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Distinguished Jurist LecturesWednesday, October 24, 2007DISTINGUISHED JURIST LECTURE BRIAN CARTWRIGHT “The Future of Securities Regulation” View the webcastLecture: 4:30 to 5:30 PM Open to the Public 
Brian G. Cartwright is the General Counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He began his legal career in 1980 after earning a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Law Review and winner of the Sears Prize. He served as a law clerk to Judge Malcolm R. Wilkey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Cartwright then joined the law firm of Latham & Watkins in 1982, and became a partner in 1988. Among the management positions he held at Latham & Watkins, Mr. Cartwright served as Global Chair of the firm's practice representing public companies. While a member of the firm's Executive Committee, he was one of five partners responsible for the management of the firm as a whole. Prior to joining the legal profession, Mr. Cartwright was an astrophysicist. Following his graduation from Yale University in 1967, he earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1971. From 1973 to 1977, he was a Research Physicist in the Department of Physics and Space and Sciences Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley. While working as an astrophysicist, Mr. Cartwright published articles in scholarly journals, such as the Astrophysical Journal. Wednesday, October 11, 2006DISTINGUISHED JURIST LECTURE HON. RICHARD A. POSNER "The Embattled Corporation" Lecture: 4:30 to 5:30 PM Open to the Public 
Richard A. Posner graduated first in his class from Harvard Law School in 1962, magna cum laude, and was President of the Harvard Law Review. He worked for several years in Washington during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, as law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., as an assistant to Commissioner Philip Elman of the Federal Trade Commission, as an assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, Thurgood Marshall, and as general counsel of President Johnson’s Task Force on Communications Policy. Posner entered law teaching in 1968 at Stanford as an associate professor and became professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School in 1969, where he remained (later as Lee and Brena Freeman Professor of Law) until his appointment to the Seventh Circuit in 1981. During this period Posner wrote a number of books (including Antitrust Law: An Economic Perspective, Economic Analysis of Law—now in its sixth edition—and The Economics of Justice) and many articles (a number of these in collaboration with the economist William Landes), mainly exploring the application of economics to a variety of legal subjects, including antitrust, public utility and common carrier regulation, torts, contracts, and procedure. He founded the Journal of Legal Studies, primarily to encourage economic analysis of law, and was a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also engaged in private consulting and was from 1977 to 1981 the first president of Lexecon Inc., a firm made up of lawyers and economists that provides economic and legal research and support in antitrust, securities, and other litigation. Posner became a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in December 1981 and served as Chief Judge from 1993 to 2000. He has written almost 2200 published judicial opinions. He continues to teach part time at the University of Chicago Law School, where he is Senior Lecturer, and to write academic articles and books. He has written 38 books and more than 300 articles and book reviews. His academic work since his becoming a judge has included studies in the economics of criminal law, labor law, and intellectual property; in jurisprudence, law and literature, and the interpretation of constitutional and statutory texts; and in the economics of sexuality and of old age. His recent books include Catastrophe: Risk and Response (2004); Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11 (2005); and Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform (2006). His latest books are Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency (2006), and The Little Book of Plagiarism and the seventh edition of Economic Analysis of Law, both of which will be published in 2007. Posner's current academic research both focuses on national security and intelligence reform, catastrophic risks, organizational economics, law and science, intellectual property, antitrust, and constitutional law. Academic writings by Posner have been translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Slovenian. He and the economist Gary Becker write weekly commentaries on policy issues, published in “The Becker-Posner Blog” at http://becker-posner-blog.com/. Thursday, March 16, 2006DISTINGUISHED JURIST LECTURE HON. VAUGHN R. WALKER "Technology Mergers in a Shrinking World" Lecture: 4:30 to 5:30 PM Open to the Public  Hon. Vaughn R. Walker is Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He became a federal judge in 1990, after having been nominated by Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Walker studied law at the University of Chicago and Stanford and practiced law in San Francisco, handling antitrust and other business cases, from 1972 until his appointment to the bench. He served on the California Law Revision Commission from 1986 to 1989, having been appointed by Governor George Deukmejian. As a federal judge, Walker has been described as “a pioneer who understands business law.” He will share insights gained in presiding over the Oracle antitrust trial and other high-profile litigation involving mergers and intellectual property issues in high-tech companies (such as the landmark case that pitted Apple Computer against Microsoft). His lecture will focus on the implications for antitrust merger analysis of the increasing importance of intellectual property (i.e., technology) in commercial activity, and the impact of globalization. Walker is a member of numerous professional organizations, has authored articles in various legal journals and has lectured on business law and judicial topics in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East for the United States Departments of State and Commerce and professional societies. In addition to his professional activities, Walker is vice-chair of the Saint Francis Foundation and serves on its investment committee; he collects German expressionist graphics and formerly showed American Saddlebred horses. Thursday, March 3, 2005DISTINGUISHED JURIST LECTURE HON. MYRON T. STEELE "Corporate Federalism: Event Horizons in Corporate Governance" Lecture: 4:30 to 5:30 PM Open to the Public 
The Honorable Myron T. Steele is the Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and a member of the Corporate and Business Litigation Committee of the Business Section and a member of the Judicial Section of the American Bar Association. He is a former Vice Chancellor of the Court of Chancery in Delaware, Resident Judge of Superior Court, Deputy Attorney General, Senate (Delaware) Attorney and Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Board. He has also served as former outside counsel, Board Member and Chairman of the Central Delaware Health Care Corporation. He has presided over major corporate litigation, LLC and limited partner governance disputes and writes frequently on issues of corporate document interpretation and corporate governance. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Attorneys (the first member of the Delaware Judiciary selected) and a former litigation partner in Prickett, Jones & Elliott of Wilmington and Dover, Delaware. As Vice Chancellor and Superior Court Judge, representative trials over which he has presided include the Viacom/Universal Studio dispute over ownership of the USA Television Networks, Painewebber v. Centocor an internal governance dispute in a nationally traded limited partnership, CFLP v. Cantor, et al., a dispute seeking injunctive and contractual remedies between limited partners and a general partner in a closed partnership and the DuPont v. Admiral environmental insurance coverage litigation. Justice Steele has published over 300 opinions disposing of disputes among members of limited liability companies, and limited partnerships, and between shareholders and management of both publicly traded and closed corporations. He served on active duty in the US. Army and retired as a Colonel in the Delaware Army National Guard after serving as a Command and Staff Judge Advocate and Inspector General. He graduated from the University of Virginia, B.A. Foreign Affairs and the University of Virginia's School of Law (1970). He is currently a candidate for the LL.M at the University of Virginia's School of Law (2004). THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2004DISTINGUISHED JURIST LECTURE HON. E. NORMAN VEASEY "A Twelve-Year Retrospective on Delaware Corporate Jurisprudence and Governance Issues” Lecture: 4:30 to 5:30 PM Open to the Public  The Honorable E. Norman Veasey spoke on his experiences at the helm of the Delaware Supreme Court, 1992-2004, sharing his insights about the Delaware judiciary's significant role in shaping corporate law. This was a special ILE event, designed to honor an individual who served so prominently as the Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court during a critical period in the evolution of corporate law in the United States. During Mr. Veasey's tenure as Chief Justice, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranked Delaware's courts first in the nation for three consecutive years for their fair, reasonable and efficient litigation environment. Chief Justice Veasey has also been credited with leading nationwide programs to restore professionalism to the practice of law and adopt best practices in the running of America's courts. He was awarded the Order of the First State by Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner, the state's highest honor for meritorious service. E. Norman Veasey earned his LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1957. From 1957 until he took office as Chief Justice in 1992, Mr. Veasey practiced law with the Wilmington, Delaware, law firm of Richards, Layton and Finger, where he concentrated on business law, corporate transactions, litigation, and counseling. He served at various times as managing partner and the chief executive officer of the firm. Chief Justice Veasey has served as Chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Delaware and President of the Delaware State Bar Association. He was also Chair of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association from 1994 to 1995, and from 1992 to 1993 was the editor of Volume 48 of The Business Lawyer, the section's scholarly legal journal. He also served as President of the Conference of Chief Justices in 2000 and Chair of the ABA Special Committee on the Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Ethics 2000).  Chief Justice Veasey is a longtime friend of the Institute for Law and Economics, serving as a member of ILE's Board of Advisors and as a frequent speaker and commentator for ILE programs. Currently, E. Norman Veasey is a senior partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, serving as a strategic advisor to the firm's roster of prominent global clients on a wide range of issues related to mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and litigation. Additionally, he advises on corporate governance issues involving the responsibilities of corporate directors in complex financial transactions and crisis management. |
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