Occasional Lectures

The Center provides a forum, by sponsoring lectures typically over lunch, for the presentation of current research and discussion of topical issues in the business law area by faculty of the Law School and other universities, regulators, and members of the bar and business community.

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2009–2010

Connor Raso '10, December 10
Steven Rattner, Former Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Treasury, November 18
Robert Pozen '72, JSD '73, MFS Investment Management, November 16 

2008–2009

Bruce Elvin, Duke Law School, April 20
Michael Solender '89, Yale Law School, December 9
Michael Solender '89, Yale Law School, November 17
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, November 13
Zen Shishido, Seikei University Japan, October 29
Guido Ferrarini, University of Genoa, October 24
Alexander Stremitzer, University of Bonn, Germany, October 10
Siona Robin Listokin, George Mason University, October

2007–2008

William Chandler, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, April 17
Cindy Alexander, U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, March 12
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, November 27

2006–2007

Clifford Holderness, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, April 5
Zen Shishido, Seikei University Japan, March 15  
Gerard Hertig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, December 6
Richard Vann, University of Sydney and Harvard Law School, December 4
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, November 14
Sanjai Bhagat, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder, October 10

2003–2006

Alex Sussman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, April 20, 2006
Anita Anand, Queen's University Faculty of Law and Yale Law School, March 9, 2006  
Vic Khanna, University of Michigan Law School, November 17, 2005
John Donohue, Yale Law School, November 3, 2005
Prof. Dr. Erich Schanze, Institut fur Rechtsvergleichung Philipps Universität Marburg, March 23, 2004
Michael E. Levine, Yale Law School, April 24, 2003  

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November 18, 2009 Steven Rattner, Former Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Treasury, spoke on "Restructuring the Automobile Industry."

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November 16, 2009 Robert Pozen '72, JSD '73, Chairman, MFS Investment Management, spoke on "How to Fix the US Financial System."

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April 20, 2009 Bruce Elvin, Associate Dean and Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke Law School, spoke on "Law Firm Economics: How to Make Yourself a Profitable Addition to Your Firm." Co-sponsored with the Career Development Office.

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December 9, 2008 Michael Solender '89, Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law School and former General Counsel, The Bear Stearns Companies, discussed "How Should President-Elect Obama Regulate The Financial Sector?"

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November 17, 2008 Michael Solender '89, Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law School, Former General Counsel, The Bear Stearns Companies, spoke on "A Front Row Seat to the Financial Crisis."

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November 13, 2008 Roberta Romano '80, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, spoke on "How to Craft a Career in Corporate Law: Foundations for Transaction Lawyering, Litigation, Business and Academic Careers."

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October 29, 2008 Zen Shishido, Professor of Law, Seikei University, Japan, spoke on "'Enterprise Law' as the Infrastructure of an Incentive Mechanism: The Case of SOX and JSOX."

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October 24, 2008 Guido Ferrarini '78 LLM, Professor of Law, Director, Centre for Law and Finance, University of Genoa, spoke on "Qualitative Indicators of Financial Collapse."

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October 10, 2008 Alexander Stremitzer, Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Bonn, Germany, spoke on "Standard Breach Remedies, Quality Thresholds and Cooperative Investments."

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October 7, 2008 Siona Robin Listokin, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, spoke on "Public Pension Fund Ownership and Corporate Social Responsibility."

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April 17, 2008 Chancellor William Chandler '79 LLM, Delaware Court of Chancery, spoke on "The First State: Delaware's Role as a Leader in Corporate Law." Co-sponsored with the Yale Law and Business Society.

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March 12, 2008 Cindy Alexander, Assistant Chief Economist, Office of Economic Analysis, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Visiting Research Scholar at the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, spoke on "Corporate Finance Rulemaking at the SEC: An Economics Perspective."

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November 27, 2007 Roberta Romano '80, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor and Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law, spoke on "How to Craft a Career in Corporate Law: Foundations for Transaction Lawyering, Litigation, Business and Academic Careers."

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April 5, 2007 Clifford Holderness, Professor of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, spoke on "Ownership Concentration around the World: Legal, Institutional, and Cultural Explanations."

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March 15, 2007 Zen Shishido, Professor of Law, Seikei University, Japan, spoke on "The Turnaround of 1997: Changes in Japanese Corporate Law and Governance."

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December 6, 2006 Gerard Hertig, Professor of Law and Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, spoke on "Corporate governance laws in Europe, Japan and the U.S.: Ownership regimes explain them all."

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December 4, 2006 Paper Richard Vann, Challis Professor, University of Sydney and Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, presented a paper on "Manipulating the Firm and Values in International Taxation."

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November 14, 2006 Roberta Romano '80, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor and Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law, spoke on "How to Craft a Career in Corporate Law: Foundations for Transaction Lawyering, Litigation, Business and Academic Careers."

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October 10, 2006 Paper Professor Sanjai Bhagat of the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder, gave a lecture on "Corporate Governance Indices."

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April 20, 2006 PowerPoint Presentation Alex Sussman '72, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, spoke on "The Use of Expert Witnesses in Securities Cases."

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March 9, 2006 Paper Anita Anand, Associate Professor, Queen's University Faculty of Law and Yale Law School Visiting Lecturer in Law, presented a paper on "Voluntary vs. Mandatory Corporate Governance Regulation: Theory and Evidence."

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November 17, 2005 PowerPoint Presentation Vic Khanna, Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professor of Business and Law, University of Michigan Law School, spoke on "The Economic History of the Corporate Form in Ancient India."

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November 3, 2005 John Donohue, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School, lectured on "Witness to Deception: An Insider's Look at the Disney Case."

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March 23, 2004 Prof. Dr. Erich Schanze of the Institut für Rechtsvergleichung, Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany, gave a lecture entitled, "Directors' Duties and Behavioral Economics."

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April 24, 2003 Yale Law School Professor (Adjunct) of Law Michael E. Levine '65, spoke about "The US Airline Industry: Where Do We Go From Here?"