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  • 5th Annual UC Hastings/UCLA Anderson Forecast SF Economic Outlook 2022

    November 3, 2022 from 3pm to 6:30pm

    Event: 5th Annual UC Hastings/UCLA Anderson Forecast San Francisco Economic Outlook 2022

    Location: The Historic Klamath Ferry, Pier 9, The Embarcadero in San Francisco

    UCLA Anderson Forecast, UC Hastings’ Center for Business Law and the Bay Area Council Economic Institute Presents
    2022 San Francisco Economic Outlook
    Are we in a recession? If so,
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  • Startups and Venture Capital in 2022

    CBL Lunch Speaker Series Oct 19th @ 12:30pm-1:30pm

    This event showcased the current state of startups and venture capital with Goodwin attorneys Dane Patterson ‘14, Sona Karakashian ’15 and Kelly Carson ‘21, moderated by Prof Abraham Cable, Faculty Director of the UC Hastings Center for Business Law. The guest speakers discussed some of the most relevant startup and venture capital issues impacting their practices,
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  • Tech Transactions, M&A and Private Equity

    CBL Lunch Speaker Series Oct 4th @ 12:30pm-1:30pm

    Join us to learn more about current trends in technology transactions, M&A and private equity from Orrick partners Daniel Lopez ‘10, Leah Recht and Sarah Schaedler, moderated by Prof Evan Epstein, Executive Director of the UC Hastings Center for Business Law. The guest speakers will discuss some of the latest issues impacting their practices,
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  • CBL 2022 Kick-Off and Happy Hour

    September 20 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    On September 20th, 2022 we celebrated the new academic year with faculty members, board advisors, fellows, students and alumni. Big thanks to all who attended! 🎉🍻🍷
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  • Scholarships Offer Entry Into Business Law for UC Hastings Students

    March 17, 2022

    Check out this story on the CBL Scholars Program and the two new scholars Lilia Kazemi ’24 and Sharareh (Sheila) Zerang ’24.
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  • The Heart of Business – A Conversation on Corporate Purpose

    Featuring Hubert Joly, former Chairman & CEO of Best Buy

    On April 26, 2021, Evan Epstein had a conversation with Hubert Joly, ex Chairman & CEO of Best Buy on corporate purpose and his new book The Heart of Business, hosted by the Sciences Po American Foundation.
    You can find a summary of the discussion in this link.
    You can check out the webinar recording in this link.
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  • Professor Jared Ellias’ latest paper “Government Activism in Bankruptcy”

    Featured in Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable

    Check out Professor Jared Ellias‘ latest paper “Government Activism in Bankruptcy” (with George Triantis) about how governments can implement policy goals through bankruptcy activism is helpfully summarized on the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable site: https://blogs.harvard.edu/bankruptcyroundtable/2021/05/18/government-activism-in-bankruptcy/ 
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  • Prof. Jared Ellias Recognized on Top 10 Corporate and Securities Article List of 2020

    The Corporate Practice Commentator Twenty-Seventh Annual Selection

    UC Hastings Center for Business Law Faculty Director Jared A. Ellias was recognized for article Bankruptcy Hardball on the prestigious Corporate Practice Commentator list of Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2020.
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  • Business Scholar Program Molds New Generation of Leaders

    March 24, 2021.

    Check out this great profile of the CBL Scholars Program and the inaugural scholars Jayshawn Anderson ’23 and Mounika Yepuri ’23.
     
     
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  • Announcing New CBL Scholars

    UC HASTINGS CENTER FOR BUSINESS LAW

    Last summer, as the nation grappled with the twin crises of a global pandemic and the legacy of inequality and exclusion, the UC Hastings Center for Business Law (“CBL”) decided to take action to help build a better and more inclusive business community, drawing on Hastings’ and our alumni’s 140 year tradition of leading the business bar in San Francisco.
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