April 13, 2020. UC Hastings Law announced the appointment of Evan Epstein as the inaugural Executive Director for the Center for Business Law and Adjunct Professor of Law.
Epstein is a corporate governance expert who has advised founders, executives, directors, and investors for over 15 years in Silicon Valley and internationally. He has deep experience with executive and director education,
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LOS ANGELES – On March 19, 2018, The Weinstein Company (TWC) filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.[1] The American independent film studio, founded in 2005 in New York City by brothers Robert and Harvey Weinstein, was one of the largest “mini-major” film and television studios in North America that created,
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On July 29, 2018, Law360 named UC Hastings alumni, Yardena Zwang-Weissman (’06) of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Andrew Holmes (’08) of Quinn Emanuel, as Rising Stars for 2018. The honor is part of an annual list compiled by Law360, selecting attorneys under the age of 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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Dan Berkovitz, class of 1982, is a Partner at Wilmer Hale in Washington D.C. where he Co-Chairs the firm’s Futures and Derivatives practice. Prior to Wilmer Hale, Mr. Berkovitz served as General Counsel to the CFTC under the Obama administration capping off a 30-year public servant career. Mr. Berkovitz now awaits confirmation from the United States Senate.
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The Center for Business Law is pleased to welcome some of the world’s leading scholars of bankruptcy law to the UC Hastings campus to discuss ideas and papers on the cutting edge of law and finance.
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In a Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc online article, UC Hastings Professor Crawford explains why panic prevention should be the guiding principle for regulators in financial crises.
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Stevick led a Fenwick & West team on Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, the largest private technology deal in history.
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