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The Real Risk of Overpromising in a Securities Offering
Companies raising capital have every reason to explain their strengths, market opportunities, management experience, and growth potential. The legal risk begins when optimism is presented as certainty.
In this episode of Inside Securities Law, securities attorney and former SEC enforcement attorney Frederick M. Lehrer explains how aggressive promotional language can create material disclosure problems in private placements, Regulation A offerings, and registered securities offerings.
A statement does not need to be completely false to be misleading. A technically accurate statement may still…
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