Vol. 95 No. 5
In this Article, we use hand-collected data to shed light on a troubling development in bankruptcy practice: distressed companies, especially those controlled by private equity sponsors, often now prepare for a Chapter 11 filing by appointing bankruptcy experts to their boards of directors and giving them the board’s power to make key bankruptcy decisions. These
In recent years, hundreds of American service members have died in training exercises and routine non-combat operations, aboard American warships, tactical vehicles, and fighter planes. They have died in incidents that military investigations and congressional hearings and journalists deem preventable, incidents stemming from the U.S. government delaying maintenance of deteriorating equipment or staffing vessels with
Much of the recent conversation regarding law and police accountability has focused on eliminating or limiting qualified immunity as a defense for officers facing § 1983 lawsuits for using excessive force. Developed during Reconstruction as a way to protect formerly enslaved persons from new forms of racial terror, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 allows private individuals to bring
FBI Anti-Piracy Warning: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.[1] Chances are that many Americans have seen the warning above at some
The events that occurred in 2020 drastically altered the world’s financial markets,[1] contributing to an increase in Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”) of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”).[2] In particular, 2020 was a year marked by numerous records within the SPAC market, including the highest number of SPAC IPOs (248), the highest amount of proceeds raised
The Southern California Law Review is pleased to announce that we will be presenting a symposium to honor the intellectual legacy of Gould’s, late Professor Christopher D. Stone—the J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law, Emeritus. The symposium will be featured in the final issue of the Law Review’s 95th volume. Date: Friday, April 1, 2022, from 12:00 PM
The Southern California Law Review is proud to present the 2019 Law Review Forum featuring Professor Zachary D. Kaufman, J.D., Ph.D., of Stanford Law School.
Professor Kaufman will discuss his upcoming article, Protectors of Predators or Prey: Bystanders and Upstanders Amid Sexual Crimes, slated for publication in the Southern California Law Review Volume 92, Issue 6, due out in September 2019.
The Board of the Southern California Law Review is delighted to announce the 2018 Law Review Forum, to be held on Thursday, March 8, 2018 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the University of Southern California Gould Faculty Lounge (699 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089). This year’s Forum will celebrate the publication of Puerto Rico and the Netherworld of Sovereign Debt Restructuring, a recent article by Professors Mitu Gulati and Robert Rasmussen.
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