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Crowdfunding Bill Stuck in the Senate

Scott Edward Walker

Precisely because of this profile, however, such offerings are uniquely subject to fraud, and some issuers will simply be phantom companies without any assets, business model, or real world existence.”

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Is crowdfunding legal?

Startup Company Lawyer

First, crowdfunding involving the sale of securities triggers the prohibitively expensive registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as generally no exemptions are available in many crowdfunding models. Some companies utilize pure donation models.

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