A History of Securities Fraud Scandals with James Park

Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar: 2025-10-08 16:30:00 2025-10-08 17:30:00 A History of Securities Fraud Scandals with James Park Event Description James Park will discuss the history of securities fraud regulation. He will describe case studies of major securities fraud scandals 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, and how regulation addresses the problem of securities fraud. Speaker Biography James Park is professor of law and vice dean for community, equality, and justice at University of California Los Angeles School of Law. He is an expert on securities regulation and corporate law and the author of The Valuation Treadmill: How Securities Fraud Threatens the Integrity of Public Companies. After graduating from Miami University (Ohio) and 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. Moot Court Room School of Law School of Law America/New_York public