"New Challenges in the Boardroom": The Seventh Annual Albert A. Destafano Lecture on Corproate, Secutireis & Financial Law
2009; The MIT Press; Volume: 12; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1532-303X
Autores Tópico(s)Securities Regulation and Market Practices
ResumoTHE SEVENTH ANNUAL ALBERT A. DESTEFANO LECTURE ON CORPORATE, SECURITIES & FINANCIAL LAW[dagger] WELCOME DEAN TREANOR: Welcome, everyone. I'm Bill Treanor. I'm the Dean of Fordham Law School. It's my pleasure to welcome you tonight to the Seventh Annual Albert A. DeStefano Lecture on Corporate, Securities and Financial Law. This lecture is, year-in and year-out, an incredible moment and a high point in our corporate law program at Fordham Law School, and it is really the gem of our Corporate Law Center.10 The Corporate Center brings together a lot of Fordham' s great initiatives in the business law field. It really has two pegs. One is we have an outstanding faculty in the business law area. It is one of the top-rated programs in the country. ' ' We are very pleased this year to be joined by two new outstanding faculty members-Richard Squire,12 who is here in the first row; and Sean Griffith,13 who is here with us in the second row-who are really building on our extraordinary strength in the area. We have great full-time faculty and we have great adjunct faculty. It really is a recipe that is unrivaled in American law schools. I'd like to acknowledge the people who run the Corporate Center. First of all, Jill Fisch, seated in the first row, who you will be hearing from shortly. Jill is the Director of the Corporate Law Center, the T.J. Maloney Professor of Business Law, an outstanding scholar and teacher, and actually somebody who carried me when we jointly taught a corporate law and history course. So I am always very grateful to her for her expertise in the area. She, with her vision, has really led a great program from the start. Our Deputy Director is Caroline Gentile,14 who is in the second row, also an outstanding scholar and teacher, and has devoted so much time and effort to making this the outstanding program that it is. I would like to also recognize Ann Rakoff,15 who is the new Executive Director of the program and who makes it run so beautifully. And finally, before I get off the stage, I would like to acknowledge our alumni, who have played a critical role in the Center from its start and who really have had the vision that makes it happen. In particular, I would like to single out Bob Hollweg,16 who is in the second row; Dennis Cronin,17 and Peter Madoff,18 who have given so much time to the Center and really have helped it flourish in a very short period of time. I'd also like to recognize the great Chair of the Fordham Corporate Law Center Board of Advisors, Paul Soden, Class of '68, a great corporate and legal leader, who has been selfless in helping us make this a great program. Paul? OPENING REMARKS MR. SODEN: Thank you, Dean Treanor. That was very kind of you. Good evening and welcome to all of you. First, I want to thank you all for coming here tonight and spending your time with us for the Seventh DeStefano Lecture on Corporate, Securities and Financial Law. This lecture is part of a series of lectures, roundtables, and conferences of the Fordham Corporate Law Center. Founded in 2001, the Center serves as the focal point for the Law School's business law programs. The Center sponsors a number of public programs, including the A.A. Sommer Jr. Lecture, tonight's program, and the Murphy Conference on Corporate Law.19 The Sommer Lectures, which focus on SEC matters, have included presentations by Arthur Leavitt,20 Mary Schapiro,21 Harvey Goldschmid,22 William McDonough,23 Richard Ketchum,24 and Margaret Cole,25 Head of Enforcement for the Financial Securities Authority in the United Kingdom.26 The DeStefano Lectures, generally panel discussions, have covered subjects including SEC Regulation FD,27 market regulation,28 and what went wrong at Enron.29 Our last DeStefano program was a presentation by Congressman Michael Oxley,30 co-author of Sarbanes-Oxley.31 His presentation was on Securing the U. …
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