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Re-vote on Elon Musk's pay could expose Tesla to even more legal trouble, Interview with Professor Comizio Featured in Yahoo! Finance
Professor Comizio was recently interviewed by Yahoo! Finance about Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the recent vote by stockholders to reinstate his record $55 billion dollar compensation package.
Read moreProfessor Comizio Sits Down for an Interview with Paul Thorton '23
Professor Comizo sat down with Paul Thorton ‘23 to discuss his career in banking and financial services law and how he became a leading authority in digital asset law. V.
Read moreFDIC Proposed Banking Regulations Brown Bag Lunch
On Thursday, April 4th, the Business Law Program hosted a discussion on standards proposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding corporate governance and risk
Read moreAmerican University Business Law Review and Sustainable Development Law & Policy Brief Symposium
Navigating Equity and Justice within Climate Finance, Energy Regulation, and ESG: American University Business Law Review and Sustainable Development Law & Policy Brief Symposium
Read moreWCL Transactional Negotiation Team Victory at the Rose Bowl!
The Champions of the 2024 California Sports Lawyer® Negotiation Competition at the Rose Bowl Stadium
Read morePwC Fireside Chat with Wes Bricker
On Thursday, February 8th, the Washington College of Law Business Law Program co-sponsored an event with the American University Kogod School of Business to welcome Wes Bricker to campus for a fireside chat.
Read moreWCL 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.
Read moreProfessor 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.”
Read moreA 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.
Read moreBLP 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.
Read moreBLP Spring Webinar Series on Reckoning with the Crypto Implosion: "Crypto: A New Architecture for Finance," a presentation by the Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo
On February 23, 2023, the Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), current co-head of the Digital Works Practice at Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and author of Crypto Dad: The Fight for the Future of Money, joined the Business Law Program (BLP) for a discussion on legal, policy, and regulatory issues raised by the recent “crypto winter” and the direction of digital asset activities and regulation. The conversation was moderated by Professor Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the BLP.
Read moreWCL'S First Annual Virtual Currency Law, Regulation, and Policy Institute
On Thursday, October 13, 2022, WCL’s Business Law Program and the Digital Asset Law Project hosted a hybrid event on new virtual currency regulations and the way forward in navigating this newly charged yet unclear financial and regulatory space.
Read moreProfessor Comizio Featured on a Panel on Blockchain Arbitration and the Resolution of Cryptocurrency Disputes at Paris Arbitration Week
On April 1, 2022, Brown Rudnick LLP, sponsored a panel at Paris Arbitration Week on “Blockchain Arbitration and the Resolution of Cryptocurrency Disputes.” Featured among the key speakers was Professor Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the American University Business Law Program, who spoke on the different Legal, Regulatory & Law Enforcement Concerns regarding virtual currency and the various government legal/regulatory responses.
Read moreProfessor Allen Discusses Her New Book, "Driverless Finance: Fintech's Impact on Financial Stability"
On March 21, 2022, Professor Hilary Allen joined the Business Law Program (BLP) for a discussion on her new book, “Driverless Finance: Fintech’s Impact on Financial Stability.” The conversation was introduced by was Professor David Snyder, Director of the BLP, and moderated by Professor Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the BLP.
Read moreICLS interviews Professor Comizio on his new book, Virtual Currency Law: the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Framework
On March 17, 2022, Dr. Björn Arp, a Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the American University Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration, interviewed Professor Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the Business Law Program (BLP), about his new book, Virtual Currency Law: the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Framework. The conversation was hosted Program for International & Comparative Law Studies (ICLS) and the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Law Society (BCLS).
Read moreProfessor Comizio Speaks at ICPS Conference on the Challenges to Virtual Currency Regulation and Crypto's Relationship to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
On March 7, 2022, the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, a leading international research institution promoting effective policy making and good governance, hosted its annual Public Policy Exchange conference on “Regulating Cryptocurrencies: Protecting Investors and Mitigating Environmental Damage.” Featured among the key speakers was Professor Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the American University Business Law Program, who spoke on Crypto’s Trajectory: The Emerging Legal and Regulatory Framework and Challenges-and the Ukraine Invasion.
Read moreCFPB's New Approach to Discrimination: Invoking UDAAP Laws
On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, WCL’s Business Law Program hosted a virtual symposium on the “CFPB’s New Approach to Discrimination: Invoking UDAAP Laws.” With an introduction by Professor V. Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the Business Law Program, the symposium began with a Q&A with Eric Halperin, Assistant Director of the CFPB and head of its Office of Enforcement. Mr. Halperin discussed the CFPB’s priority to ensure a financial marketplace that is free from discrimination and where all people have equal access to financial products.
Read moreAmerican University Washington College of Law Receives A+ Ranking in Business Law from preLaw Magazine
American University Washington College of Law’s Business Law Program is pleased to announce that it once again received the top A+ ranking for Business Law from preLaw Magazine in its new rankings for Fall 2021, joining Harvard Law and a select group of leading law school business law programs for the second year in a row in preLaw’s rankings.
Read moreTLS Webinar Series - Combating Ransomware | Follow the Money: Current Issues in Crypto and Ransomware
Please join the Tech, Law & Security and Business Law programs at American University Washington College of Law for this series of conversations with leading experts on combating the growing threat ransomware poses to businesses, individuals, and the Nation’s security.
Read moreProfessor Gerard Comizio Examines Biden Administration's Proposed Crypto Regulations
On October 13, 2021, the American Banker, a leading national publication covering U.S. and international financial industry featured an article titled “Is modernizing the National Bank Act the answer to fintech charter woes?” that included an interview with Professor Gerard Comizio, associate director of the American University Business Law Program, and other financial regulatory experts.
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