• New Canadian Insider Reporting Regime Comes into Force April 30, 2010

• BC Adopts New Rules/Step Concerning Private Placements – Finders and Agents

• FINRA Proposes New Rules and Fees for Actions Taken by OTCBB and PinkSheet Issuers

• SEC Recognizes CNSX as a Designated Offshore Securities Market

• SEC Approves the Alternative Uptick Rule

• Supreme Court of Canada Decision Clarifies No Obligation to Disclose Material Fact Which Occurs After Receipt for Prospectus but Before Closing the Offering.

• Under the Radar: Proposed Changes to Regulation D

• 32 Recommendations to Ease Regulatory Burden of MicroCap and SmallCap Companies in the US

• Proposal to Ease Deregistration in the US by Foreign Issuers

• Short Form Prospectus Now Available to CNQ and TSX-V Listed Companies in Canada

• New Prospectus and Registration Exemptions NI 45-106 Effective Sept 14, 2005

• Rule Changes from the SEC: New Form 10-QSB; Section 404 Compliance by Non-Accelerated Filers Extended to July 14, 2007

• SEC Proposes Amendments to Accelerated Filer Definition and Periodic Reporting Deadlines 

• New National Instrument 51-102: Changes to Disclosure Requirements and how they may affect you and your Company

• Continuous Disclosure and other Exemptions relating to Foreign Issuers: NI 71-102

• The New BC Corporations Act

• Sarbanes-Oxley: Section 906 Certifications Not Required for Forms 6-K, 8-K and 11-K and Section 404 Not Applicable to Form 11-K

• Why the list on the CNQ?

• The NEX Board: Widows and Orphans of the TSX Venture Exchange

• The BBX:  Is Cancelled

• Insider Reports: Filing Changes

• CNQ: Canadian OTC Live July 25, 2003

• BC Company Act: Out with the Old and in with the New Business Corporation Act

• Exciting Changes to BC Small Business Venture Capital Acts

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The information in these newsletters is of a general nature only about recent developments at the date of issue of interest to our clients.  You are encouraged to contact legal counsel before acting on any information provided.

Author Alixe Cormick has assisted small and micro cap companies through each stage of their growth from inception to graduation to junior and more senior trading forums.

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