Symposium: Business Law In Transition

University of Florida Levin College of Law presents
Business Law in Transition 

 

About the Business Law in Transition Symposium

This conference highlights timely issues in business law scholarship with thought leaders from across US law schools. It is free via Zoom. Please email sokold@law.ufl.edu to receive the Zoom link.

Conference Schedule (All times are Eastern Standard Time)

Friday, November 20

• 10:15am-10:20am | Introductory Remarks

• 10:20am to 11:50am | Panel I
  • Sarah Haan – Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Corporate Governance and the Feminization of Capital
  • Peter Molk – Associate Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Delaware’s Dominance and the Future of Organizational Law
  • Gabriel Rauterberg –  Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School,  Intellectual Property and the Evolving Structure of Trading Markets
• 11:50am – 12:00pm | Break
• 12:00pm-1:30pm| Panel II
  • Sung Eun (Sumner) Kim – Assistant Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, A Multi-Criteria Assessment of Corporate Residual Claimants
  • Dorothy S. Lund – Assistant Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Public Primacy in Corporate Law
  • D. Daniel Sokol Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Collusion, Debt, and Control
• 1:30pm – 1:40pm | Break
• 1:40pm – 3:10pm | Panel III
  • Yaron Nili – Assistant Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School, The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies
  • Mark Roe – David Berg Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Corporate Purpose and Competition 
  • Andrew Winden – Assistant Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Delaware’s Climate Failure
• 3:10 – 3:15pm | Break
• 3:15 – 4:45pm | Panel IV
  • Margaret Mendenhall Blair – Professor of Law, Emerita and Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise, Emerita, Vanderbilt Law School, How Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward Clarified Corporate Law
  • Geeyoung Min – Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law, Governance by Dividends
  • Robert J. Rhee – John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Is Delaware Law Relevant?

Saturday, November 21

• 10:00am – 12:00pm | Panel V
  • Elisabeth de Fontenay – Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law, The Dry Powder Problem
  • Cathy Hwang – Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Collaborative Intent
  • Joshua Mitts – Associate Professor of Law and Milton Handler Fellow, Columbia Law School, Passive Exit
  • Elizabeth Pollman – Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Startup Failure