Insight #32 | Startup Litigation, Reflections on the Academic Year at UC Law SF and Stanford GSB

Check out the Startup Litigation Digest a project Evan leads at UC Law San Francisco. The latest edition features high-profile cases involving startup fraud, board failures, and regulatory actions—including CaaStle’s $500M accounting scandal, GameOn’s alleged $60M fraud, the indictment of AllHere’s founder, a $2.1M investor scam involving La Mancha, and Cookies’ $18M arbitration win in a cannabis joint venture.

Since its launch in 2023, the Digest has documented 28 startup litigation cases, with new ones added quarterly.

Evan also recently hosted journalist and author Karen Hao for a CASI event discussing her gripping new book, Empire of AI, which explores the rise of OpenAI and the global AI race—watch the talk here (now with over 47,000 views).

Check out the post at: https://evanepstein.substack.com/p/startup-litigation

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