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Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Halts Scam Touting Access to Pre-IPO Shares of Facebook, Groupon
The SEC filed an emergency enforcement action to stop a fraudulent scheme targeting investors seeking coveted stock in Internet and technology companies like Facebook before they go public. According to the…
The Venture Alley
No Surprise: IPO Activity Slow in Q3 2011
By DLA Piper
CONTRIBUTED BY Megan Muir Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association issued their “Exit Poll” report for Q3 2011 today, showing a marked slowdown in venture-backed IPOs compared to Q2 2011. …
China Law Blog
China Reverse Mergers: Good Luck with That
The big story in the China business/legal community this week is the back and forth between Muddy Waters and Sino-Forest (see here and here). I will reserve my comments on…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Groupon wha?
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
OK, so let me get this straight. Last year, Groupon turned down a $6 billion acquistition offer from Google. Now the company is planning an IPO that values the company at…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Charges Two Businessmen With Securities Fraud in New York-Based Beverage and Food Carrier Company
The SEC today charged the co-founders of a New York-based beverage and food carrier company with orchestrating an $8 million securities fraud and spending at least half of investor money for…
China Law Blog
Publicly Traded Chinese Companies are Risky as Hell
By Dan Harris
Muddy Waters is a hedge fund company that targets dodgy US-listed Chinese companies, shorts them, and then documents the fraud in which those Chinese companies engage. Muddy Waters has an…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Treasury Named as Selling Shareholder in Ally Financial Inc.’s IPO Registration Statement
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that it has agreed to be named as a selling shareholder of common stock of Ally Financial Inc. (Ally) in Ally’s registration…
M & A Law Prof Blog
SPAC regulation
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
James Murray has recently posted a nice over-view of the regulation of Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles (SPACs). You download it on SSRN - The Regulation and Pricing of Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation IPOs.Abstract:…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Bartlett and Poulsen on LBO returns
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Robert Bartlett and Annette Poulsen have posted their paper, Determinants of Buyout Returns: Does Transaction Strategy Matter, on SSRN. They make some interesting observations and conclusions about various LBO strategies…
Securities Law Prof Blog
GM IPO Totals $23.1 Billion
General Motors Company announced today that the underwriters have exercised in full their over-allotment options to purchase an additional 71.7 million shares of common stock from the selling stockholders, for…