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• A History of Securities Fraud Scandals- 2 CPE Credits

  • When
    9 May 2025
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    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  A History of Securities Fraud Scandals

  Friday May 9, 2025 12:00-2:00 PM - 2 CPE Credits

   Summary

  UCLA School of Law Professor James Park will present on the history of securities fraud. He will discuss case studies of major securities frauds from the 1970s to the present involving companies such as Penn Central, Apple, and Enron. The presentation covers the different ways that public companies commit fraud, why they commit securities fraud, how securities fraud can be detected, and how regulation addresses the problem of securities fraud. Professor Park will also discuss recent cases involving FTX, Theranos, and Nikola.

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   James Park is Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law. He is an expert on securities regulation and corporate law. His research mainly examines securities fraud enforcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission and private plaintiffs. He is the author of a history of securities fraud and its regulation, The Valuation Treadmill: How Securities Fraud Threatens the Integrity of Public Companies. After graduating from Yale Law School, Professor Park clerked for federal judges in the Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He practiced law in New York City at a law firm and then as an Assistant Attorney General in the Investor Protection Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office.

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