The Effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on Hedge Fund Performance – Presentation at George Washington University Law School
THE CENTER FOR LAW, ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
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THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
FOURTH ANNUAL JUNIOR FACULTY BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL LAW WORKSHOP AND JUNIOR FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES
Sponsored by Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
The George Washington University Law School 2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
February 7-8, 2014
Friday February 7
Welcome, FACULTY CONFERENCE CENTER, B 505
Gregory Maggs, Interim Dean, GW Law School
Arthur Wilmarth, Professor of Law, GW Law School; Executive Director, C-LEAF Lisa Fairfax, Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law, GW Law School
Session 1: Systemic Risk Paradox
Felix Chang, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Commentators:
Heidi Schooner, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America
John Buchman, Executive Counsel- Regulatory Affairs, General Electric Capital Corporation
Session 2: Bankruptcy Stigma: A Socio-Legal Study
Michael Sousa, University of Denver College of Law
Commentators:
Robert Lawless, Associate Dean for Research, Co-Director, Illinois Program on Law, Behavior and Social Science, University of Illinois College of Law
Deborah Thorne, Wagner Teaching Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ohio University
Session 3: The SEC and the Courts’ Cooperative Policing of Related Party Transactions
Geeyoung Min, University of Virginia School of Law
Commentators: Joan Heminway, W.P. Toms Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law
David Lynn, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Session 4: The (Un)enforcement of Corporate Officer Duties
Megan Shaner, University of Oklahoma College of Law
Commentators:
Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law, Director, Widener Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law, Widener University School of Law
Lyman Johnson, Robert O. Bentley Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Session 5: Testing the Bounds of Fiduciary Obligations: An Empirical Study of U.S. Mutual Fund Proxy Voting Behavior
Olivia Dixon, The University of Sydney
Commentators:
JIll Fisch, Perry Golkin Professor of Law, Co-Director, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Lisa Fairfax, GW Law School
Session 6: Functional Financial Regulation
Sung Eun (Summer) Kim, University of Illinois College of Law
Commentators:
Richard Carnell, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
Art Wilmarth, GW Law School
Session 7: The Outside Investor: Citizen Shareholders and Corporate Law Alienation
Anne Tucker, Georgia State University College of Law
Commentators:
Jeff Mahoney, General Counsel, Council of Institutional Investors
Jennifer Taub, Associate Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
Saturday February 8
Session 8: Hedge Fund Performance After the Dodd-Frank Act-A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Wulf Kaal, University of St. Thomas School of Law
Commentators:
William Bratton, Deputy Dean and Nicholas F, Gallicchio Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute of Law and Economics, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Sabastian V. Niles, Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, LLP
Session 9: Professional Responsibility of Investment Bankers
Andrew Tuch, Washington University School of Law
Commentators:
William Wilhelm, Jr., William G. Shenkir Eminent Scholar Finance, University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce
Andre Owens, Partner, WilmerHale LLP Morning Break
Session 10: Insider Trading in Derivative Markets (And What it Means for Everyone Else)
Commentators: James Cox, Brainerd Currie Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law School
Arthur Wilmarth, GW Law School
Session 11: Do the Securities Laws Matter? The Matter of Convergence of the Loan and Bond Markets
Elisabeth de Fontenay, Duke University School of Law
Commentators:
Donald Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Theresa Gabaldon, GW Law School
Session 12: The Special Problem of Banks and Crime
Gregory Gilchrist, University of Toledo College of Law
Commentators:
Samuel Buell, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
Cornelius Hurley, Director, Center for Finance, Law & Policy, Professor of the Practice of Banking Law, Boston University School of Law
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