Legal Scholarship Blog

Law-Related Calls for Papers, Conferences, and Workshops
A Service from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law & University of Washington School of Law

The Past, Present, and Future of the SEC

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, and Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society present a symposium, “The Past, Present, and Future of the SEC,” on Friday, October 16, 2009 from 10:30 am-5 pm.

11:00 am -12:00 pm     Panel One, Corporation Finance

Kenneth Davis, Dean & Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School

Renee Jones, Associate Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

Robert Thompson, New York Alumni Chancellor’s Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

12:00 – 1:45 pm               Keynote Address & Lunch

Hon. Troy A. Paredes, Commissioner, United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Carla Rosati, Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society

 1:45 – 2:45 pm                Panel Two, Investment Management

Claire Hill, Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Law and Rationality, University of Minnesota Law School

Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary (1986-2006), United States Securites and Exchange Commission

Edward S. Knight, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Regulatory Officer, NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.

3:00 – 4:00 pm               Panel Three, Trading and Markets 

Donald Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Erik R. Sirri, Professor of Finance, Babson College; Director (2006-2009), United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Trading and Markets

Chester Spatt, Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance, Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business; Chief Economics & Director (2004-2007), United States Securities and Exchange Commission

4:15 – 5:15 pm                  Panel Four, Compliance and Enforcement 

Jayne Barnard, Cutler Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School

Douglas Branson, W. Edward Sell Professor of Business Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Donna Nagy, C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Posted by on October 16th, 2009 | CONFERENCES, Securities Law | no comments

Oct. 16, 2009 Colloquia/Workshops

Boston College

Fabio Arcila (Touro), The Death Of Suspicion

This paper is not publicly available.

Loyola

David Duff (British Columbia), Carbon Taxation in Theory and Practice

This paper is not publicly available.

Minnesota

Christopher Capozzola (MIT) A Tale of Two Treasons: Adjudicating War Crimes and Collaboration in Manila, 1945

This paper is not publicly available.

Missouri

Robert Gatter, St. Louis University

Queen’s University

Dennis Klimchuk (Western Ontario), The Rule of Private, Common Law

This paper is not publicly available.

UCLA

Dan Kahan (Yale),Culture, Cognition, and Consent: Who Perceives What, and Why, in ‘Acquaintance Rape’ Cases

Posted by on October 16th, 2009 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Tax Law | no comments