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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 legalscholarshipblog on October 16th, 2009 | Securities Law, CONFERENCES | 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 pittlegalscholarship on October 16th, 2009 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Tax Law | no comments

Oct. 16, 2009 Colloquia/Workshops

October 16, 2009

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 pittlegalscholarship on October 11th, 2009 | EVENTS, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Tax Law | no comments

The Past, Present, and Future of the SEC

October 16, 2009

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.  Space is limited, so registration is strongly recommended; you can register here.

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 legalscholarshipblog on October 4th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities - Baltimore

October 16, 2009

The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Center on Applied Feminism presents the Third Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference, Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities, March 4-5, 2010.

The organizers see workshop proposals and paper abstracts. The initial deadline for both is Oct. 16, 2009. See details here. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Oct. 16, 2009 Colloquia/Workshops

October 16, 2009

Samford University, Cumberland School of Law

Scott Dodson (William and Mary Law), Justice Souter, Proceduralist.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on September 16th, 2009 | Civil Procedure, EVENTS, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Constitutional Law | no comments

Future of the First Amendment - Salem, OR

October 16, 2009

The Willamette Center for Religion, Law and Democracy and the Willamette Law Review present a The Future of the First Amendment Oct. 16, 2009. Erwin Chemerinsky (UC Irvine) will be the keynote speaker.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 10th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Property Rights - Williamsburg, VA

October 16, 2009toOctober 17, 2009

William and Mary Law School’s Property Rights Project and Institute of Bill of Rights Law present the annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference Oct. 16-17, 2009. Topics will include “The Psychology of Property Rights”; “The Contract Clause Reconsidered: Guarantor of Economic Property Rights?”; “Richard E. Pipes’s Scholarship”; “Inverse Condemnation: Comparing Regulatory Takings with Condemnation Blight”; and “Does the Kelo Backlash Have Legs?”

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 9th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Conference on the Book - Edinburgh

October 16, 2009toOctober 18, 2009

The Seventh International Conference on the Book will be held at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 16-18, 2009.

“This is a conference for any participant in the world of books - authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators and academic researchers.”

The deadline for the current round in the call for papers is Aug. 20, 2009.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 10th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Space Law - Daejeon, S. Korea

October 12, 2009toOctober 16, 2009

The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) is organizing two symposia - the first to be held during the course of the 59th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2008) in Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 2008, and the second during the 60th IAC in Daejeon, South Korean one year later, Oct. 12-16, 2009.

The Glasgow colloquium is From Imagination to Reality, are here. The Daejeon program is still being developed.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 20th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments