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New PIJIP Working Paper: Third Joint Academic Opinion on the South African Copyright Amendment Bill
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PIJIP to Co-Host Hybrid Event: Promoting Access to Knowledge and the Right to Research
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Professor Hilary Allen Appointed to CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee
On March 30, 2023, the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the newly constituted Technology Advisory Committee (TAC), which features Professor Hilary Allen amongst the Committee Membership. Sponsored by Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero, the TAC will provide “foundational knowledge about the technology, as well as the complex and nuanced impacts and implications of technology on financial markets.”
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WCL Professors Featured in Media Coverage of Crypto Bank Failures
When Silicon Valley and Signature banks failed in early March 2023, government regulators rushed in to guarantee deposits and protect bank customers. Shortly after, another bank, Silvergate, collapsed amid scrutiny from regulators and a criminal investigation by the Justice Department’s fraud unit into dealings with fallen crypto giants FTX and Alameda Research. As part of the media’s coverage, Professors Hilary Allen and Gerard Comizio were each featured for their analysis in various publications.
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American University and the Society of Government Economists to Cohost Conference on Law and Economics
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A Fireside Chat on the Work of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance
On April 10, 2023, the Business Law Program hosted a fireside chat on the Work of the Division of Corporation Finance with Director Erik Gerding. On leave from his position as a Professor of Law at the University of Colorado (Boulder), Director Gerding joined the SEC in October 2021 and led work in legal and regulatory policy in the Division of Corporation Finance before being tapped to head the Division in January 2023.
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On April 5, 2023, a conference entitled "Sexual Violence in the context of organized crime in Haiti: Latest developments" was held.
On April 5, 2023, a conference entitled "Sexual Violence in the context of organized crime in Haiti: Latest developments" was held.
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BLP Spring Webinar Series on Reckoning with the Crypto Implosion: Breaking Down the Crypto Winter & the Implosion of Digital Asset Trading Exchanges with Josh Sussberg
On March 20, 2023, Professor Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the BLP interviewed Josh Sussberg, a member of the Executive Committee and partner in the Restructuring Practice Group at Kirkland & Ellis, as part of the Business Law Program’s (BLP) Spring Webinar Series. The discussion focused on the legal, policy, and regulatory issues raised by the recent “crypto winter” and the direction of digital asset activities and regulation.
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