you run with the bulls, read the guest post below by Brian Korn, and Bryan Y.M. Tham, securities lawyers with Pepper Hamilton. They explain why our markets aren’t safe from a flash crash. Let stock buyers beware.

Over the past decade, a paradigm shift has been occurring in the capital markets that has opened a new panoply of options for security holders desiring liquidity. The convergence of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2005 Securities Offering Reforms, most notably the automatically – and permanently – effective shelf registration by well-known seasoned issuers, the 2008 shortening of holding periods required by SEC Rule 144, the proliferation of alternative trading platforms and the… Show more

Over the past decade, a paradigm shift has been occurring in the capital markets that has opened a new panoply of options for security holders desiring liquidity. The convergence of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2005 Securities Offering Reforms, most notably the automatically – and permanently – effective shelf registration by well-known seasoned issuers, the 2008 shortening of holding periods required by SEC Rule 144, the proliferation of alternative trading platforms and the direct engagement of mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other large market players with distribution portals has enabled shareholders, their brokers and investment banks to be more creative and efficient than ever before in obtaining liquidity for investors. Show less

Columnist Mike Armstrong probes my views on equity crowdfunding

Powerpoint from Denver Crowdfunding Conference

Presentation at a New York Law Journal CLE Conference at the Yale Club

It’s about one year since President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), designed to help new companies raise capital and go public. For individual investors the most troublesome provisions of the law relate to crowdfunding–a term not defined in the law, but popularly used to mean raising money online for a variety of purposes. Since the JOBS Act passed, crowdfunding has been on a roll. But don’t believe the hype; it is far from a start-up fundraising panacea… Show more

It’s about one year since President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), designed to help new companies raise capital and go public. For individual investors the most troublesome provisions of the law relate to crowdfunding–a term not defined in the law, but popularly used to mean raising money online for a variety of purposes. Since the JOBS Act passed, crowdfunding has been on a roll. But don’t believe the hype; it is far from a start-up fundraising panacea. In the guest post below, Brian Korn, a securities lawyer with Pepper Hamilton, explains why crowdfunding is not all it’s cracked up to be. Show less

Also listen to the companion podcast recording: http://www.pepperpodcasts.com/pepper_podcasts/2013/02/corporate-end-users-of-financial-derivatives-and-dodd-frank.html