A key part of the The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), signed by President Obama in April of this year, has been described as creating an “IPO on-ramp” that makes the process of an initial public offering easier and more attractive. In fact, many of the Act’s provisions grew from a task force appointed by the Treasury Department to address a decline in the number of IPOs in recent years. No doubt many companies contemplating an IPO will race to the public markets as a result of the new law passed this year, and in the future we may see a bumper crop of IPOs in the short...


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