Global market platforms play an increasingly critical role in the world’s economy. In 2023 alone, nearly $575 billion worth of merchandise was sold through Amazon. Notably, over 60% of that merchandise was sold not by Amazon itself, but by third-party sellers using Amazon’s platform. With roughly 4.5 billion items sold by U.S.-based sellers alone in 2023, the question arises: who is responsible for the quality and legality of these products? If a product is faulty or counterfeit, is Amazon liable, or is it exempt from responsibility as a platform? Where can consumers seek legal redress, and which governments are responsible for oversight?

These questions are not unique to Amazon. Similar issues arise with other global e-commerce platforms such as Temu, Wish, and AliExpress, meal delivery platforms such as Grubhub and Just Eat, and ride-hailing platforms such as Uber and Lyft.

Join the UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management (CGM) and the UCLA School of Law’s Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy (LMI) in hosting Christopher S. Tang, Edward W. Carter Chair of Business Administration and Faculty Director of the CGM and Michael Dorff, Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the LMI for a thought provoking and interactive conversation on the broad landscape of business and legal challenges posed by global platforms that will explore these timely and relevant issues as they relate to physical goods and services and e-commerce and social media platforms.

This forum is a collaborative partnership between the Center for Global Management and UCLA School of Law's Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy. The discussion is a featured event as part of UCLA’s International Education Week.

Remote attendance to the discussion is open to UCLA students, alumni, faculty, staff and members of the extended UCLA and general community. For more information and to register for the remote discussion.

In-person option available for UCLA Anderson and Law School students only – subject to space availability. Please contact global@anderson.ucla.edu for more information.

Speakers

	Michael Dorff Professor of Practice and Executive Director, Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law View the Profile of Michael Dorff: https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/michael-dorff
	Christopher S. Tang UCLA Distinguished Professor, Edward W. Chair in Business Administration and Faculty Director, Center for Global Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management View the Profile of Christopher S. Tang: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty-and-research/decisions-operations-and-technology-management/faculty/tang

Sponsor(s): UCLA Center for Global Management