L&B News And Events

Allensworth says the FTC's arguments will face tough scrutiny and may create a precedent that would make it harder to pursue future competition cases: “This is a precedential system which goes both ways—if you win or lose—and sends a signal to the market." Read More

The Law and Business Fellow will be in residence at VLS for four semesters under the mentorship of VLS corporate law faculty. Read More

Ricks joined 'TechCheck' to discuss whether there are any holes in the Twitter complaint filing against Musk and more. Ricks is an expert in financial regulation. Read More

“The worst-case scenario for the court is that it makes an order and that he doesn’t comply, and they have to figure out what to do about it,” Ricks said. Read More

The proposed rules would require firms other than mutual funds that trade more than $25B a month in Treasury bills to register with the SEC as dealers. Yadav said reporting requirements included in the proposal would allow for more transparency in an often opaque market and offer insights into flash crashes or market manipulation. Read More

Moran says suspending the federal gas tax for three months would mean "very little money" for individuals, while companies could opt to keep the price to consumers the same and pocket the tax themselves. Read More

VLS students are working for government and nonprofit legal employers in 15 states, Washington, D.C., and The Hague, Netherlands during summer 2022. Read More

Ricks says that Musk’s comments about fake accounts on Twitter are "an irrelevant sideshow" in Musk's efforts to walk away from his Twitter takeover deal. "Nothing that has happened so far comes anywhere close to a material adverse effect," Ricks told The Guardian. Read More

J. Christopher Giancarlo, Class of 1984, former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has been awarded the rank of Chevalier in the French National Order of Merit by President Emmanuel Macron. J. Christopher Giancarlo ’84 Giancarlo is a Wall Street lawyer and business figure renowned in… Read More

Incoming Associate, K&L Gates, Charlotte Read More