Rethinking Securities Regulation
Rethinking Securities Regulation
Vanderbilt Law & Business Conference
March 5, 2010
9:00-9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30-9:40 Opening Remarks
9:40-10:25 Professor Amanda Rose, Vanderbilt University
The Unlikely Case For A Multi-Enforcer Approach To Securities Fraud Deterrence
Commentator: Professor James Cox, Duke University
10:25-11:10 Professor Eric Talley, University of California, Berkeley
Commentator: Professor Robert Thompson, Vanderbilt University
11:10-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 Professor Jill Fisch, University of Pennsylvania
Rethinking The Regulation Of Securities Intermediaries
Commentator: Professor Todd Henderson, University of Chicago
12:00-1:30 Lunch – North Lobby, Vanderbilt Law School
Keynote Address: Commissioner Troy Paredes, Securities & Exchange Commission
1:30-1:40 Break
1:40-2:25 Professor Richard Squire, Fordham University
Shareholder Opportunism In A World Of Risky Debt
Commentator: Professor Margaret Blair, Vanderbilt University
2:25-3:10 Professor Merritt Fox, Columbia University
Fraud-On-The-Market Class Actions Against Foreign Issuers
Commentator: Professor Sam Buell, Washington University, St. Louis
3:10-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Professor Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University
Lying And Getting Caught: An Empirical Study Of The Effect Of Securities Class Action Settlements On Targeted Firms’ Stock Price, Operating Performance And Bankruptcy Risk
Commentator: Stephen Choi, New York University
Conference Conclusion