Stanford Law School

New Directions for Corporate Governance

Stanford Law Review 2008 Symposium
With the Rock Center for Corporate Governance
February 8-9, 2008

(MCLE Credits Available)

The Stanford Law Review, together with the Rock Center for Corporate Governance, is pleased to announce that its 2008 annual symposium will focus on issues of corporate governance, and will feature a keynote address by Richard Breeden, founder of activist hedge fund Breeden Partners and former Chairman of the SEC. The symposium will present the following four panel discussions and keynote:

Friday, February 8, 2008
Negotiating Executive Compensation: Incentives and Payoffs
2:15-3:30 p.m.
Jesse Fried, UC Berkeley School of Law
Kevin Murphy, USC Marshall School of Business

Ron Olson, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Steven Seelig, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Moderated by Dan Siciliano, Stanford Law School

Rules and Reactions: Predicting the Next Options-Backdating Scenario
3:45-5:00 p.m.
Priya Cherian Huskins, Woodruff Sawyer
Alan Jagolinzer, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Simon Lorne, Millennium Partners

David Yermack,  New York University Stern School of Business
Moderated by Joseph Grundfest, Stanford Law School

Keynote by Richard Breeden
5:15-6:15 p.m.
Founder and CEO of activist investment fund Breeden Partners and Breeden Capital Management. Former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and former corporate monitor of WorldCom, Hollinger International, and Fannie Mae. Current Chairman of the Board of H&R Block

Saturday, February 9, 2008*

Duties for Activist Investors

9:45-11:00 a.m.
Iman Anabtawi, UCLA School of Law
Douglas Baird, University of Chicago Law School
M. Todd Henderson, University of Chicago Law School
Paul Rowe, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Andrew Shapiro, Lawndale Capital Management
Lynn Stout, UCLA School of Law

Moderated by Michael Klausner, Stanford Law School

White Collar Crime: Do Victims Matter Anymore?**
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Alice Fisher, Criminal Division, Department of Justice
Honorable Lewis Kaplan, Southern District of New York
Debra Wong Yang, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Moderated by David Mills, Stanford Law School

*Breakfast will be provided in the Law Café Lounge from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. 
**Lunch will be provided in the Law Café Lounge at the conclusion of the panel