AALS Section on Securities Regulation – Call for Papers – 2016 AALS Annual Meeting

The AALS Section on Securities Regulation invites papers for its program on “The Future of Securities Regulation: Innovation, Regulation and Enforcement.” January 6-10, 2016 New York, NY TOPIC DESCRIPTION: This panel discussion will explore the current trends and future implications in the securities regulation field including transactional and financial innovation, the regulation of investment funds, […]

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ISNIE 2015 – Harvard Law School

ISNIE 2015 Conference Schedule Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2015 4:15pm: Registration (Wasserstein, Milstein West) 5:00-6pm: Keynote Address (Wasserstein, Milstein West) Property Rights and the Efficiency of Bargaining Michael Whinston, MIT 1 FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2015 7:30-8:30am: Registration & Continental Breakfast (Wasserstein, Milstein West) 8:30-10am: Session 1 PANEL 1: EXPERIMENTS ABOUT INSTITUTIONS […]

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2015 National Business Law Scholars Conference

June 4-5, 2015 Seton Hall University School of Law THURSDAY, JUNE 4th Registration & Breakfast (Room 273) Opening Remarks (Room 273) Concurrent Panels Panel A (Room 271) Regulating Financial Markets Moderator and Discussant: Alexander Dill (Chicago-Kent College of Law)   Gina-Gail S. Fletcher (Indiana University Maurer School of Law), Conflict-Based Market Manipulation   Joan MacLeod […]

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American Law and Economics Association – Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting

May 15-16, 2015  All sessions to be held at Columbia Law School Friday, May 15 (Author’s name in bold indicates person presenting paper) 8:00 – 8:45:       Registration and Continental Breakfast Panel IA:          Consumer Bankruptcy Panel Chair: Kathryn Fritzdixon Will Dobbie, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, and Crystal Yang, “Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health” Discussant: Frank McIntyre Rajashri Chakrabarti […]

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The Seventh Annual Roundtable Discussion on Investment Funds – Harvard Law School – December 8, 2014

Draft Program Arrival & Registration at Harvard Law School – Wasserstein Hall 2036 (Milstein East A) 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 Welcome Luncheon, Opening Remarks & Keynote Address Welcome: John C. Coates, IV, John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law & Economics Harvard Law School Introduction: Tamar Frankel, Professor of Law & Michaels Faculty […]

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The Effect of Non- and Deferred Prosecution Agreements on Corporate Governance: Evidence from 1993-2013

Non- and Deferred Prosecution Agreements (N/DPAs) are controversial because prosecutors, not judges or the legislature, are changing the governance of leading public corporations and entire industries. To analyze N/DPAs’ corporate governance implications and provide policy makers with guidance, the authors code all publicly available N/DPAs (N=271) from 1993 to 2013, identifying 215 governance categories and […]

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Presentation: Effect of Dodd-Frank Act on Hedge Fund Performance – at European Financial Management Association – 2014 Annual Conference – Rome Italy

EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 2014 Annual Conference June 25 – 28, 2014 University of Rome Tor Vergata – School of Economics Rome, ITALY Dear colleagues and friends of the European Financial Management Association (EFMA), On behalf of the School of Economics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, We have the great pleasure and privilege […]

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The Effect of Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements on Corporate Governance – Evidence from 1993-2013

THE EFFECT OF DEFERRED AND NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – EVIDENCE FROM 1993-2013 by Wulf A. Kaal* *Associate Professor, University of Saint Thomas School of Law (Minneapolis). & Timothy A. Lacine* *J.D.  2014, University of St. Thomas School of Law; MBA 2008, University of Minnesota. Abstract Non- and Deferred Prosecution Agreements (N/DPAs), are controversial […]

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