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.
EVENTS
Thursday, October 2
Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley School of Law
Global Financial Market Turmoil: A Panel Discussion
Co-sponsored with the IGS Center on Institutions & Governance
To view the video, go here
Monday, October 20
Business Law Community Forum
Boalt Hall, Room 105, 12:40 - 1:40
Open to all Berkeley Law Students. Come and learn more about Boalt's business law community and what classes and extracurricular activities are available to students! Get a preview of the spring business law courses, get info on The Berkeley Business Law Journal and speak with Professor Jesse Fried and Ken Taymor, BCBLE's Exec. Dir, on the business law curriculum and the Center's current and future activities. Lunch provided.
Monday, November 3
Lenny Stein, Jackson Family Enterprises
"The 21st Century Wine Business: Where Farming Meets Facebook"
Boalt Hall, Room 100; 12:40 - 1:40
As Americans increase their knowledge about fine wine and drink more of it, the wine industry is undergoing tremendous change: consumers trading up and down, supplier and wholesaler tiers consolidating, family wine companies selling out, private equity buying in, new global wine regions emerging, and the environment taking central stage. more
Latest News
October 2
David Louie of KGO Channel 7 attended the Global Financial Markets Turmoil Panel and provided this report.
"Berkeley Profs Call for Quick Economic Action" writes SF Chronicle's Carolyn Said, summarizing the Financial Markets panel.
Prof. Jesse Fried suggests "Uncle Sam Should Claw Back Wall Street Bonuses" in his September 30 Chronicle piece.
Friday, September 26
Executive Compensation: Rethinking Pay for Performance
This half day workshop explored "out-of -the-box" methods to better tie CEO pay to performance.
Saturday, September 20
Alumni Reunion Panel
Financial Market Turmoil Panel
To view a video of the panel, follow this link.
Listen to BCLBE Faculty Co-Director Professor Eric Talley discuss the SEC's proposed regulation of Credit Rating Agencies on the radio program, Marketplace.
PUBLICATIONS
Read John P. Hunt's summary of and comments to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Bailout Legislation Guide. John P. Hunt's summary of "Credit Rating Agencies and the 'Worldwide Credit Crisis': The Limits of Reputation, the Insufficiency of Reform, and a Proposal for Improvement"
John P. Hunt comments on the recently released “best practices” reports in “Hedge Fund Regulation: The President’s Working Group Committees’ Best Practices Reports – Raising the Bar but Missing Risks” which can be downloaded here.
Eric Talley contributed several chapters and appendices to a recently published RAND Monograph: In the Name of Entrepreneurship? The Logic and Effects of Special Regulatory Treatment for Small Business. more
John P. Hunt comments on the SEC's proposal for increasing transparency and reducing conflicts of interest at credit rating agencies: The SEC's Proposed Rating Agency Rules: Unresolved Conflicts
Jesse Fried (with Brian Broughman) has written "Deviations from Contractual Priority in the Sale of VC-Backed Firms" which examines factors contributing to common shareholders ability to defeat liquidation preferences.more
Jesse Fried's article, "Hands-Off Options," proposes revising stock option plans to limit executives' ability and incentive to manipulate stock price at times of option award and exercise. more