Yesterday, the American University Law Review hosted its spring symposium, Is Financial Reform Too Big to Fail? Emerging from the Financial Crisis with the Help of Increased Consumer Protection and Corporate Responsibility. We posted the call for papers several months ago. FYI, the final schedule is after the jump:
8:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks Leslie Meredith, Editor-in-Chief, American University Law Review
9:00 a.m. Remote Keynote Speaker Congressman Ed Perlmutter
9:30 a.m. Panel 1: Too big to fail
Elizabeth Brown, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University Robinson College of Business;
Troy Brown, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University College of Law
10:00 a.m. Panel 2: Private Investment Companies
Eric Edwards, Vice President, Government Affairs, Goldman Sachs; Stuart Kaswell, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, General Counsel, Managed Funds Association; Ted Laurenson, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery; Thomas Lemke, General Counsel, Legg Mason; Charles Lerner, Principal, Fiduciary Compliance Associates, LLC
11:15 a.m. Panel 3: Derivatives
Jack I. Habert, Attorney Fellow, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Scott Parsons, Delta Strategy Group; Elizabeth Ritter, Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Alan C. Sobba, Chief Policy and Communications Officer, International Derivatives Clearing Group
Moderator: Walter Effross, Professor, American University Washington College of Law
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Speaker Richard Cordray, Assistant Director of Enforcement, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
1:30 p.m. Paper Presentation, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus Appointment with Trouble Kent Barnett, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Law
1:45 p.m. Panel 4: Mortgages
David Bohley, Director of Government and Industry Relations, Fannie Mae; Andrea Boyack, Visiting Associate Professor, George Washington University Law School; Allen Boyer, Senior Appellate Counsel, Enforcement, FINRA; Eric Halperin, General Counsel, Department of Justice, Fair Lending Unit; Gail Laster, Deputy Chief Counsel, House Financial Services Committee
Moderator: Joseph L. Barloon, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
3:30 p.m. Panel 5: Consumer Credit
Eric Chaffee, Associate Professor, University of Dayton Law School; Nessa Feddis, Vice President and Senior Counsel, American Bankers Association; Thomas B. Pahl, Assistant Director, Division of Financial Services, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection; Travis Plunkett, Legislative Director, Consumer Federation of America
Moderator: Manley Williams, Partner, Buckley Sandler LLP
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