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While it passed somewhat under the radar with the holiday season, on December 18, 2019 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released a proposal to significantly amend the existing “accredited investor” definition; which is integral in determining who can participate in private securities transactions. The proposal seeks to add several new categories of both qualifying individual and entity level investors. The proposal is currently in the 60-day comment period, however if enacted in substantively its current form the included amendments will open the floodgates to a ton of new, and in many cases deep-pocketed, potential investors.

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Now I know that this is clearly a far shift from the types of blog articles I typically do. However, given the current financial and other issues facing Illinois and its taxpayers, and the fact that things only seem to be getting worse, I felt compelled to offer my own thoughts on some real ways to help bring this state back from the broke, I mean brink. Continue reading →

Drumroll please…The US Securities and Exchange Commission has released a framework for classifying digital assets as securities.

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While most people were busy with last minute Christmas shopping, on December 20th of last year Representatives Warren Davidson and Darren Soto were busy finalizing and introducing the proposed new “Token Taxonomy Act” (HR 7356). The proposed Token Taxonomy Act seeks to modify both existing securities and tax laws to create a safe haven with respect to the issuance and trading of cryptocurrency assets. While the bill takes some novel approaches there are several items in the bill which I think both raise concern as well as hinder the chance that this bill will actually make it into law.

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The House Financial Services Committee recently unveiled a new bill aimed at fostering increased private investment. The “JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018,” as the bill is titled, is actually a compilation of 32 individual bills. While the complete list of the respective bills can be found on the House Financial Services Committee’s website, I felt a summary of some of the more important bills (at least in terms of crowdfunding) was warranted.

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