September 11, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us in the ARC of the 200 McAllister St. building to celebrate the new school year with the Center for Business Law. Come meet CBL Faculty, Advisors, Fellows & Alumni and learn more about our exciting plans for the year. Appetizers and drinks will be served.
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From UC Law SF Faculty

Abe Cable‘s article titled Stock Options of Adhesion was accepted for publication in the Journal of Corporation Law. The article argues that a competitive market for startup talent helps equity compensation contracts evolve in employee-friendly ways, even when employees do not actively negotiate or even understand their agreements.
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June 2024

You can read the full report in this link: CBL Annual Report 2023-2024
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Dane Patterson is a partner at Goodwin Procter’s Business Law department and a member of its Technology & Life Sciences group. He specializes in all areas of corporate and securities laws, with a primary focus on advising emerging-growth technology companies and venture capital firms. He advises founders, emerging growth companies and venture capital firms on various transactional matters,
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CBL Annual Report 2023-2024

This year marked significant growth for the UC Center for Business Law SF. We developed and delivered the VC-Backed Board Academy (VCBA), a new executive education program for directors of venture-backed companies. The inaugural program was held in San Francisco, and our next edition will take place at Nasdaq’s MarketSite in NYC on October 29,
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Breakfast Roundtable with Paul Weiss ESG and Law Institute | May 9, 2024
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CBL Lunch Speaker Series | March 27, 2024, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Join us for a panel discussion where we’ll peel back the layers of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process, presented through the lens of Instacart’s journey to becoming a publicly traded company. The panel will be moderated by Professor Abraham Cable and will include Bradley Libuit ’09,
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Join us for a panel discussion on regulatory enforcement in Silicon Valley with Monique Winkler, the head of the SEC’s San Francisco Office, and Jina Choi, Chief of the Corporate and Securities Fraud Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, moderated by Professor Evan Epstein.

The panel will delve into the complexities of navigating federal regulations in the fast-paced tech industry.
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The VC-Backed Board Academy (VCBA) is a one-day executive education program specifically designed for board members of private venture-backed companies. 

The program focuses on the unique corporate governance challenges faced by startup boards, including some of the following topics:

Fiduciary Duties and Conflict of Interests in VC-Backed Companies.

Financing Dynamics: The Evolving VC Funding Landscape.
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November 8, 2023, from 3pm-6:30pm

The 6th Annual Regional Economic Outlook, hosted by the UCLA Anderson Forecast, UC Law San Francisco, and the Bay Area Council Economic Institute will address the latest economic outlook for the Bay Area, California, and U.S. including the prospect of recession, higher inflation, and higher interest rates.  Important for California and the Bay Area economies are the recent regulations with respect to technology and business with China.  A panel of experts representing law firms,
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