The Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business (PSWALSB) is made up of dedicated teaching attorneys who gather yearly to foster and encourage relevant scholarship and state of the art academic skills. Our region includes Southern California, Arizona, Southern Nevada and Hawaii; however, we also have members from many other states including New York, Colorado, Maryland, and Washington to name a few and several countries. All of us teach at higher educational institutions.
Established 1961, PSWALSB is one of eleven regional subdivisions of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB).
ALSB, founded in 1924, is an association of legal professors and scholars with over 1,000 members teaching predominately in schools of business in colleges and universities. Members come from all fifty states, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, England, and other nations.
Like the academy itself, PSWALSB works to foster understanding and cooperation between college and university administrators and our constituency.
Welcome To PSWALB!
Save the Date 2/13/2025
FEBRUARY 13-16, 2025 HILTON PALM SPRINGS RESORT
Thank you everyone for making our conference once again the Best Regional Conference of 2024!
Registration fee for 2025: $350.00!!!! INCLUDES: Full breakfasts Friday and Saturday morning, Friday Evening poolside Reception and Saturday night Banquet!
New Retiree Registration Fee: $250.00
Your banquet Guest fee is $65.00 also includes the early morning breakfasts, and the poolside happy hour immediately before the banquet.
Hilton Hotel rooms reserved at only $209.00 a night! Use Code PSW when calling (800) 216-1952.
Enjoy the famous desert, present a paper, get a great educational experience, and meet and exchange ideas with colleagues!
And there’s more! Paper submissions eligible for cash awards of $500.00, $200.00 and $100.00.
The Journal of Law, Business and Ethics is sponsored by the PSWALSB. Open submissions
Past conference attendees have received 6-8 hours of CLE credit.
Eligibility for prizes subject to rules and conditions:
Papers must not have been accepted for publication in another journal or publication; and must not have been previously published elsewhere.
Papers must be submitted for consideration at least one week before start of the conference (Feb. 13th, 2025).
Papers must adhere to bluebook citation format.
Manuscript must include a Title page with the full name of the author(s), university, and full title of the manuscript. All additional pages of the manuscript must be void of any identifying information as it pertains to the author(s) and title.
Paper must be submitted as a Word or .pdf document and emailed as an attachment to the PSWLSB conference chair, Paul Naccachian pnaccachian@laverne.edu
Click Pay Options to Pay through PayPal, Credit Card or pay directly to PSWALSB bank account with Zelle use: marsha.cooper@csulb.edu
If using a check: make payable to PSWALSB; mail to: Marsha Cooper 5516 Linda Drive Torrance, CA 90505
Questions are invited!
Please contact the Conference Chair:
Paul Naccachian pnaccachian@laverne.edu
Since 1961 our conferences have been held in Southern CA. For the past 30 years our conferences have been held in Palm Springs, California with 25 years at the Hilton Palm Springs. For many years we have taken advantage of the President’s Day weekend to hold our lively, robust, and congenial conferences. Each member participant gives each other member curtesy, encouragement, and support. Consequesntly, PSWALSB has a reputation of being the best each year. This is also true due to our Board-which chooses a new rotating member each year as the President rotates to the status of Immediate Past President before ending his or her last year in the rotation.
Immediate Past President
California State University, Long Beach College of Business terrence.giannone@csulb.edu
Treasurer
Jacksonville State University, College of Business and Industry rlandry@jsu.edu
Executive Secretary
California State University, Long BeachCollege of Business kathleen.lacey@csulb.edu
President
University of San Diego, Knauss School of Business rnieman@sandiego.edu
Secretary
Orange Coast College, Business & Computing sheila.hostetler@gmail.com
Co-Host of Reception and Entertainment
University of San Diego, Knauss School of Business lbarkacs@sandiego.edu
VP 2025 Conference Chair
University of Law Verne, College of Law & Public Service pnaccachian@laverne.edu
Executive Treasurer
California State University, Long Beach College of Business marsha.cooper@csulb.edu
Co-Host of Reception and Entertainment
University of San Diego, Knauss School of Business cbarkacs@sandiego.edu
Journal of Law, Business & Ethics
a publication of the
Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Inc.
The Journal of Law, Business & Ethics welcomes your submission of
articles on business law and related topics. Learn more about the Journal.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Dots
Paul Naccachian
University of La Verne, College of Law
320 E D Street
Ontario, CA 91764
e: pnaccachian@laverne.edu
Submissions can be made via:
pnaccachian@laverne.edu
(the Journal is listed as “Journal of Law, Business & Ethics”.)
Vol. 27 (Winter 2021) Thanks to the website sponsors from coinlive.io who helps to choose crypto loan platforms.
The Monopolization Over Compensation
30 Journal of Law, Business & Ethics 2024
EXPANDING THE PARADIGM IN BUSINESS LAW CURRICULUM:
BRIDGING THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE GAP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES STARTS IN THE CLASSROOM
27 Widener Law Rev. 1 (2021).
THE SECOND CIRCUIT’S SECOND GUESSING ON INSIDER TRADING CASES
THE REGULATION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:
AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
EMPLOYEE NON-COMPETES AND CONSIDERATION:
A PROPOSED GOOD FAITH STANDARD FOR THE “AFTERTHOUGHT” AGREEMENT
WHY IS OBAMACARE CONSTITUTIONAL WHILE DOMA WAS NOT?
HOW LIBERTARIAN IS THE CONSTITUTION? (“…TIP MY HAT TO THE NEW CONSTITUTION, TAKE A BOW FOR THE NEW REVOLUTION…”?)
Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal
14 Conn. Pub. Int. L.J. 1 (2014).
THE CORPORATE CONSPIRACY VACUUM
(formerly: CORPORATE CONSPIRACY: HOW NOT CALLING
A CONSPIRACY A CONSPIRACY IS WARPING THE LAW
ON CORPORATE WRONGDOING
Cardozo Law Review
forthcoming (2015).
OPPORTUNISTIC TRADEMARKING OF SLOGANS: IT’S NO CLOWN ISSUE, BRO
Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal
31 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 769 (2013).
RETALIATORY DISCLOSURE: WHEN IDENTIFYING
THE COMPLAINANT IS ADVERSE ACTION
North Carolina Law Review
91 N.C.L. Rev. 889 (2013).
LEGAL ASPECTS OF AMBUSH MARKETING: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH
Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law
21 Tul. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 1 (2012).
PLAGIARISM:
LEGAL AND ETHICAL
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNIVERSITY
Journal of College and University Law
37 J.C. & U.L. 1 (2010).
LIMITING LEGAL REMEDIES: AN ANALYSIS OF UNCLEAN HANDS
Kentucky Law Journal
99 KY. L.J. 63 (2010).
THE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE OF HIRING ILLEGAL ALIEN WORKERS
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law
11 U. PA. J. BUS. & EMP. L. 49 (2008).
DETOURS AND FROLICS ON THE INTERNET:
EMPLOYER LIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF CYBERTORTS
Journal of Business Research
62 J. BUS. RES. 1335 (2009).
