The Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy (BCLBE) is the hub of Berkeley Law's research and teaching on the impact of law on business and the U.S. and global economies.
Announcements
BCLBE has moved to the new Berkeley Law Center for Research and Administration. This new building will house all the Berkeley Law research centers, as well as key administrative departments, including admissions and alumni development. The new address: 2850 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 500, Berkeley, CA 94705-7220. All phone numbers remain the same.EVENTS
BCLBE is co-sponsoring the 2009 Conference of The International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE) being held at Haas School of Business, June 18-20. Visit http://www.isnie.org/isnie2009.html for additional information.
We have completed our spring semester events. A full archive of all BCLBE events, including video and audio recordings as well as links to related materials, can be found at the Speaker Series Page or in the Symposia Archive Page.
BCLBE co-sponsored a three-part panel series with the UC Berkeley Center on Institutions and Governance (IGS) and the Haas School of Business. Each panel dealt with different aspects of the financial market meltdown, starting with an overview of the mortgage crisis and ending with a look at the international implications to be addressed at the April meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20).
These programs were webcast and recorded. Additional collateral material is available via our website.
Global Financial Market Turmoil,
October 2, 2008
Good Bank Bad Bank,
February 18, 2009
Global Financial & Economic Crisis: What Should the G20 do?
March 18, 2009
NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
The Congressional Oversight Panel has just released its June report "Stress Testing and Shoring Up Bank Capital." To help assess the Treasury's bank stress tests, the panel engaged BCLBE's Professor Eric Talley and Haas Professor Johan Walden. For a summary of the research, publications and events that BCLBE has pursued in response to the global economic crisis, follow this link.
Jesse Fried comments on the possible outcome of the pending copyright suit brought by Apple in, "Psystar bankruptcy protection filing could minimize Apple suit."
Eric Talley presented at the Law and New Institutional Economics Workshop for Law Professors at the University of Colorado Law School.
Jesse Fried says a NY Times sale could jeopardize its high standards in, "The New York Times And The Forces Of Creative Destruction."
Jesse Fried points out potential impact of auto bankruptcies on Ford in a San Francisco Chronicle story titled, "Will Ford benefit from bankruptcies?"
Eric Talley publishes, "Public Ownership, Firm Governance, and Litigation Risk," in the University of Chicago Law Review.
Eric Talley and Jesse Fried chaired panels on Antitrust and Corporate Governance respectively at the May 2009 American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Talley presented, "On Uncertainty, Ambiguity and Contractual Conditions." And Fried presented, "Why Do VCs Use Inside Rounds."
Ken Taymor comments on the challenging intellectual property issues in commercializing new stem cell technology, in "Stem cells: Fast and furious," an article in Nature.
Ken Taymor moderated a discussion on “Critical Legal Issues & Strategies for Successful Social Enterprises” at the Haas Business School’s 2009 GSVC Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship held on April 25.
John P. Hunt comments on the, "Securities and Exchange Commission Re-Proposed Rules for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations.
Has securitization caused subprime mortgages to go into default because mortgage servicers cannot modify these loans? Read John P. Hunt's analysis in his paper, "What Do Subprime Securitization Contracts Actually Say About Loan Modification?"
Jesse Fried comments on executive bonuses in, "House Votes to Tax AIG Bonuses 90%," an article by the Washington Times.
BCLBE Research Fellow Anita K. Krug discusses possible regulatory responses to the Madoff fraud and considers what additional information might be useful to Congress and regulators in formulating that response.
Anita K. Krug evaluates the impact on private investment funds, and the markets generally, of the proposed Hedge Fund Transparency Act of 2009.
