This program has been POSTPONED. A new date will
be determined for Fall, 2009. Please contact the Sections Office at (202)
626-3463 with any questions.
Morning Panels:
The Explosion of Private Litigation in a Time of Economic Crisis:
Current Trends and the Road Ahead. (9:00–10:30 a.m.)
Panelists: Jeff Nielsen, Navigant Consulting; Ariana Tadler, partner,
Milberg LLP; Andy Pincus, partner, Mayer Brown
Moderator: Larry Ellsworth, partner, Jenner and Block LLP
The Courts Speak: Critical Developments and Emerging Trends in Private
Securities Litigation Jurisprudence. (10:45 a.m.–12:15
p.m.)
Panelists: Professor Donald Langevoort, (Georgetown University Law Center);
Daniel Sommers, partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC; Scott
Schreiber, partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Moderator: Jeffrey Maletta, partner, K&L Gates LLP
Lunch Speaker: The Honorable Troy A. Paredes, commissioner, Securities
and Exchange Commission
Introductions: James E. Day, associate vice president and chief counsel,
FINRA Enforcement
Afternoon Panels:
The State of State Court Litigation: Derivative Actions, Corporate
Governance, and Proxy Access - Delaware and Beyond. (1:30–3:00
p.m.)
Panelists: Professor JW Verret, George Mason University School of Law;
Damon Silver, associate general counsel, AFL-CIO; John Olson, partner,
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Moderator: Keir D. Gumbs, senior associate, Covington & Burling
LLP
Rethinking Securities Regulation: Policy Questions and Legislative
and Regulatory Initiatives.
(3:15–4:45 p.m.)
Panelists: Professor Lawrence E. Mitchell, George Washington University
School of Law (author of “The Speculation Economy: How Finance
Triumphed over Industry”); David Hirschmann, president and CEO,
Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce;
Kayla Gillan, SEC, senior advisor to Chairman Mary Schapiro, founding
board member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB),
and former general counsel for the California Public Employees' Retirement
System (CalPERS); Dean Shahinian (D), majority counsel to the Senate
Banking Committee.
Moderator: Bradley J. Bondi, counsel to SEC Commissioner and adjunct
professor at Georgetown University Law Center
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