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Whitepapers and Advisories

Whitepapers:

Raising Capital: Deal Points Series

• Raising Capital Through Private Placements: Deal Points (January 2026)
• Raising Capital Through Private Placements Exemption Chart (January 2026)
• Raising Capital with Regulation D (June 2025)
• Raising Capital: Structuring a Security (May 2025)
• SPACs are Back: An IPO and Private Equity Alternative: Deal Points (October 2025)
• SEC FY 2024 Raising Capital Statistics

Mergers & Acquisitions: Deal Points Series

• Mergers & Acquisitions 1: Overview and Transaction Types: Deal Points (October 2024)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 2: Tax Structuring Considerations: Deal Points (October 2024)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 3: Structuring Payment: Deal Points (November 2024)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 4: LOIs, MOUs and Term Sheets: Deal Points (November 2024)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 5: Stock Purchases: Deal Points (November 2024)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 6: Asset Purchases: Deal Points (December 2024)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 7: Mergers: Deal Points (December 2024)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 8: Public M&A: Deal Points (January 2025)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 9: Financing M&A: Deal Points (February 2025)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 10: Antitrust Merger Control and Clearance: Deal Points (March 2025)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 11: Intellectual Property Issues in M&A: Deal Points (April 2025)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 12: Cross-Border M&A: Deal Points (May 2025)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 13: Distressed Target M&A: Deal Points (October 2025)
• Mergers & Acquisitions 14: Going Private Transactions: Deal Points (November 2025)
• Mergers & Acquisitions: M&A Corporate Governance and Due Diligence: Deal Points

Other Whitepapers

• How to Handle Initial Coin Offerings and Security Token Offerings (January 2026)
• SEC Charts Comprehensive Cryptocurrency/Digital Asset Regulation Course (November 2025)
• Forming Crypto/Digital Asset Funds Using Wyoming DAO/Blockchain and U.S. Securities Laws (October 2025)
• Forming Exempt Private Investment Funds (September 2025)
• How to Handle an Initial Coin Offering (April 2025)
• Restructuring a Multinational Corporation to Optimize Profitability and Efficiency: A Case Study
• International Joint Venture Agreement Checklist (May 2025)
• Special Purpose Vehicles: Uses and Abuses (February 2025)
• Wyoming Digital Asset/DAO Laws and How to Use Them (April 2024)
• Biotech, Pharma & Chemicals Master Distribution Agreement Term Sheet (May 2025)
• Resales of Restricted Securities (June 2025)
• Public or Private: When Should a Company Go Public and When Stay Private? (March 2025)
• CFIUS-FIRRMA Foreign Investment Rules Impact Cross-Border Deals (April 2023)
• Powersharing: Allocating Rights and Responsibilities Early in  Company Life to Avoid Trouble Later (November 2024)
• Stock Options and Other Equity-Based Compensation (December 2025)
• U.S. Communications Law and Transactions

Legal and Regulatory Advisories (See Industry Focus and Practice Area Pages of this Website for Advisory Categorization by Subject)

• NYS Governor Hochul Signs AI Law (December 23, 2025)
• White House Executive Order on National Artificial Intelligence Policy (December 15, 2025)
• CFTC Debuts Pilot Program Allowing Use of Crypto in Derivatives Markets (December 11, 2025)
• Lessons Learned from Leading Satellites Space Sector Deals
• Lessons Learned from Leading CryptoStablecoin Offerings
• SEC Charts Comprehensive Cryptocurrency/Digital Asset Course (November 2025)
• SEC Issues Policy Statement Approving Use of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Registration Statement (November 2025)
• When in the Year Should a Company or Fund Raise Capital? (October 2025)
• Is Delaware Still the Corporate Domicile of Choice (July 2025)
• First US Cryptocurrency Stablecoin Act (July 2025)
• Big Beautiful Bill Business Provisions (July 2025)
• SEC Drops Case Against Binance (May 2025)
• SEC Conducts Coinbase User Numbers Investigation (May 2025)
• FDIC Allows U.S. Banks to Engage in Crypto-Related Activities
• SEC To Drop Case Against Coinbase
• FTC Announces 2025 Hart-Scott-Rodino M&A Reporting Thresholds
• DoJ sues to Block HPE‘s $14 Billion Acquisition of Juniper
• SEC Releases FY 2024 Raising Capital Statistics (December 2024)
• Trump Nominates Ferguson for FTC and Isaacman as NASA Administrator (December 2024)
• Trump Nominates Atkins for SEC and Sacks as AI/Crypto Czar (December 2024)
• Cryptocurrency & Digital Asset Regulation in the Second Trump Administration: What to Expect and How to Prepare (November 2024)
• FCC Adopts Framework for Satellite-to-Smartphone Supplemental Coverage
• European Parliament Passes Artificial Intelligence Act
• New Federal and New York Corporate Transparency Acts Require Corporate, LLC Beneficial Ownership Disclosures
• FTC and DoJ Issue New Merger Guidelines
• SEC Rule 148: The Exception to the General Solicitation or Advertising Prohibition When Raising Capital Through Private Placements
• Biden Administration Issues  Executive Order Restricting U.S. Investment in China for Sensitive Information Technologies
• SEC Adopts New Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management and Disclosure
• FTC and DoJ Issue Proposed New Merger Guidelines
• FTC Issues Rulemaking for Major Revision of Hart-Scott-Rodino M&A Reporting Obligations
• Court Rejects FTC Attempt to Block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Acquisition
• SEC Charges Binance and Coinbase in Latest Cryptocurrency Exchange Implosions
• SEC Fines Philips N.V. $62 Million for FCPA Violations
• SEC Adopts New Rules to Enhance Private Fund Advisor Reporting
• UK Competition and Markets Authority Blocks Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Acquisition
• FCC Proposes Framework to Facilitate Satellite-to-Smartphone Supplemental Coverage
• FCC Spectrum Auction Authority Lapses Under Congressional Inaction
• FCC Approves Kuiper Systems Orbital Debris Mitigation Plan
• FTC Proposes New Rule to Ban Non-Compete Clauses
• FTC Sues Microsoft to Block $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Acquisition
• SEC Seeks to Stop Allegedly Misleading Crypto Asset Securities Registration
• FCC Partially Grants SpaceX Gen2 Starlink Satellite Application
• FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Files in Bankruptcy
• FCC Chair Announces New Space Bureau
• U.K. Competition Authority Launches Phase 2 Review of Viasat-Inmarsat Merger
• FCC Adopts Mandatory 5 Year Satellite De-Orbiting Rules
• Orbital Debris Remediation Actions
• FCC Opens Proceeding on Innovation and Transformation in the Space Economy
• FCC Denies SpaceX Starlink $885.5 Million in Rural Broadband Subsidies
• Second Bipartisan Senate Bill on Crypto/Digital Assets Introduced
• FTC Sues Facebook Parent Meta to Block Virtual Reality Acquisition
• Eutelsat and OneWeb Agree to $3.4 Billion Merger
• SEC Charges Former Coinbase Manager with Crypto/Digital Assets Insider Trading
• Musk Pulls Out of Twitter Deal
• EU to Modify IPO Rules to Attract Deep Tech Startups
• EU Reaches Provisional Crypto/Digital Assets Directive Deal
• DoJ Sues to Block Acquisition of Defense/Intelligence Contractor
• Bipartisan Senate Bill on Crypto/Digital Assets Introduced
• FTC Fines Twitter $150 Million over Deceptive Account Data Use
• Twitter Counters Elon Musk Takeover Offer with a Poison Pill
• SEC Proposes New Rules to Enhance SPAC Disclosure and Investor Protection
• U.S. Executive Order Issued to Develop Cryptocurrency/Digital Asset Regulatory Framework
• U.S. – E.U. Russia Sanctions and their Impact
• SEC Proposes New Rules to Protect Private Fund Investors
• SEC Proposes Rule Amendments to Modernize Beneficial Ownership Reporting
• FTC and DoJ Launch Effort to Restrict Anticompetitive Mergers
• Stablecoin Regulatory Oversight Urged by U.S. Report
• FTC Restores Restrictive Prior Approval Merger Review Policy
• SEC Charges Crowdfunding Issuer and Portal for the First Time
• Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate Agreement Reached
• FTC Sets Ambitious M&A Enforcement Agenda
• SEC Charges Three Companies $539 Million for Illegal General Solicitation
• FTC Warns on Use of Debt Retirement to Avoid HSR Filings
• SEC Charges Space Transportation Company SPAC
• SEC Charges U.S. Promoters of $2 billion Global Cryptocurrency Lending Unregistered Securities Offering Scheme
• SEC Adopts Major Exempt Securities Offering Rule Amendments
• Does Covid-19 Provide a Material Adverse Effect Excuse from Completing a Merger?
• Update to SEC Proposed New Exempt Offering Rules
• Regulation Crowdfunding Temporary Liberalization Rules Ease Capital Raising
• CARES Act Provisions for Business Relief
• Force Majeure Clauses and the Covid-19 Pandemic
• SEC Proposes New Exempt Offering Framework Harmonization and Simplification Rules
• FCC Authorizes Incentive Payments to Satellite Operators Ahead of 5G C-Band Auction
• SEC Proposes Simplified MD&A Disclosure Requirements
• SEC Proposes Accredited Investor and Qualified Institutional Buyer Amendments
• FCC Releases Proposed New Smallsat Licensing Rules
• SEC Seeks Public Comment on Revising and Harmonizing Securities Exempt Offering Regime
• SEC Adopts Simplified Disclosure Requirements
• Google Fined €50 Million by French Authorities for GDPR Violations
• Tax-Influenced Strategies for End-of-Year Deals

Deal Points Short Takes:

• Deal Points Short Takes 2023.01: Use a Private Placement Memorandum

Political and Social Advisories:

• Australia Votes (May 2025)
• Canada Votes (April 2025)
• The Tariffs (April 2025)
• France Votes 2022: Presidential Election Results and Implications
• Canada and Germany Elections Review
• Biden Begins: What to Expect from the New Administration
• US 2020 Election: Results and Analysis
• UK Election Results and Brexit Implications
• German Legislative Elections Results and Implications
• Change Comes to France: French Legislative Election Results and Implications
• Brexit Begins