All Regulations Are Local

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Uber, a location-based limo service, has been excluded from many of the top 20 U.S. cities by local government regulations. See http://eeditionmobile.chicagotribune.com/Olive/Tablet/ChicagoTribune/SharedArticle.aspx?href=CTC%2F2014%2F01%2F06&id=Ar04100. The cab companies it displaces have fought back with new regulations designed to delay service, with lawsuits, and, indeed, with everything except lower prices and better service. What does this mean for your…

New SEC Crowdfunding Rules

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules for crowdfunding offerings and exchanges (“portals”). US based companies could raise up to $1 million per year with limited disclosures, of types defined by the new rules, and with amounts that could be sold to individual investors limited by the investor’s income. Crowdfunding portals would provide…