Yesterday, the Nevada Supreme Court officially created a Commission to Study the Adjudication of Business Law Cases. I previously covered the Supreme Court’s proposal here and submitted a letter in support of the proposal.

The order creating the Commission contemplates a continuing public process. It provides that the Commission “shall conduct all hearings in public and post all meeting minutes and documents considered by the Commission on the Supreme Court’s website.”

At present, I have not been able to find a page set up specifically for the Commission on the Supreme Court’s website. Of course, much of Nevada’s state government has been struggling in recent weeks because of a large-scale cyber attack on Nevada systems–including the judiciary. The Supreme Court might also simply opt to continue to use the existing administrative docket. Or we could see something show up in the near future.

There are some changes from the Petition. The Petition identified 21 proposed members. The final order expands to 24 members, adding: (1) “Judge” as a Rural Representative; (2) “Attorney” as a Rural Representative; and (3) Virginia Valentine as a representative of the Nevada Resort Association.

Historically, it has been difficult to observe the operation of…

The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is pleased to announce its second annual Business and Tax Roundtable for Upcoming Professors (“BATRUP”). This in-person Roundtable will take place at UCLA from Monday evening June 1^st through Wednesday afternoon June 3^rd.  The program will feature commentary by invited senior scholars as well as an opportunity to meet fellow aspiring scholars while enjoying Los Angeles.  We warmly invite scholars preparing for the academic job market to participate.

Roundtable Purpose and Eligibility
The Roundtable is designed to offer mentorship and feedback to aspiring legal scholars who plan to pursue tenure-track positions at law schools. It is open to scholars who hold a JD, master’s degree, or PhD, who have not yet secured a tenure-track law faculty appointment, and who are not yet listed in this academic year’s Faculty Appointments Register. Selected authors must be able to attend the Roundtable in person at UCLA.

We welcome submissions on any topic within business law or tax law. Co-authored papers are eligible provided all authors meet the submission criteria. To ensure the Roundtable’s focus on evolving scholarship, we ask that submitted papers not be published or…

The AALS Section on Securities Regulation is soliciting papers for its Works-in-Progress program at the 2026 AALS Annual Meeting, which will be held from Jan. 6 to Jan. 9, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Scholars of all levels of seniority are invited to submit unpublished working papers or extended abstracts on any topic within securities regulation. We are looking to highlight the wide range of exciting work currently being done in our field. We expect to select three to four papers for presentation.

Submissions should be sent by email to Professor Nicole Iannarone (nicole.g.iannarone@drexel.edu) and Professor George S. Georgiev (ggeorgiev@miami.edu) on or before Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. The Section’s Executive Committee will review all submissions and make final selections by Sept. 26, 2025.

We are also excited to preview the Section’s Main Program: “A New Day at the SEC”: Since taking over in April 2025, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has often repeated that “it is a new day at the SEC.” This motto is reflected in reality. From crypto assets to climate disclosure, administrative procedure to accredited investors, and many regulatory areas in between, the “new” SEC has made substantial changes, often through informal guidance…

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Nevada Supreme Court has launched an effort to create “Commission to Study the Adjudication of Business Law.” Nevada will hold a hearing on the Petition to create the Commission tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. This is the order explaining how to participate.

The Petition explains that:

The nature and scope of business law cases require specialized knowledge of complex areas of the law and often result in lengthy times to disposition. Rules and procedures specifically focused on business law cases are necessary to efficiently and effectively adjudicate these cases. The proposed rules provide consistent statewide rules defining the scope and procedures for resolving business cases necessary to ensuring consistent and effective adjudication of business cases. Further, the proposed rules mandate the selection of district court judges, experienced in all aspects of business law, to be dedicated solely to the adjudication of business law matters as defined in the proposed rules. A commission to study the area of business law, including reviewing and making recommendations regarding proposed SCR 254, is necessary to advance the training, education, specialization, timeliness, and efficiency of Nevada’s districts in resolving business law cases.

In essence, the Petition does…

Now that two months have passed since the last time I updated this chart, it seemed like a good opportunity to look at what happened in the votes that were still pending.

I also added a separate chart for Texas.

Nevada Running Results

As it stands, Nevada saw 18 firms attempt to shift to Nevada. Only three were unsuccessful. The list below includes 19 firms though because I added the Live Nation split off as something to track and discovered that Netcapital now seeks to shift from Utah to Nevada.

The three that failed seem driven by non-votes. Simply getting shareholders to vote seems to be a consistent problem. Eightco, Revelation Biosciences, and Nuburu all won majorities of the votes cast, but lacked sufficient votes overall.

Miami has assembled a strong lineup of papers and presenters for its Law & Finance workshop. If there is a paper you’re interested in, you can register to attend remotely.

We are excited to announce the 2025-26 schedule for the Miami Law & Finance Workshop, set out below. All workshops will be held on zoom on Fridays, from 1pm to 2pm ET. Please use this form to register for the Fall workshops. We will send the draft paper and zoom link to registered participants one week before each workshop. The registration form for the Spring 2026 workshops will be circulated later in the year.   

Please feel free to share this with others who might be interested. We look forward to seeing you soon! 

Warm regards

Nikita Aggarwal, Caroline Bradley, & George Georgiev (workshop co-organizers)

Miami Law & Finance Workshop, 2025-26 

Fall 2025

1. Friday, August 22: William Magnuson (Texas A&M) presenting “The Deep Learning of Hedge Funds.” 

– Howell Jackson (Harvard) discussing.

2. Friday, September 5: Luca Enriques (Bocconi), Matteo Gatti (Rutgers), & Roy Shapira (Reichman) presenting “How the EU Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Could Reshape Corporate America.” 

– Sarah Haan (Brooklyn) discussing.

3. Friday, September 26: …