Benjamin Edwards

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Professor of Law

Expertise: Business and Securities Law, Corporate Governance, Consumer Protection, Arbitration

Biography

Benjamin Edwards researches and writes about business and securities law, corporate governance, arbitration, and consumer protection.

Before joining the UNLV Boyd School of Law in 2017, he taught at Barry University's Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law and at Michigan State University College of Law. Prior to teaching, Edwards practiced as a securities litigator in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. At Skadden, he represented clients in complex civil litigation, including securities class actions arising out of the Madoff Ponzi scheme and litigation arising out of the 2008 financial crisis.

His writing has appeared in top law reviews and journals, and news outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, and The Washington Post.

Education

J.D., Columbia Law School
B.A., University of South Carolina

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Financial Advisor

In what some attorneys are calling the largest "whitewashing" of a broker’s public record they've ever seen, a rep who headed UBS’s defunct Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) was able to get Finra to expunge 29 arbitration cases against him that led to more than $30 million in client awards.

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A case involving the vape industry gives the U.S. Supreme Court a chance to further erode the authority of federal regulatory agencies following other major rulings as the justices gird for a new term featuring important business-related questions. The nine-month term, which begins on Oct. 7, also brings cases involving tech giants Nvidia and Meta's Facebook that could make it harder for private plaintiffs to win securities fraud lawsuits against companies in federal courts.