Welcome to Business and Finance Law Review

Business and Finance Law Review (BFLR) is a scholarly journal operated and edited by students at The George Washington Law School and advised by faculty members of GW’s Center for Law, Economics, & Finance (C-LEAF).


Articles 


The Post-Dollar Dollar: The United States’ Legislative Bet on Private Crypto Power

Bepi Pezzulli

Decreasing Diversity: Corporate Board Contagion

Melinda Roth

Sex, Money, and Machines: How The Fate of AI Pay Equity Software Depends on the Resolution of a Circuit Split

Katherine Kohan

Over-Ruled: How Rule 145a Stretches the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Authority to Regulate SPACs

Akhil Kambhammettu

Recent Case Law Developments Expand the Scope of Liability for Securities Transactions: An Analysis of the Interplay Between Expansions of Primary Liability Under Statutory Seller and Scheme Liability Theories and Proposals for Clarification or Reform

Brendan Civitello

Material Change in Material Adverse Change Clauses: The Case for Greater Precision in Contract Drafting to Achieve a More Equitable Balance of Risk Between Merging Parties

Paul Hirschhorn


Essays 


Promoting Financial Empowerment via 401(k) Plan Domestic Abuse Victim Distributions

Samantha J. Prince Learn More

Why Self-Custody Wallet Platforms Are Not Brokers Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Jason Berkun Learn More

The Reverse Merger in China: the Qihoo 360 Story

Thomas P. Gross and Chenxi Liu Learn More

Cyberspace & Securities: A Changing World

Thomas P. Gross Learn More

Financial Reform Is Working, But Deregulation That Incentivizes One-Way Bets Is Sowing the Seeds of Another Catastrophic Financial Crash

Dennis M. Kelleher, President and CEO Better Markets, Inc. Learn More