2021 Symposium
INSTITUTE FOR LAW & ECONOMIC POLICY 27th Annual Symposium
• Held January 28 to 29, 2021
Presented Virtually by the Texas Law Review – University of Texas and the Institute for Law & Economic Policy (from the University of Texas at Austin, School of Law)
Sponsored by The Huntington National Bank and KCC LLC
Learn More About . . .
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Charters
- Securities Fraud
- S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement
WATCH VIDEOS OF THE EVENT BELOW
Day 1: THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 2021
Opening Supreme Court Panel
5:45 pm – 7:30 pm
Moderator:
Professor Joel Seligman, University of Rochester
Participants:
Executive Director F. Paul Bland, Jr., Public Justice
Amy Saharia, Esquire, Williams and Connolly LLP
Professor Elizabeth Sepper, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
DAY 2: Friday, JANUARY 29, 2021
Panel I
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Moderator:
Emma Gilmore, Esquire, Pomerantz LLP
Presenters:
Resisting the Return to Managerialism: Institutionalizing the Shareholder Voice in the Monitoring Model
Professor James Cox, Duke University School of Law
co-authoring paper with
Professor Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University Law School
Validation Capital
Professor Alon Brav, Duke University: Fuqua School of Business
co-authoring paper with
Professor Dorothy Lund, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
and
Professor Edward Rock, New York University School of Law
Commentators:
Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III, Delaware Court of Chancery
Professor John Coates, Harvard Law School
Professor Robert Thompson, Georgetown Law School
Ted Mirvis, Esquire, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Panel II
11:15 am – 12:45 pm
Moderator:
Mark Lebovitch, Esquire, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, LLP
Presenters:
Should Corporations Have a Purpose?
Professor Jill Fisch, University of Pennsylvania Law School
co-authoring paper with
Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon, University of California Berkeley School of Law
The History and Revival of the Corporate Purpose Clause
Professor Elizabeth Pollman, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Commentators:
Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. (retired), Former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
Professor Mark J. Roe, Harvard Law School
Susan Salzstein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Luncheon Speaker
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Professor Robert J. Jackson, Former US SEC Commissioner, New York University School of Law
Panel III
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Moderator:
Carol V. Gilden, Esquire, Cohen Milstein
Presenters:
Corporate Adolescence: Why Did “We” Not Work?
Professor Hillary Sale, Georgetown University Law Center
co-authoring paper with
Professor Donald Langevoort, Georgetown University Law Center
The SEC and ESG Blind-Spots: Turning the Corner on Disclosure?
Professor Donna M. Nagy, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
co-authoring paper with
Professor Cynthia Williams, York University, Osgoode Hall Law School
Commentators:
Professor Craig M. Lewis, Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management
Sharon Nelles, Esquire, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Panel IV
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm
Moderator:
Darren Robbins, Esquire, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Presenters:
On a stakeholder model of corporate governance
Professor Jonathan Karpoff, University of Washington, Foster School of Business
Corporate Diversity, Inclusion, and Punishment
Professor James C. Spindler, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Commentators:
Professor Robert Prentice, University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
Meghan Peitzmeier, Esquire, Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
As a program of the ILEP and the Texas Law Review, the conference is recognized for CLE credit in most states, including California, Delaware, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Upon request, ILEP will provide certification to apply for credit from other states.
Estimated credit is 9 hours based on a 50-minute credit hour, and 8 hours based on a 60-minute credit hour.
- LEARN MORE: Download the Symposium e-vite (PDF).
QUESTIONS?
For more information about this conference and others, please contact Daniel Shmilovich, ILEP Executive Director at (215) 988-9546 or email him at dan@ilep.org.