PwC Fireside Chat with Wes Bricker

PwC Fireside Chat with Wes Bricker

26 Mar, 2024

On Thursday, February 8th, the Washington College of Law Business Law Program co-sponsored an event with the American University Kogod School of Business to welcome Wes Bricker to campus for a fireside chat.

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WCL Transactional Negotiation Team Victory at the Rose Bowl!

WCL Transactional Negotiation Team Victory at the Rose Bowl!

26 Mar, 2024

The Champions of the 2024 California Sports Lawyer® Negotiation Competition at the Rose Bowl Stadium

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WCL Professors Featured in Media Coverage of Crypto Bank Failures

WCL Professors Featured in Media Coverage of Crypto Bank Failures

18 Apr, 2023

When Silicon Valley and Signature banks failed in early March 2023, government regulators rushed in to guarantee deposits and protect bank customers. Shortly after, another bank, Silvergate, collapsed amid scrutiny from regulators and a criminal investigation by the Justice Department’s fraud unit into dealings with fallen crypto giants FTX and Alameda Research. As part of the media’s coverage, Professors Hilary Allen and Gerard Comizio were each featured for their analysis in various publications.

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Professor Hilary Allen Appointed to CFTC's Technology Advisory Committee

Professor Hilary Allen Appointed to CFTC's Technology Advisory Committee

18 Apr, 2023

On March 30, 2023, the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the newly constituted Technology Advisory Committee (TAC), which features Professor Hilary Allen amongst the Committee Membership. Sponsored by Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero, the TAC will provide “foundational knowledge about the technology, as well as the complex and nuanced impacts and implications of technology on financial markets.”

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A Fireside Chat on the Work of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance

A Fireside Chat on the Work of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance

10 Apr, 2023

On April 10, 2023, the Business Law Program hosted a fireside chat on the Work of the Division of Corporation Finance with Director Erik Gerding. On leave from his position as a Professor of Law at the University of Colorado (Boulder), Director Gerding joined the SEC in October 2021 and led work in legal and regulatory policy in the Division of Corporation Finance before being tapped to head the Division in January 2023.

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