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Crowdfunding In Colorado Is About To Be Legal by Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr.

Crowdfunding has been a buzzword for a significant period of time, but not involving equity or debt securities in Colorado.…

9 years ago

Leading Developers Through the Local Government Approval Process

by Candace Cole Figa When a developer is building a shopping center, office building, or parking garage, city or county…

9 years ago

Colorado Supreme Court Victory: Water Courts Cannot Consider Speculative Water Transfers

By Stephen H. Leonhardt, Scott A. Clark and Alix L. Joseph High Plains A&M LLC filed two almost identical applications…

9 years ago

General Solicitation and Bad Actors: Final Rules

On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rules governing the use of general solicitation…

9 years ago

Recognizing Investment Scams

By Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr. and Colleen R. Belak As an investor, how do you distinguish a great investment opportunity…

9 years ago

U.S. Securities Laws: Keeping Company Status as a Foreign Private Issuer

A company classified as a “foreign private issuer” under the U.S. securities laws enjoys certain advantages in that it is…

9 years ago

Federal Broker-Dealer Exemption for M&A Brokers

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Colorado Securities Commissioner have historically taken a very broad view towards the broker-dealer…

9 years ago

DTC Eligibility and Trading Canadian Company Stocks in the U.S

The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) is a depository for securities and facilitates electronic trading in the United States. Learn more…

9 years ago

Phase One and a Half – Expanded Due Diligence Standards for Real Property Transactions

by J. Kemper Will In the Fall 2003 edition of Briefly, Scott Clark wrote about “Expect[ed] New Standards for Due…

9 years ago

Buying Contaminated Property: New Rules, New Twists

by J. Kemper Will New rules related to buying contaminated property are now final. Both EPA and the American Society…

9 years ago