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Jun 30, 2022 | Firm News
New Hires Deliver Higher Value to Barton Clients

Barton LLP is growing once again with the addition of three more attorneys. Partner Heather D. Bennett has joined our Nashville office as a member of our intellectual property practice and associates Barak Bacharach and Raquel Chávez are now part ...
Dec 10, 2020 | Blog
SEC Approves New Amendments Regarding Exempt Securities Offerings

Integration Matters: On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its amendments to certain of its rules in order to harmonize, simplify, and improve the multilayer and overly complex exempt offering framework. These ...
Oct 21, 2020 | Blog
Fundable Deals: Making Venture Capitalists Sit Up and Take Notice

For startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, demonstrating high growth potential is critical in order to obtain financing from venture capital firms and funds. But what exactly are venture capitalists (VCs) looking for when they’re looking to ...
Mar 17, 2020 | Blog
The FTC Releases 2020 Updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released the annual updated thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”). Originally enacted by President Gerald Ford, the HSR Act requires parties to notify the ...
Jul 10, 2019 | Blog
New Ruling Makes It Easier for the Government to Withhold Companies’ Commercial Information

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), originally enacted in 1966 and amended as recently as 2016, is a federal law mandating the full or partial public disclosure (upon request) of certain commercial and financial information held by government ...
Jan 11, 2016 | Blog
The Crowdfunding Trend to Look Out for in 2016

Up until recently, the opportunity to invest in startups has been limited primarily to professional investors, venture capital firms and banks. This is because under securities regulations, companies are generally limited to accepting investment ...
May 13, 2015 | Blog
Investors Gain More Investment Choices With Regulation A+

The SEC recently approved offerings of securities to non-accredited investors via a new regulation called Regulation A+ (“Reg. A+”). Under Reg A+, companies can offer up to $50M a year in sales of securities to non-accredited investors, ...