Archive for August, 2007
Presenting…the Chinese edition of the book!
By David Feldman at 28 August, 2007, 8:12 pm
We had so much demand for a Chinese version of my book, Reverse Mergers: Taking a Company Public Without an IPO (Bloomberg Press, 2006), the publisher arranged for translation and publication in Chinese. Given that about 20% of all reverse mergers last year involved a Chinese company, this certainly makes sense!
I am very excited to [...]
And yet more comments…
By David Feldman at 27 August, 2007, 8:10 pm
As the dog days of August sadly wind down, someone had to rain on the party. A law professor and former SEC staffer has suggested that the Rule 144 holding periods should not be reduced as per the SEC proposal. He believes investors will be less protected even though capital formation will be enhanced. Of [...]
Read More >>Interesting New Comment to SEC Proposals: Reduce the Regulation S Holding Period
By David Feldman at 20 August, 2007, 8:08 pm
I noticed that a lawyer has posted a comment to the SEC proposal to change the holding periods for Rule 144 suggesting that Regulation S also be amended to reduce the holding periods there to six months from one year.
As many of you know, Regulation S was passed originally to ease the process of capital [...]
Tip of the Week - Which Lawyer Do You Need When?
By David Feldman at 13 August, 2007, 8:07 pm
I find that many actual and prospective law clients have different views of when and how lawyers should get involved in possible reverse merger and self-filing transactions, whether on behalf of a company going public or the public shell company. Allow me to humbly offer my thoughts following the near completion of 21 years of [...]
Read More >>Market’s Down; RM Blog’s Up!
By David Feldman at 11 August, 2007, 8:06 pm
Thanks, thanks, thanks! August 6, 2007 was the second highest one-day total number of visits to this blog since we started back in November. That’s in the middle of the summer and there have certainly been more important weeks for the RM world than this one.
Of course we are all worried about the direction of [...]
Sorry about the downtime!
By David Feldman at 9 August, 2007, 8:05 pm
To faithful blogees (several of whom emailed me): Unfortunately the blog was “frozen” by the operator temporarily due to technical issues, which have obviously been resolved. As my long-time office administrator constantly reminds me, we are maybe a little too dependent on all the technology in our lives, which is great until it stops working! [...]
Read More >>Marty Dunn Departing the SEC
By David Feldman at 7 August, 2007, 8:03 pm
It does seem I’m covering a lot of action at the SEC these days, hopefully we’ll get back to talking about the reverse merger business once the new proposals are passed.
In any event, the SEC announced on August 6 that Deputy Director of Corporation Finance Martin Dunn is stepping down to join a law firm. [...]
Marty Dunn Departing the SEC
By David Feldman at 4 August, 2007, 8:02 pm
It does seem I’m covering a lot of action at the SEC these days, hopefully we’ll get back to talking about the reverse merger business once the new proposals are passed.
In any event, the SEC announced on August 6 that Deputy Director of Corporation Finance Martin Dunn is stepping down to join a law firm. [...]
Life Outside RM
By David Feldman at 1 August, 2007, 8:02 pm
As I sit overlooking a magnificent beach enjoying breakfast, I thought I would bring you the latest from the Maui News:
1. Seaweed is beginning to be a problem.
2. Cars are driving too fast.
3. In a report from China, products (non-odorous) are being made from panda poop.
Every once in awhile it’s important to put our world [...]
