Events
Event: Observatory of Finance- 10th international conference on Ethics, Finance and Responsibility Subject: Professor Frankel will give the 'Emilo Fontela Lecture" Date: November 10-11, 2011 Place: Observatory of Finance; Geneva, Switzerland Event: Center for Religion, Economics and Politics (ZRWP). (ZRWP) is a joint facility of the University of Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne and Zurich and the Collegium Helveticum. Subject: Professor Frankel will present a paper on "Fiduciary v. Contractual Duties" Date: November 3-6, 2011 Place: ZRWP, Basel University; Basel, Switzerland Event: The Role of Fiduciary Law and Trust in the 21st Century Subject: A Conference Inspired by the Work of Tamar Frankel Date: Friday, October 29, 2010 Place: Barristers Hall Boston University-765 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA "BU is proud to honor Professor Tamar Frankel with a conference featuring outstanding scholars and legal practitioners giving papers and commentaries on the role of fiduciary law and trust in the 21st century. Boston University Law Review will publish the papers and proceedings." About the Conference: Fiduciary law is designed to encourage people to rely on experts and other fiduciaries, to facilitate fair and efficient terms of those relationships, and to prevent (and provide remedies for) abuse of power entrusted to the fiduciary. This Conference highlights the nature and scope of fiduciary law, and its relationship to other legal doctrines and categories; considers how fiduciary law can be illuminated by viewing it through the lens of such disciplines as economics, psychology, history, political science and philosophy; investigates current debates about recognizing fiduciary duties in the determination of executive compensation, in the prohibition of insider trading under the federal securities laws, in the largely unregulated world of securities and mortgage broker-dealers and in modern capital structure and governance; and explores whether addressing and redressing abuse of power by public officials raises similar issues Conference Schedule: 9:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m.Welcome and Introduction Dean Maureen O’Rourke, BU School of Law 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.I. The nature of fiduciary law and its relationship to other legal doctrines and categories Rafael Chodos, Author and attorney Deborah DeMott, Duke University School of Law Alan Feld, BU School of Law Kevin Outterson, BU School of Law Larry Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.II. An interdisciplinary view of fiduciary law Joshua Getzler, University of Oxford Faculty of Law Richard Holton, MIT Department of Philosophy Donald Langevoort, Georgetown University Law Center David Seipp, BU School of Law Robert Sitkoff, Harvard Law School 12:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.Lunch Remarks by Tamar Frankel, BU School of Law 2:00 p.m.- 3:15 p.m.III. Current issues in fiduciary law Arthur Laby, Rutgers School of Law, Camden Donna Nagy, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Frederick Tung, BU School of Law Cheryl Wade, St. John’s University School of Law David Walker, BU School of Law 3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.IV. Public servants and private fiduciaries Margaret Brinig, Notre Dame Law School Gary Lawson, BU School of Law Ethan Leib, UC Hastings College of the Law,and David Ponet, UNICEF Charles Whitehead, Cornell Law School 4:45 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.V. Roundtable Wendy Gordon, BU School of Law Laurence Kotlikoff, BU Department of Economics Andrew Pitts, Cravath, Swaine & Moore Peter Rosenblum, Foley, Hoag James Post, BU School of Management Kenneth W. Simons, BU School of Law Erik Sirri, Babson College Finance Division All — including professors, attorneys, law students, graduate students, undergraduates, and members of the public — are welcome to attend. There is no registration fee, but if you plan to attend, please RSVP to Andrea Larsen Rice, alarsen@bu.edu. If you have academic questions about the program, please contact Professor Kenneth W. Simons, ksimons@bu.edu. Event: The Fiduciary Forum 2010 Subject: Exploring the Fiduciary Standard in a Brokerage Setting Speaker: Professor Tamar Frankel Date: Friday, September 24, 2010 Time: 8:30am-5:00pm EST Place: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capital Hill 400 New Jersey Ave. NW Washington DC 20001 The Forum is designed to provide various points of view in the fiduciary standard discussion and provide input into the SEC study, called for in the Dodd-Frank reform legislation.The study aims to evaluate "The effectiveness of the existing...standards of care" of brokers and advisors. Event: Boston University Summer Legal Institute 2010 Subject: U.S. Corporate Law (B.U. International Program) Instructor: Professor Tamar Frankel Date: July 26-August 13, 2010 Place: London, UK Boston University’s Summer Legal Institute in London provides lawyers and advance law students trained outside the U.S. with intensive preparation in legal English and writing, and exposure to substantive American law topics in key areas of international business practice. Event: Emory University School of Law -Center for Transactional Law and Practice Subject: Transactional Education: What's next? Discussant: Professor Tamar Frankel Date: June 4-5, 2010 Time: 8:00am 4:00pm EST Place: Emory University School of Law, Gambrell Hall 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA Event: U.S. Congress- Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services Subject: Alleged Madoff Investment Scam Date: January 5, 2009 Time: 2:00pm- EST Place: Washington D.C. Room 2188 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Chairman Paul Kanjorski chaired a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the $50 billion investment scam allegedly engineered by Bernard L. Madoff that is the subject of multiple investigations. The hearing titled” Assessing the Madoff Ponzi Scheme and the Need for Regulatory Reform” focused on the need to rewrite the laws governing the U.S. financial markets. Members testifying before the Committee:
Tamar Frankel - Professor, Boston University Law School Goldstein, Allan - Investor Harbeck, Stephen P. - Pres. and CEO, SIPC Kotz, David H. - Inspector General, SEC Metzger, Leon M. - Lecturer, Yale Univ. The hearings were televised over C-SPAN. Here's the link to watch the hearings.
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