An ILEP–Penn Carey Law Journal of Business Law Symposium
November 9 & 10, 2023
“The Future of ESG”
Honoring the Scholarship and Influence of Professor Jill E. Fisch, and Featuring Papers and
Commentary by Numerous Others
- Presented Virtually & In-Person
- Up to 9 CLE Credits
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- Presentations by Up & Coming Scholars
- Delaware Business Law
- ESG in the Private Sphere
- SEC ESG Enforcement and Litigation
- ESG and Gatekeepers
- ESG & Disclosure Practicesms
AGENDA
THURSDAY November 9, 2023
(4:30 pm – 5:45 pm ET) Presentations by Up & Coming ScholarS
Presenters:
Professor Amelia Miazad
UC Davis School of Law
Professor Colleen Baker
The University of Oklahoma College of Law
Professor Sarah Williams
The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law School
Professor Caley Petrucci
The University of San Diego Law School
Professor Hajin Kim
The University of Chicago Law School
Moderators:
Greta Chevance (‘24)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Business Law
Caitlin Moyna, Esq.
Grant & Eisenhofer PA
(6:00 pm – 7:30 pm ET) The Edward Labaton Roundtable― Delaware Business Law
Participants:
Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick
Delaware Court of Chancery
Justice Karen L. Valihura
Delaware Supreme Court
Justice Abigail M. LeGrow
Delaware Supreme Court
Magistrate Loren Mitchell
Delaware Court of Chancery
Moderators:
Professor Hillary Sale
Georgetown Law School
Professor Lisa Fairfax
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
(8:00 pm ET) DINNER (The Study at University City)
Sponsored by:
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2023
(8:00 am – 9:00 am ET) REGISTRATION & Continental Breakfast
(8:30 am ) OPENING REMARKS
Laura Posner, Esq.
Incoming President-ILEP
Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
(8:45 am) The Scholarship and Influence of Professor Jill E. Fisch by Professor Hillary Sale
Professor Hillary Sale
Georgetown Law School
(9:30 am – 11:00 am ET) PANEL I
“ESG in the Private Sphere”
Sponsored by:
Presenters:
Professor Cynthia Williams
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Professor Afra Afsharipour
UC Davis School of Law
Commentators:
Professor Sarah Haan
Washington and Lee School of Law
Sharon Nelles, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Moderator:
Carol Gilden, Esq.
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
(11:00 am – 11:15 Am ET) COFFEE BREAK
(11:15 am – 12:45 pm ET) PANEL II
“SEC ESG Enforcement and Litigation”
Sponsored by:
Presenters:
Professor Donna Nagy
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Professor Joan MacLeod Heminway
The University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Law
Commentators:
Stephanie Avakian, Esq.
WilmerHale
Professor Elizabeth Pollman
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Moderator:
Desiree Cummings, Esq.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
(1:00 pm – 2:15 pm ET) LUNCH with PRESENTATION
(1:30 – 2:15 pm ET) “Discussion between SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and Professor Jill E. Fisch”
Participants:
Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Professor Jill E. Fisch
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
(2:30 pm – 4:00 pm ET) PANEL III
“ESG and Gatekeepers”
Presenters:
Professor Cathy Hwang
The University of Virginia School of Law
Professor Usha Rodrigues
University of Georgia School of Law
Commentators:
Professor Ann Lipton
Tulane University Law School
Audra Soloway, Esq.
Paul Weiss
Moderator:
Rebecca Boon, Esq.
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
(4:00 pm – 4:15 pm ET) COFFEE BREAK
(4:15 pm – 5:45 pm ET) PANEL IV
“ESG & Disclosure Practices”
Presenters:
Professor Renee Jones
Boston College Law School
Professor Lisa Fairfax
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Commentator:
Professor Christine Hurt
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Susan Saltzstein, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Moderator:
Emma Gilmore, Esq.
Pomerantz LLP
(5:45 pm ET) Concluding Remarks
Laura Posner, Esq.
Incoming President-ILEP, Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
(6:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET) POst Symposium Reception
CLE CREDITS
This multi-day program has been approved for a total of 9.0 CLE (6.0 substantive and 3.0 ethics) Pennsylvania CLE credits. CLE credit may be available in other jurisdictions as well. Attendees seeking CLE credit must register via the online registration link. For online attendees, in order to receive the appropriate amount of credit, passcodes provided throughout the program must be noted in your evaluation form.
REGISTRATION & TUITION
Tuition for the Symposium is $450 in-person and $200 virtually, payable online (see registration link below).
Discounts for those who attend in person are as follows (virtual tuition is $200 for everyone):
- If you are a student, staff, faculty member, or alumnus of Penn Carey Law or the Wharton School, in-person tuition is complimentary.
- If you are an academic, in-person tuition is complimentary.
- If you are an employee of a sponsor, in-person tuition is complimentary.
- If you are an attorney and your law firm is a Huntington Bank customer, in-person tuition is $350.
- If you are a Public interest attorney, in-person tuition is $250.
- If you are a member of the judiciary, a federal or state employee, or a lawyer 65 years of age or older, in-person tuition is $175.
Tuition includes all sessions, an extensive manual of written materials distributed by email ahead of time (as well as on a USB drive for those attending in person), and Thursday evening dinner and Friday’s breakfast, lunch, and reception for those attending in person.
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HOTEL INFORMATION
THE STUDY AT UNIVERSITY CITY
20 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
As a conference registrant, you may take advantage of a special hotel rate at The Study at University City. Individual guests should call (215) 387-1400 and reference the ILEP/UPenn Business Law Journal room block when booking or go on the web at https://reservations.travelclick.com/99716?groupID=3981377. Please identify as being part of the “ILEP” group when making the reservation. Deluxe Rooms are $249 per night plus tax (single or double occupancy).
The deadline to make a reservation in the ILEP room block is Friday, October 16, 2023.
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SPONSORS & PATRONS
Thank you to The Huntington National Bank and KCC LLC for their generous support as full conference sponsors:


Thank you to our generous patrons:




ILEP OFFICERS
- Marc I. Gross, ILEP President
- Laura Posner, Incoming ILEP President
- Laura Stein, ILEP Special Counsel
- Edward Labaton, ILEP Co-Founder and President Emeritus
- Daniel Shmilovich, ILEP Executive Director
- Sandra Stein, ILEP Co-Founder (1939-2020)
- Michael Barry, Vice President
- Darren Check, Vice President
- Carol Gilden, Vice President
- Salvatore Graziano, Vice President
- James Johnson, Vice President
- Gregg Levin, Vice President
- Matthew Mustokoff, Vice President
- Christopher Ritchie, Vice President
- Darren Robbins, Vice President
- Ned Weinberger, Vice President
ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD
- Professor James D. Cox, Duke University School of Law
- Professor Lisa M. Fairfax, University of Pennsylvania Carey
Law School - Professor Jill E. Fisch, University of Pennsylvania Carey
Law School - Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt Law School
- Professor Colleen Honigsberg, Stanford Law School
- Professor Robert J. Jackson Jr., New York University School of Law
- Professor Donald Langevoort, Georgetown Law School
- Professor Frank Partnoy, University of California Berkeley School of Law
- Professor Hillary Sale, Georgetown Law School
- Professor Joel Seligman, Washington University School of Law
- Professor Randall S. Thomas, Vanderbilt University School of Law
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS LAW EDITORIAL BOARD (2023-2024)
Editor-in-Chief
GRETA CHEVANCE
Production Editor
ZACHARY STRICKLIN
Managing Editor
CAROLINE HACKLEY
Online Editor
BENJAMIN W.J. NADOLSKY
Article Editors
FATIMA IBRAHIEM LINNEA SEIBEL
Executive Editors
EMILY CAMPBELL
JOE DANGTRAN
CONNOR GREGORY
ELIZABETH YIN
Comments Editor
LAURA HINNENKAMP
Research Editor
NOAH BEATTY
Symposium Editor
MICHAEL EVRARD-VESCIO
Senior Editors
THOMAS DOCKERY
MICHAEL MINSKY
JULIA RAPHAEL
RIANN J. WINGET
ELISE ZAPPIA
Associate Editors
CAMILLE AWONO
COLTON BECKER
AUSTIN A. BURK
VICTORIA CHANDRA
TIM CHO
AMANDA COHEN
SHANIKA COOPER
ANDREA SOFIA DELGADO
MARY ELBANNA
RYAN ENNS
HELEN FAN
RAFI FISCHER
URI FIXLER
JORDANA GLUCKOW
TED GOMES
ABBY GUITAR
THOMAS KEENAN
JONATHAN KHOUZAM
ROBERT KIRSCHENBAUM
ANDREW LANDESMAN
STEPHANIE K. LIM
BAILEY MERSCHMAN
YU MIAO
CAITLIN O’FLANAGAN
YUAN PAN
JONATHAN DAVID PARKER
ISABEL PENTLAND
HUGH RENNIE
JALEN A. STARKS
ISTVAN VAN VIANEN
HUAYU WANG
KEIKO L. WOLFE
BILLY ZHAO
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Daniel Shmilovich, ILEP Executive Director at (215) 988-9546 or email him at dan@ilep.org.