New Report: The Cost of Regulation Is Not the "Success Barrier" for Small Company IPOs
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NEW YORK, March 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Becoming and remaining a public company can be a daunting expense for small companies. Often, the dollars associated with regulatory compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank and other entities are cited as egregious and inhibiting investment for growth.

A fascinating report was posted on the Harvard Law School Forum of Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation blog (3/10/2014) by Steven M. Davidoff, Professor of Law and Finance at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law – soon to be Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law – analyzing the causes of fewer and fewer smaller companies going (and successfully staying) publicly listed.

View our recent blog post to learn more: http://irblog.prnewswire.com/2014/03/12/new-report-the-cost-of-regulation-not-the-success-barrier-for-small-company-ipos/

We speak with micro and small-cap companies executives each day – and we are keenly aware of their frustrations. Both Vintage Filings and PR Newswire offer services and – frankly – pricing expressly tiered for small companies to help them play the regulatory cards that ALL companies are dealt.

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