Regulation A+ Is Off and Running

After clearing a last minute hurdle, Regulation A+ became effective on June 19, 2015.  The new SEC regulation is designed to facilitate a mini-IPO market for U.S. and Canadian companies that are not yet ready to do a full registered offering.  On June 16, 2015, the SEC refused to stay the implementation of the regulation during the pendency of litigation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where the Montana state auditor and commissioner of Securities and Insurance, together with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, seek to challenge the new rule’s preemption of state securities laws for certain offerings.