Faculty Presentations 2007-08Summer 2008May 2008May 21: Paige Marta Skiba, "Law, Behavior and the Brain: Decision Making in Financial Markets," Gruter Institute Annual Conference at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, California May 22: Margaret Blair, testimony before the House Science and Technology Committee to support its investigation of the effect of corporate governance rules and financial markets on technology development. Professor Blair's testimony addressed whether corporate law requires corporate managers and boards to "maximize shareholder value." Read Professor Blair's testimony. May 30: Terry Maroney, "Emotional Common Sense," Law & Society Association, Montreal Canada May 31: Richard Nagareda, “The Attorney-Client Relationship in the Mass Litigation Field,” ALI-ABA conference on “Mass Litigation,” Charleston, South Carolina June 2008June 10: Margaret Blair, panelist, "Shareowners and Stakeholders: Is there a conflict?" at the Yale Governance Forum, sponsored by the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at Yale University June 13: Richard Nagareda, “Aggregate Litigation across the Atlantic and the Future of American Exceptionalism,” NYU-ALI conference on “Class Actions in Europe and North America,” Florence, Italy June 14: D. Don Welch, “Law School Strategic Planning in the University Context,” American Bar Association Associate Dean’s Conference, Inglewood, Colorado June 16: Ellen Wright Clayton, "Biobanking in the 21st Century: Lessons Learned from the HapMap and Other Projects about Navigating Turbulent Waters," Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy July 2008July 5, Margaret Blair, speaker, "Firms' New Frontiers," Aix-en-Provence Economic Forum, sponsored by Le Cercle des Economistes, Aix-en-Provence, France July 7: Mike Newton, "The Anfal Genocide: Law, Legislation and Politics," T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague, Netherlands July 30: D. Don Welch, “Writing Your Law School’s History,” Southeastern Association of Law Schools annual meeting, Palm Beach, Florida Fall 2008September 2008September 17: W. Kip Viscusi, “How to Value a Life,” Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky September 25-27: Jim Ely, "The History of Property Rights," Free Market Forum, Hillsdale College, Dearborn, Michigan. October 2008October 9: W. Kip Viscusi, “Punitive Damages,” Keynote Address, Research Symposium on Empirical Studies of Civil Liability, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois October 17-18: Jim Ely, panelist, Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, College of William and Mary Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 Presentations |
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