It’s a question to which even filing experts may not know the answer. It doesn’t happen often, but the dreaded Internet error can cause major problems when you are in the middle of a Live filing. What do you do? How can you know if the SEC received the filing? This blog post will help you figure out the best course of action.

Effective today, May 16, 2016, companies can file Form C to EDGAR, which is the offering statement containing the initial disclosures required for crowdfunding.

The SEC last month published a concept release that is soliciting comments on the financial filing requirements stipulated in Regulation S-K. The release is part of the Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative through the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act and is aimed at modernizing and improving filing requirements, addressing whether the requirements continue to elicit the information investors need to make investment and voting decisions, what information should be required and how it should best be presented by registrants, and the costs and benefits of disclosure for both the companies filing them and the investors utilizing them. Additionally, the SEC is investigating alternative methods of presenting disclosure to the public that could improve readability and investor access to information.

On May 3, 2016, the SEC adopted a final rule that amends the thresholds for registration, termination of registration, and suspension of reporting under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These rules implement provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) and the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), and, with the adoption of these amendments, the SEC has implemented all of the mandates required by the JOBS Act.