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The JOBS Act and the Return of the Microcaps

By Aegis J. Frumento
October 30, 2012

Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the JOBS Act) to encourage startup businesses and initial public offerings (IPOs) so as to spur job creation. In Part One of this article, I explored the JOBS Act's two new ways to raise capital ' crowdfunding and the Small Issues Exemption. Here, I look at the JOBS Act provisions aimed at making it easier for small companies to go public.

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