"The Continuing Evolution of Securities Class Actions," a major conference to be held Friday, October 17, 2008 , at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison , is this year’s Wisconsin Law Review Symposium. Co-sponsoring the national event with the UW Law School are the Institute for Law and Economic Policy, and Citizens Bank.
The conference will present four major panels featuring prominent speakers and commentators from law firms and scholarly institutions around the country. Panel topics are: "Basic: Twenty Years Later," "Compensation and Deterrence," "Third Party Accountability," and "Trans-National Issues and Pleading after Tellabs."
UW Law School Dean Kenneth B. Davis, Jr. notes, "I attended the earlier version of this conference in Florida this spring, and it made for a very stimulating dialogue between some of the leading academic experts and practicing lawyers in the field of corporate and securities law -- all in the great Wisconsin law-in-action tradition." Davis will deliver the breakfast speech at the day-long event.
Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin will be the group’s luncheon speaker, discussing "Litigation: A View from the Bench."
As a program of the UW Law School, the conference has been approved for up to nine Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits.
"This is an important event for the Law School , securities litigators and society at large," comments Keith L. Johnson, Program Director for the Wisconsin International Corporate Governance Initiative (WICGI) and a partner at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, S.C. "Corporate fraud has produced some of the largest and most controversial cases of our time. Enron and WorldCom come to mind, but there are dozens of securities fraud class actions filed every year."
Johnson, who will be a commentator at the symposium, notes that the issues to be addressed are "central to the integrity and health of our financial markets." He adds, "More than half of Americans have assets invested in the financial markets, often through retirement and college savings accounts. The law that governs these corporate fraud lawsuits can have life-changing ramifications, both for investors and for those who depend on the health of our corporations for employment. I'm excited to be a participant in these important discussions."
For more information on the speakers and tuition costs, and to register, see
https://law.wisc.edu/newsletter-media/2008/1812-2008_ilep_madison_conference.pdf or send an e-mail to the Symposium coordinators at WLRsymposium@gmail.com . UW law students are invited to attend the sessions free of charge.
Those planning to attend the luncheon (cost is $20) should register by October 10. The conference registration deadline is October 13.
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