The University of Georgia, School of Law, 225 Herty Drive, Athens, GA 30602
8:00-8:45
Registration & Breakfast (outside Rooms A and B)
8:45-9:00
Opening Remarks (Room A)
Margaret V. Sachs (University of Georgia School of Law)
Peter B. Rutledge (University of Georgia School of Law)
9:00-10:00
Keynote Address (Room A)
Paul G. Mahoney (University of Virginia School of Law)
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:35
Concurrent Panels
Panel A(Room F)
Moderator and Discussant: Margaret V. Sachs (University of Georgia School of Law)
Patrick Corrigan (New York University School of Law), The Seller’s Curse: The Learning Puzzle and a Naïve Issuer Theory of IPO Underpricing
Donna M. Nagy (Indiana University Maurer School of Law), The Statutory Authority for Court-Ordered Disgorgement in SEC Enforcement Actions
Adam C. Pritchard (University of Michigan Law School), Securities Law in the Sixties: The Supreme Court, the Second Circuit, and the Triumph of Purpose over Text
Jeff Schwartz (University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law), De facto Shareholder Primacy
Panel B(Room J)
Moderator and Discussant: Jay B Kesten (Florida State University College of Law)
Anat Alon-Beck (New York University School of Law), Unicorn Stock Options – A Golden Goose or Trojan Horse
Benjamin P. Edwards (UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law), Venture Bearding
Elizabeth Pollman (Loyola Law School, Los Angeles), Startup Governance
Abbey R. Stemler (Indiana University Kelley School of Business), Chasing Unicorns: The Rise, Power, and Regulation of Tech Monopolies
Panel C(Room C)
Moderator and Discussant: Da Lin (Harvard Law School)
Jordan M. Barry (University of San Diego School of Law), Not From Concentrate: Collusion in Syndicated Markets
Gregory Day (University of Georgia Terry College of Business), Monopoly and Competition in the Marketplace of Ideas
Cary Martin Shelby (DePaul University College of Law), Hedge Funds, Competition, and Income Inequality
Ramsi Woodcock (University of Kentucky College of Law), Antitrust as Corporate Governance
Panel D(Room G)
Moderator and Discussant: Christopher M. Bruner (University of Georgia School of Law)
Justin W. Evans (Georgia Southern University College of Business Administration), The Strategic Virtues of Legal Uncertainty: Evidence from China
Paolo Saguato (George Mason University Scalia Law School), The Law and Economics of Set-Off and Netting
Matthew Wansley (nuTonomy), Beach Money Exits
11:35-12:30
Lunch (Outside Rooms A and B/Café/Courtyard)
12:30-2:00
Plenary Panel (Room A)
Moderator: Joan MacLeod Heminway (The University of Tennessee College of Law)
William W. Bratton (University of Pennsylvania Law School)
Giles T. Cohen (Securities & Exchange Commission)
Lisa M. Fairfax (George Washington University Law School)
James J. Park (UCLA School of Law)
Roberta Romano (Yale Law School)
Veronica Root (Notre Dame Law School)
2:00-2:10
Break
2:10-3:10
Concurrent Panels
Panel A(Room F)
Moderator and Discussant: Jeff Schwartz (University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law)
John P. Anderson (Mississippi College School of Law) & George A. Mocsary (Southern Illinois University School of Law, Insider Trading, Demonization of the Financial Sector, and Judicial Complacency
James J. Park (UCLA School of Law), A Disclosure Theory of Insider Trading Regulation
Menesh Patel (Columbia Law School), Does Insider Trading Law Change Behavior? An Empirical Analysis
Panel B(Room J)
Moderator and Discussant: Tom C.W. Lin (Temple University Beasley School of Law)
Andrew C.W. Lund (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law), Shareholder Voting on Golden Parachutes: Determinants and Consequences
Megan Wischmeier Shaner (University of Oklahoma College of Law), What's in a Title: Executive Officers, Key Employees, and Legal Ramifications
Nitzan Shilon (Peking University School of Transnational Law), Replacing Executive Equity Compensation: The Case for Cash for Long-Term Performance
Panel C(Room C)
The Rise of the Working Class Shareholder: Labor’s Last Best Weapon (Harvard U Press)
Author: David Webber (Boston University School of Law)
Discussants: Mehrsa Baradaran (University of Georgia School of Law) Joan MacLeod Heminway (The University of Tennessee College of Law) Ann M. Lipton (Tulane University Law School)
Panel D(Room G)
Moderator and Discussant: Matthew C. Turk (Indiana University (Kelley School of Business)
Christopher M. Bruner (University of Georgia School of Law), Corporate Governance Reform in Post-Crisis Financial Firms: Two Fundamental Tensions
Alexander Dill (Chicago-Kent College of Law), Whither Credit Rating Agency Reform? An Analysis of a Significant Gap in Regulation of Systemic Risk
Jeremy C. Kress (University of Michigan Ross School of Business), Complementary Financial Regulation and the Future of the Financial Stability Oversight Council
3:10-3:20
Break
3:20-4:40
Concurrent Panels
Panel A(Room F)
Moderator and Discussant: James J. Park (UCLA School of Law)
Gina-Gail S. Fletcher (Indiana University Maurer School of Law), Reexamining Disclosure
Michael D. Guttentag (Loyola Law School, Los Angeles), Does size matter? Firm Size and the Propensity for Fraud
Brent J. Horton (Fordham University Gabelli School of Business), Rising to Their Full Potential: How a Uniform Disclosure Regime Will Empower Benefit Corporations
Stephen Park (University of Connecticut School of Business), The Global Scope of Non-Financial Reporting: Optimizing Private Ordering in Public Disclosure
Panel B(Room J)
Moderator and Discussant: Paolo Saguato (George Mason University Scalia Law School)
Colleen Baker (University of Oklahoma Price College of Business), Clearinghouse Ownership Structure, Recovery, and Resolution
Elizabeth F. Brown (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse), Proposals to Reform Federal Involvement in Insurance Regulation
Joan MacLeod Heminway (The University of Tennessee College of Law), Business Deregulation, American Style: What Process Shows Promise?
Matthew C. Turk (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business), Overlapping Financial Regulation
Panel C(Room C)
Moderator and Discussant: Matteo Gatti (Rutgers Law School)
Abdulrahman N. Alsaleh (Harvard Law School), A Critique of the Statutory Protection of Minority Shareholders in Close Corporations in Saudi Arabia: Exploratory and Analytical Study of the Corporate Governance Structure in the Saudi Corporate Law
Tom C.W. Lin (Temple University Beasley School of Law), Asymmetrical Financial Warfare
Chang-hsien (Robert) TSAI (Institute of Law for Science & Technology, College of Technology Management National Tsing Hua University), The Dialogue between Transnational Private Governance and Legal Transplants: A Case Study on Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility Reports under the Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative in Taiwan
Panel D(Room G)
Moderator and Discussant: Eric C. Chaffee (The University of Toledo College of Law)
Shlomit Azgad-Trome, (Columbia Law School), Crypto Securities: Blockchain-Based Assets and the Dilemmas of Securities Regulation
William J. Magnuson (Texas A&M University School of Law), Financial Regulation in the Bitcoin Era
Nizan Geslevich Packin (City University of New York), In Big-Data Algorithms We Trust
Jonathan G. Rohr (The University of Tennessee College of Law), Blockchain-Based Token Sales, Initial Coin Offerings, and the Democratization of Public Capital Markets
4:40-4:50
Break
4:50-5:50
Concurrent Panels
Panel A(Room F)
Moderator and Discussant: Nizan Geslevich Packin (City University of New York)
Eric C. Chaffee (The University of Toledo College of Law), Securities Regulation in Virtual Space
George S. Georgiev (Emory University School of Law), Understanding Big Tech and Big Data: The Essential Role of Securities Regulation
Kristin N. Johnson (Tulane University Law School), Regulating Dark Pools
Panel B(Room J)
Moderator and Discussant: Ramsi Woodcock (University of Kentucky College of Law)
Olufunmilayo B. Arewa (Temple University Beasley School of Law), Zombies, Ghosts, and Hollywood Accounting: Intangibles and Intellectual Property Strategies
Gregory Day (University of Georgia Terry College of Business) & Mike Schuster (Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business), Irrational Patenting
Panel C(Room C)
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap (Harvard U Press)
Author: Mehrsa Baradaran (University of Georgia School of Law)
Discussants: Lisa M. Fairfax (George Washington University Law School) Robert F. Weber (Georgia State University College of Law
Panel D(Room G)
Moderator and Discussant: W. Robert Thomas (Harvard Law School)
Carliss N. Chatman (Northern Illinois University College of Law), Myth of the Attorney Whistleblower
Mihailis E. Diamantis (University of Iowa College of Law), Successor Identity
David Kwok (University of Houston Law Center), Is Vagueness Choking the White Collar Statute?
6:00-7:00
Reception (Courtyard)
8:30-9:00
Registration & Breakfast (outside Rooms A and B)
9:00-10:15
Plenary Panel (Room A)
Moderator: Elizabeth Pollman (Loyola Law School, Los Angeles)
Miriam H. Baer (Brooklyn Law School)
Sean J. Griffith (Fordham Law School)
Peter J. Henning (Wayne State University School of Law)
Adam C. Pritchard (University of Michigan Law School)
Kate Stith (Yale Law School)
10:15-10:25
Break
10:25-12:05
Concurrent Panels
Panel A(Room F)
Moderator and Discussant: Marcia Narine Weldon (University of Miami School of Law)
Michael R. Bell (New Jersey City University School of Business), The Modern Slavery Act, Supply Chain Orthodoxy, and Re-Thinking the “Culture” of Corporate Compliance
Danielle D’Onfro (Washington University School of Law), Stewardship
Todd Haugh (Indiana University Kelley School of Business), The Power Few of Corporate Compliance
Geeyoung Min (Columbia Law School), Taking Compliance Oversight Seriously
Veronica Root (Notre Dame Law School), Complex Compliance
Panel B(Room J)
Moderator and Discussant: Carla L. Reyes (Michigan State University College of Law)
Madison Condon (New York University School of Law), Externalities and the Universal Owner: What Recent Shareholder Action on Climate Risk Can Tell Us About the Corporate Governance Role of Institutional Investors
Michael B. Dorff (Southwestern Law School) & Cait Unkovic (U.C. Berkeley School of Law), Funding the Revolution
Paolo Davide Farah (West Virginia University, UsA & gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development, UK), Legislation Addressing Corporate Behavior and the Provision For A Human Rights Due Diligence Process In Europe
Daniel J.H. Greenwood (Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law), Corporate Law and the Plight of The Middle Class: Could Reformed Corporate Law Help Revive the Great American Growth Machine?
Yaron Nili (University of Wisconsin Law School), Beyond the Numbers: Substantive Gender Diversity in Boardrooms
Panel C(Room C)
Moderator and Discussant: Anne M. Tucker (Georgia State University College of Law)
Itai Fiegenbaum (Tel Aviv University), Controlling Shareholder Accountability
Mariangela Iannaccone (Aarhus University Department of Law), Dual Class Stocks: Perspective for a Reconsideration of the One Share One Vote Rule
Da Lin (Harvard Law School), Beyond Beholdenness
Ann M. Lipton (Tulane University Law School), Shareholder Divorce Court
Emily Winston (New York University School of Law), Shareholders, Stakeholders and Team Production
Panel D(Room G)
Moderator and Discussant: William J. Magnuson (Texas A&M University School of Law)
Matteo Gatti (Rutgers Law School), The Adaptability of European Companies to the Market for Corporate Control
Sean J. Griffith (Fordham Law School), Outsourcing Risk in Merger Agreements
Charles Korsmo (Case Western Reserve University School of Law), Delaware’s Retreat from Judicial Scrutiny of Mergers
Jeremy R. McClane (University of Connecticut School of Law), The Value of Language in Merger and Acquisition Agreements
Jordan B. Neyland (George Mason University Scalia Law School), Star-crossed: The Dark Side of Star Analyst Coverage in Acquisitions
12:05-1:15
Lunch and Keynote Address (Walker Room, Rusk Hall)
Cindy A. Schipani (University of Michigan Ross School of Business)
1:15-1:25
Break
1:25-2:10
Concurrent Panels
Panel A(Room F)
Moderator and Discussant: Jordan M. Barry (University of San Diego School of Law)
Christine Hurt (BYU Law School), Partnership Lost
Michael Simkovic (USC Gould School of Law), Limited Liability and the Known Unknown
Panel B(Room J)
Moderator and Discussant: Emily Winston (New York University School of Law)
Jay B Kesten (Florida State University College of Law), On the Convergence of Fiduciary Duties in Public Firms
Arthur Laby (Rutgers Law School), Advisers as Fiduciaries
Panel C(Room C)
Moderator and Discussant: George S. Georgiev (Emory University School of Law)
Scott Hirst (Harvard Law School), The Role of Indexes in Corporate Governance
Andrew Winden (Stanford Law School), Regulation by Indexation
2:10-2:20
Break
2:20-3:40
Concurrent Panels
Panel A(Room F)
Moderator and Discussant: Mehrsa Baradaran (University of Georgia School of Law)
Christopher G. Bradley (University of Kentucky College of Law), Disrupting Secured Transactions
Matthew Bruckner (Howard University School of Law), The Poor Man's Basic Income Guarantee
Camilla E. Watson (University of Georgia School of Law), Navient Corporation: Former GSEs and Their Progeny Should Be Held to a Higher Standard
Panel B(Room J)
Moderator and Discussant: Carliss N. Chatman (Northern Illinois University College of Law)
Jessica Erickson (University of Richmond School of Law), Shareholder Derivative Suits as the Forgotten Canary in the Coalmine
Glenn Heirman (University of Antwerp), Class Action Arbitration – Will the U.S. and the E.U. Converge?
Vera Korzun (The University of Akron School of Law), The Network of Global Corporate Investors: Who Are the Claimants?
Panel C(Room C)
Moderator and Discussant: Eric C. Chaffee (The University of Toledo College of Law)
J.S. Nelson (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law), Disclosure-Driven Crime
Reem Radhi (Durham Law School), Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Reform to Reduce Corporate Crime and Create Norm Compliant Behaviour?
W. Robert Thomas (Harvard Law School), Corporate-Criminal Governance Reform: A New Role for Progressive Corporate Law
Panel D(Room G)
Moderator and Discussant: Patrick Corrigan (New York University School of Law)
Michael Simkovic (USC Gould School of Law) & A. Joseph Warburton (Syracuse University College of Law), Luck or Skill? Mutual Funds that Borrow
Anne M. Tucker (Georgia State University College of Law), Mutual Fund Risk Disclosures
3:40-3:50
Break
3:50-4:50
Concurrent Panels
Panel A(Room F)
Moderator and Discussant: Christopher G. Bradley (University of Kentucky College of Law)
Megan McDermott (University of Wisconsin School of Law), Chapter 11 at Midlife: Evaluating the Supreme Court’s Role in Shaping Corporate Reorganizations under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
Lindsey Simon (University of Georgia School of Law), Claim Preclusion, Consent, and the Code Corporate Law
Panel B(Room J)
Moderator and Discussant: Gina-Gail S. Fletcher (Indiana University Maurer School of Law)
Yaron Nili (University of Wisconsin Law School), Horizontal Directors
Darren Rosenblum (Pace Law School), Diversity by Term Limits
Gregory H. Shill (University of Iowa College of Law), The Independent Board as Shield
Panel C(Room C)
Moderator and Discussant: Jiaying Christine Jiang (Emory University School of Law)
Shawn Bayern (Florida State University College of Law), The Implications of Modern Business-Entity Law for the Regulation of Autonomous Systems
Matthew W. Swinehart (U.S. Department of the Treasury), Modeling Payments Regulation and Financial Change
Carla L. Reyes (Michigan State University College of Law), Corporate Crypto-Governance
Panel D(Room G)
Moderator and Discussant: Eric C. Chaffee (The University of Toledo College of Law)
Robert Anderson (Pepperdine University School of Law) & Jeffrey Manns (George Washington University Law School), Contract Theory and the Delaware Default
Usha R. Rodrigues (University of Georgia School of Law), Law and the Blockchain
Kelli Alces Williams (Florida State University College of Law), Market Testing Boilerplate
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