the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed amendments that would ease restrictions on compensatory securities offerings to employees and other service providers under Rule 701 and Form S-8, both implemented under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). At the same time, the SEC also proposed a temporary five-year expansion of Rule 701 and Form S-8 eligibility for certain compensatory offerings to “platform” or “gig economy” workers. READ MORE