Presented by the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and the Institute for Law and Economic Policy
January 26 & 27, 2023
“Regulating Upheavals in the Securities Markets & Boardrooms”
Honoring Joel Seligman’s Legacy
Remarks by Prof. Robert J. Jackson, former SEC Commissioner
- Attend virtually or in-person
- Up to 9 CLE Credits
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LEARN MORE ABOUT
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Entrapment of the Little Guys: Resisting the Erosion of Investor, Employee, and Consumer Protections
- Regulating Markets Driven by Gen Z and Fully Wired
- Cryptocurrencies – How to Prevent Triggering Gresham’s Law
- Throwing Investors under the Bus? Signs of Weaknesses in Historical Investor Protection Mechanisms
AGENDA
THURSDAY January 26, 2023
(5:45 pm – 7:45 pm ET) SUPREME COURT ROUNDTABLE
Moderator:
Professor Joel Seligman
Washington University School of Law
Commentators:
Professor Linda Greenhouse
Yale Law School
Professor Susan Appleton
Washington University School of Law
Professor Rick Pildes
New York University School of Law
Deepak Gupta, Esq.
Gupta Wessler PLLC
(8:00 pm – 9:30 pm ET) ILEP OPENING DINNER
FRIDAY January 28, 2022
(7:30 am – 8:30 am ET) REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
(8:30 am – 8:45 am ET) OPENING REMARKS
Marc Gross, Esq.
ILEP President, Pomerantz LLP
(8:45 am – 9:00 am ET) HONORING JOEL SELIGMAN’S LEGACY
Professor Donald Langevoort
Georgetown Law School
(9:00 am – 10:30 am ET) PANEL I
“Entrapment of the Little Guy: Resisting the Erosion of Investor, Employee and Consumer Protections (Mass Arbitration, Bylaw Private Ordering and Federal/State Jurisdiction Issues)”
Sponsored by:
Presenters:
Professor Maria Glover
Georgetown Law School
Professor James Cox
Duke University School of Law
Professor Ernest Young
Duke University School of Law
Commentators:
Andrew Ditchfield, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Professor Brian Fitzpatrick
Vanderbilt University Law School
Carol Gilden, Esq.
Cohen Milstein
Moderator:
Judge Patrick Bumatay
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
(10:30 am – 10:45 Am ET) COFFEE BREAK
(11:30 am – 12:30 pm ET) PANEL II
“Regulating Markets Driven by Gen Z and Fully Wired”
Sponsored by:
Presenters:
Professor Christina Sautter
Louisiana State University Law School
Professor Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci
New York University School of Law
Professor Joel Seligman
Washington University School of Law
Commentators:
Professor Jill Fisch
The University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law
Tyler Gellasch
Healthy Markets Association
Judge Jed A. Rakoff
US District Court, SDNY
Moderator:
Darren Robbins, Esq.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
(12:30 pm – 1:45 pm ET) LUNCH & PRESENTATION
“SEC Developments”
Sponsored by:
Presenter:
Professor Robert J. Jackson
Former US SEC Commissioner, New York University School of Law
(2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET) PANEL III
“Cryptocurrencies – How to Prevent Triggering Gresham’s Law (Bad Currency Drives Out Good Currency)”
Sponsored by:
Presenters:
Professor Arthur Wilmarth
The George Washington Law School
Professor Yesha Yadiv
Vanderbilt Law School
Commentators:
Professor Joel Seligman
Washington University School of Law
Peter Morrison, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Moderator:
Emily Christiansen, Esq.
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP
(3:30 pm – 3:45 pm ET) COFFEE BREAK
(3:45 pm – 5:15 pm ET) PANEL IV
“Throwing Investors under the Bus? Signs of Weaknesses in Historical Investor Protection Mechanisms (SPACS, Decline of Due Diligence)”
Presenters:
Professor Usha Rodrigues
University of Georgia School of Law
Professor Michael Stegemoller
Baylor University Hankamer School of Business
Professor Andrew Tuch
Washington University School of Law
Commentators:
Professor Michael Klausner
Stanford Law School
Judge Lewis J. Liman
US District Court, SDNY
Neal Potischman, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Moderator:
Mark Lebovitch, Esq.
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
(7:00 pm – 9:30 pm ET) ILEP CLOSING DINNER
Closing Remarks:
Laura Stein, Esq.
ILEP Special Counsel, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
CLE CREDITS
ILEP will submit applications for CLE approval in states where attorneys request them. ILEP will provide attendees with a certificate of attendance for their records. Estimated credit is 9 hours based on a 50-minute credit hour and 8 hours based on a 60-minute credit hour. For more information, contact Daniel Shmilovich, ILEP Executive Director, at (215) 988-9546 or at dan@ilep.org.
REGISTRATION & TUITION
Tuition for this symposium is $450 in-person and $100 virtually, payable online. See registration link below or scan the QR code.
Discounts are available for those who attend in person (virtual tuition is $100 for everyone):
- If you are a Washington University School of Law Alumnus, in-person tuition is $350.
- If you are an attorney and your law firm is a Huntington Bank or Western Alliance 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, an academic, 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 dinner for those attending in person.
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HOTEL INFORMATION
FAIRMONT GRAND DEL MAR
5300 Grand Del Mar Court
San Diego, CA 92130
Base Rate: $449/night plus tax
As a conference registrant, you may take advantage of a special hotel rate at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar. Call Fairmont Grand Del Mar reservations at (855) 314-2030 or on the web at https://book.passkey.com/e/50344383.
Please identify as being part of the “ILEP” group when making the reservation. Fairmont Rooms are at a rate of $449 per night. Maximum occupancy is two (2) per room. The resort fee of $60.00 per night has been waived for our program.
The deadline to make a reservation in the ILEP room block is Friday December 23, 2022.
SPONSORS & PATRONS
Thank you to Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, The AAJ Robert L. Habush Endowment, The Huntington National Bank, and KCC LLC for their generous support.




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ILEP OFFICERS
- Marc I. Gross, 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
- Laura Posner, 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 School of Law
- Professor Jill E. Fisch, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
- 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
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Daniel Shmilovich, ILEP Executive Director at (215) 988-9546 or email him at dan@ilep.org.