The University of Memphis Law Review will hold a symposium on the Department of the Treasury’s Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure Feb. 20, 2009. The editors ask that papers be submitted by Nov. 1, 2008 (although they will consider later papers case by case). Jump to full post
The Future of Insurance Regulation, cosponsored by The Brookings Institution, Georgia State University, and The Risk Foundation, will take place July 9, 2008. Shortly after the event, a webcast will be available here.
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Call for Papers
Research Symposium on Insurance Markets and Regulation
The Searle Center at Northwestern University School of Law
April 14-15, 2008
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