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Financial Regulation, Corporate Governance, and Securities Litigation: What Does the Future Hold?

On Wednesday, February 11, 2009, the American Constitution Society and Columbia Law School hosted a symposium that included two panel discussions and a keynote address regarding the turmoil that has gripped the financial markets and possible reforms that may be pursued by the Obama Administration, Congress, and financial regulators to address the crisis. The past several months have seen trillions of dollars in losses for investors and the failure of numerous financial institutions and companies. One consistent observation from commentators has been that some type of reform of the nation’s financial system is needed to avoid these problems in the future, but what form will it take? Experts in financial regulation, corporate governance, and securities litigation from a variety of different perspectives will discuss these and related issues.

The symposium featured remarks by New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr., regarding the investor perspective on the crisis and how we can get out of it.

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The Event Schedule

2:00 – 3:10 pm Panel 1 – Reinvigorating Oversight of the Financial System
 
  • Moderator, John C. Coffee, Jr., Adolf A Berle Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
  • Donald C. Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Lee A. Meyerson, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  • Joel Seligman, President, University of Rochester
  • Damon A. Silvers, Associate Counsel, AFL-CIO; Member, Congressional Oversight Panel
3:20 – 4:20 pm Panel 2 – Legislative Changes on the Horizon
 
  • Moderator, Merritt B. Fox, Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law, NASDAQ Professor for Law and Economics of Capital Markets, Columbia Law School
  • Jay W. Eisenhofer, Managing Director, Grant & Eisenhofer
  • Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  • Nell Minow, Editor and Co-Founder, The Corporate Library
  • Lynn E. Turner, Senior Advisor, Kroll, Inc.; Former SEC Chief Accountant
4:30 – 5:00 pm

Keynote Address: New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr.

5:00 – 6:00 pm Reception


Click here to download the written CLE materials for this program

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