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Lowell Milken Institute in the News
Professor Kenneth Klee commented on the agreement to end the Jefferson County, Alabama bankruptcy, the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy. His comments appear in
Wall Street Journal and
Bloomberg articles. He also discussed the agreement in an interview on
NPR's
"All Things Considered." 6/5/13
UCLA School of Law student Barry Chang ’14 is the Bronze Medal winner for the
III 2013 Prize in International Insolvency Studies. Chang, who is pursuing a joint J.D./M.B.A degree, won the International Insolvency Institute’s prize for his article “Making a Comedy of Comity: Analyzing In re Vitro’s Implications for Cross-Border Insolvency Law.”
5/20/2013
Professor Timothy Spangler published a review of the book,
How to Make a Million Dollars An Hour: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America’s Wealth, in the
Los Angeles Review of Books.
5/3/2013
Professor Kenneth Klee commented on Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s financial restructuring plans in an article in
BloombergBusinessweek.
4/16/2013
Professor Stephen Bainbridge was quoted in
USA Today about efforts to get public companies to disclose their political spending.
4/5/2013
Professor Kenneth Klee commented on a lawsuit filed by eight states claiming that portions of Dodd-Frank are unlawful. His comments appear in a
Washington Post article.
2/15/2013
Students from UCLA School of Law and UCLA Anderson School of Management recently teamed up to compete in a simulated joint venture real estate deal prepared by Phil Nichols, a founder of Pircher, Nichols & Meeks. The event was sponsored by the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law . . .
more2/8/2013
Professor Eric Zolt was cited in a
New York Times "Dealbook" article on the looming "fiscal cliff."
11/26/2012
Professor Kenneth Klee commented on the liquidation of Hostess in an
NBC article.
11/16/2012
Professor Eric Zolt is cited in a
New York Times "Dealbook" article on the looming "fiscal cliff."
11/8/2012
Professor Kenneth Klee talked about the U.S. trustee’s recent rigid attitude when it comes to patrolling bankruptcy courts (Chapter 11 cases), in an article in the
Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review.
8/17/2012
Professor Stephen Bainbridge commented on the Libor rigging by Barclays and other big banks. His comments appear in a
Washington Post article.
7/20/2012
Professor Kirk Stark discussed whether higher state taxes cause residents to move in an interview on
KPCC's "AirTalk." 7/12/2012
- UCLA Law Student awarded ABI Medal of Excellence.
5/3/2012
Professor Stephen Bainbridge engages in debate with Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt on insider trading in The Economist.
5/2/2012
Professor Eric Zolt’s unique approach to getting money out of politics was highlighted in the Washington Post.
4/11/2012
Professor Stephen Bainbridge was interviewed about his new book, Corporate Governance After the Financial Crisis, on collectedmiscellany.com.
3/22/2012
Professor Stephen Bainbridge is quoted on the legal justification of regulations and costs for corporate legal officers in a Wall Street Journal book review of Indispensable Counsel.
3/9/2012
Professors Lynn LoPucki and Joseph Doherty's research on increasing bankruptcy fees is cited in a CNNMoney article.
3/6/2012
- Huffington Post Reviewed Professor Bainbridge’s new book Corporate Governance After the Financial Crisis.
2/23/2012
- Teams from UCLA School of Law and the University of Washington School of Law each took first place honors in the Western Regionals of the Third Annual Transactional LawMeet℠ held on Friday, February 17 at UCLA School of Law.
2/17/2012
- Professor Stephen Bainbridge commented on Congressional Insider Trading Bill in a CNBC article.
2/16/2012
- Professor Steven Bank commented on Mitt Romney’s offshore tax investments in a Los Angeles Timesarticle.
1/25/2012
- Professor Stephen Bainbridge commented on Carlyle Group’s efforts to require future shareholders to resolve claims through arbitration in a Bloomberg article.
1/25/2012
- Michael Behrens ’11 won first prize in the 2011 Tannenwald Writing Competition for his corporate tax paper on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission entitled "Citizens United, Tax Policy, and Corporate Governance." Behrens, whose paper submission was sponsored by Professor Steven Bank, will receive a cash prize of $5,000.
1/5/2012
- Professor Kenneth Klee commented on the decision in Stern v. Marshall in an article in the Dow Jones' Daily Bankruptcy Review.
1/3/2012
- Professor Stephen Bainbridge's blog, ProfessorBainbridge.com, was selected as a top 100 legal blog for 2011 by the editors of the ABA Journal in the publication’s fifth annual “Blawg 100."
12/7/2011
Vice Dean and Professor Steven Bank discussed America's history with the flat tax in an interview on CNN Radio.
11/21/2011
Professor Kenneth Klee commented on the filing by Jefferson County Alabama of the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy. His comments appear in a Bloomberg article.
11/15/2011
A webcast of the First Annual NYU/UCLA Tax Policy Conference: Tax Law and Health Care Reform is available for viewing. The conference was held on October 28, 2011 at the UCLA School of Law.
10/28/2011
Professor Kenneth Klee discussed the Dodgers bankruptcy case filings in an interview airing on "NBC 4 News at 5 PM" and "NBC 4 News at 6 PM."
10/25/2011
Professor Eric Zolt published a commentary in Tax Notes, entitled "Tax Reform: Reduce the Corporate Income Tax Rate and More," on using the potential reduction in corporate income tax rates as a catalyst for more fundamental changes in our tax system.
9/1/2011
Professor Kirk Stark discussed Proposition 13 in an interview on KPCC's "AirTalk with Larry Mantle."
8/17/2011
Professor Stephen Bainbridge, the William D. Warren professor of law, has been selected for the 2011 National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) “Directorship 100,” the prestigious list of the most influential people in corporate governance and the boardroom.
8/17/2011
Professor Kenneth Klee, who was just hired by the Jefferson County Commission to handle their bankruptcy, is featured as a "walking history of bankruptcy" in a Bloomberg article.
7/27/2011
Professor Lynn LoPucki is featured in a Wall Street Journalarticle on General Motors' bankruptcy.
7/27/2011
Professor Kenneth Klee commented on a potential bankruptcy filing for Jefferson County. His comments appear in an article on WVTM "Alabama's 13".
7/21/2011
Professor Kenneth Klee discussed the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Stern V. Marshall in a LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Community Podcast.
7/18/2011
Professor Lynn LoPucki commented on a lawsuit accusing businessman Alfred Villalobos of bribing officials of the California Public Employees' Retirement System in the Sacramento Bee.
7/8/2011
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