Mar. 1: BFS – Dorothy Watson
International In-House Counsel Breakfast Forum Series Date(s): 03.01.12 | Thursday Time: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Location: Room 430 B/C Sponsor: Office of International and Non-J.D. Programs and the Corporate Law Center Speaker: Dorothy Watson Affiliation: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation This brand new series, co-chaired by Adjunct Professor Kent Bernard, brings distinguished in-house counsel to the [...]
Feb. 28: BLPS – Michael Comstock & Rora Tanaka
Business Law Practitioners Series Date(s): 02.28.12 | Tuesday Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Location: Room 205 Sponsor: Corporate Law Center Speaker: Michael Comstock & Rora Tanaka Affiliation: Investment/M&A Advisory and RORA Client Systems, TyMetrix The third Business Law Practitioners Series program for Spring 2012 is Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Come meet: Michael Comstock ’05 [...]
Feb. 16: CGDLS – Curtis J. Milhaupt
Comparative Corporate Governance Distinguished Lecture Series Date(s): 02.16.12 | Thursday Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Location: Room 430 B/C Sponsor: Fordham Corporate Law Center and Fordham Law Office of International and Non-J.D. Programs Speaker: Curtis J. Milhaupt Affiliation: Columbia Law School Curtis J. Milhaupt, Columbia Law School, Parker Professor of Comparative Corporate Law, Fuyo [...]
Feb. 14: BFS – Ann Nielsen
International In-House Counsel Breakfast Forum Series Date(s): 02.14.12 | Tuesday Time: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Location: Room 430 B/C Sponsor: Office of International and Non-J.D. Programs and the Corporate Law Center Speaker: Ann Nielsen Affiliation: Bristol-Myers Squibb This brand new series, co-chaired by Adjunct Professor Kent Bernard, brings distinguished in-house counsel to the law [...]
Feb. 7: CGDLS – Michele Perrino
Comparative Corporate Governance Distinguished Lecture Series Date(s): 02.07.12 | Tuesday Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Location: Room 430 B/C Sponsor: Fordham Corporate Law Center and Fordham Law Office of International and Non-J.D. Programs Speaker: Michele Perrino Affiliation: University of Palermo, Italy Michele Perrino, Full Professor, Commercial and Company Law, University of Palermo, Italy, and [...]
Jan. 31: BLPS – Andrew I. Chizzik
Business Law Practitioners Series Date(s): 01.31.12 | Tuesday Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Location: Room 205 Sponsor: Corporate Law Center Speaker: Andrew I. Chizzik Affiliation: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP The second Business Law Practitioners Series program for Spring 2012 is Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Come meet: Andrew I. Chizzik ’04 Senior Associate (Private [...]
Representation Without Accountability?
The Fordham Corporate Law Center, in conjunction with KStone Partners, hosted a public forum on whether financial reporting by the federal government comports with Constitutional requirements. In what was perhaps the first public conference on this topic, distinguished panelists discussed the federal government’s actual expenditures, its current financial reporting, its historic choices about financial reporting, questions surrounding [...]
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Eugene P. and Delia S. Murphy Conference on Corporate Law
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Representation Without Accountability?
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The Philosophy and Practice of Disclosure
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Highlights From Volume 18 Book I
THE BEHAVIORAL PARADOX: WHY INVESTOR IRRATIONALITY CALLS FOR LIGHTER AND SIMPLER FINANCIAL REGULATION
It is widely believed that behavioral economics justifies more intrusive regulation of financial markets, because people are not fully rational and need to be protected from their quirks. This Article challenges that belief. Firstly, insofar as people can be helped to make better choices, that goal can usually be achieved through light-touch regulations. Secondly, faulty [...]
DEMANDING SUBSTANCE OR FORM? THE SEC’S PLAIN ENGLISH HANDBOOK AS A BASIS FOR SECURITIES VIOLATIONS
In 1998, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released a style manual titled “The Plain English Handbook.” The culmination of a drive by its Chairman, Arthur Levitt, the Handbook drew upon the rules of grammar, best industry practice, and even the support of billionaire Warren Buffett in calling for a layman’s [...]
FULL OF HOT AIR? EVALUATING THE AIRGAS COURT’S RESERVATIONS ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ SHORT-TERM AND LONGTERM INTERESTS IN TAKEOVERS
This Note explores the incentives and preferences of shareholders in takeovers. This analysis is conducted in the context of the Delaware Chancery Court’s February 2011 decision in Air Products & Chemicals v. Airgas. In that case, the court’s decision largely turned on whether certain short-term and long-term shareholders have different preferences and incentives in takeovers. [...]
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- 13th Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities & Financial Law (4/18/2013)
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