Welcome to the Department of Business Law

Every year, a handful of students get special recognition for their outstanding academic achievement in their major or minor. We appreciate, celebrate and honor these students: Business Law majors: Amy Barnes, Binuri Fonseka, Nazaneen Iravani, Jordan Khajerian, Andrea Magana, Max Moshkovich, Michael Shaheen, and Kamilia Torres. Real Estate Major: Stephanie Villa. Business Law minors: Thania Fuentes, Solair Kharadjian, Stephanie Lamb, Tyler Lofftus, Caitlin Murphy, & Noam Namir. Real Estate minors: Laurie Abbou & Kyle Waldrop. Read more

It’s a problem we’ve all faced: too many cups and too few cupholders. The solution came from Real Estate student Stephanie Villa along with her team, business students Bretiel Danipour, Jenna Flynn and Tammy Nguyen who developed an adjustable tray that molds to the shape of your car seat. Their invention won first place and the audience choice prize at CSUN’s Bull Ring New Venture Competition hosted by the David Nazarian College of Business & Economics’ Entrepreneurship Program.

Read more at http://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/business/nospill-tray-for-delivery-drivers-captures-bull-ring-grand-prize/ Read more

Professor Melanie Stallings Williams co-authored an article, “Masters of the Universe: Bid Rigging By Private Equity Firms in Multibillion Dollar LBOs,” for the University of Cincinnati Law Review that throws the spotlight on a rare class-action lawsuit in which the plaintiffs – shareholders in companies purchased – demonstrated that some of the world’s largest private equity firms unlawfully colluded to ensure that they held down prices on the companies they were bidding to buy.

“I don’t think people realize that when this happens, it’s our money, yours and mine, that’s involved,” Williams said. “Yes, some of the shareholders are monied people, but some of the shareholders are retirement funds and the type of mutual funds that your grandmother owns. These aren’t just rich people they are taking advantage of. It’s you, me and the people we care about.” Read more

Beginning Spring, 2019, RE 420 replaces FIN 433 Real Estate Finance. Read more