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Thursday, December 4, 2008 (Day 1)
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12:30 PM
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False Claims Act Lunch Workshop – Can The FDA Really Protect Us?
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| Moderator(s) |
Reuben Guttman
Senior Counsel
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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| Panelist(s) |
Merrill Goozner
Director, Integrity in Science
Center for Science in the Public Interest
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Areta Kupchyk
Partner
Reed Smith
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Joseph E. B. White
President & C.E.O.
Taxpayers Against Fraud
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2:00 PM
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Ethics Workshop I – Ethics of Dealing with Confidential Informants
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| Moderator(s) |
Ann Lugbill
Senior Counsel
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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| Panelist(s) |
Michael Devorkin
partner
Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP
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Martin Pinales
President
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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Rick Seymour
Attorney
The Law Office Of Richard T. Seymour, P.L.L.C.
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Ted Sonde
Partner
Patton Boggs LLP
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3:15 PM
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Ethics Workshop II – Class Action Ethical Issues – Applying the Rules of Professional Responsibility in the Unique Class Action Context
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| Moderator(s) |
James Sabella
Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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| Panelist(s) |
Denise Cote
U.S. District Judge
Southern District of New York
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JB Kelly
General Counsel
North Carolina Department of Justice
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Jonathan Lerner
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Robert Pietrzak
Partner
Sidley Austin, LLP
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4:15 PM
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Ethics Workshop III – Class Action Ethical Issues – Class Action Lawyers, Is the System Out of Control?
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Nathan Koppel
Staff Reporter
The Wall Street Journal
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| Panelist(s) |
David Boies
Chairman
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
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Ted Frank
Resident Fellow
AEI Legal Center for the Public Interest
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Stephen Grygiel
Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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Jane Hamblen
Chief Legal Counsel
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
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Friday, December 5, 2008 (Day 2)
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8:45 AM
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Welcome & Opening Remarks
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Stuart Grant, Esq.
Managing Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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9:00 AM
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Session I – Is There A Retirement Age Bomb?
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| Moderator(s) |
Roger Lowenstein
Financial Journalist
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Beth Almeida
Executive Director
National Institute on Retirement Security
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Grover Norquist
President
Americans For Tax Reform
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Damon Silvers
Associate General Counsel
AFL-CIO
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Edward Zelinsky
Morris and Annie Trachman Professor of Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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10:15 AM
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Session II – Does Investor Activism Make a Difference?
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| Moderator(s) |
Jack Friedenthal
Professor
George Washington University Law School
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| Panelist(s) |
Jay Eisenhofer
Founder & Managing Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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Joele Frank
Managing Partner
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
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Howard Godnick
Partner
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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David Katz, Esq.
Partner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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Honorable Leo Strine, Jr.
Vice Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
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11:15 AM
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Session III – Corporate Control – How Will M&A Change?
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| Moderator(s) |
Geoff Jarvis
Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer
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Steve Abrecht
Executive Director Capital Stewardship Program
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
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Bob Bertram
Executive Vice President, Investments
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
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Bradley Takahashi
Vice President
Franklin Mutual Advisers
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Kenneth Vecchione
Chief Financial Officer
Apollo Global Management, LLC
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12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Luncheon Updates – Breakout Sessions - Select As Appropriate
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12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Elective:
Session IV-A – Why Or Why Not Get Involved – To Litigate Or Not?
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Megan McIntyre
Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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David Muir
Chief Counsel
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement
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Michael Roland
Vice-President Legal
CCI Investments
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Greg Smith
General Counsel
Public Employees Retirement Assn. of Colorado
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Maureen Westgard
Director
Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana
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12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Elective:
Session IV-B – Global Governance Update
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Anne Simpson
Executive Director
International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
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Cynthia Richson
President
Richson Consulting Group
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Anita Skipper
Director of Corporate Governance
Aviva Investors
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Daniel Summerfield
Corporate Governance Advisor
Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd.
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Phyllis Taylor
Vice President
Independent Fiduciary Services
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12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Elective:
Session IV-C – Class Action Settlements
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Keith Johnson
Chairman
Reinhart Institutional Investor Services
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Panelist(s) |
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Luke Bierman
General Counsel
Office of the New York State Comptroller
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Andree Nesselrodt
Head of Capital Markets Law, Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
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Alexander Reus
Managing Partner
DRRT
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Peter Saparoff
Member
Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
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12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Elective:
Session IV-D – Shareholder Activism Update
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Jon Lukomnik
Program Director
Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute
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Richard Ferlauto
Director of Corporate Governance and Pension Investment
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
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Jeffrey Gordon
Alfred W. Bressler Professor of Law and Co-Director
Columbia University Center for Law and Economic St
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Peter Mixon
General Counsel
CalPERS
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1:45 PM
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PM Session V – Securities Case Damages – Real or Illusory?
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Jill Fisch
Professor of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Donald C. Langevoort
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
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Jeff Nielsen
Managing Director
Navigant Consulting
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Anjan Thakor
John E. Simon Professor of Finance and Senior Associate Dean
Washington University in St. Louis
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Frank Torchio
President
Forensic Economics, Inc
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6:45 PM
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Evening Transportation Departs Hotel
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7:00 PM
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Cocktails & Dinner
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Neva Rockefeller Goodwin
Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE), Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
Tufts University
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Saturday, December 6, 2008 (Day 3)
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8:00 AM
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Session VI – Executive Compensation Breakfast: Can You Swallow These Numbers?
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Nell Minow
Editor and Co-Founder
The Corporate Library
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Lucian Bebchuk
Professor
Harvard Law School
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Warren Chen
Managing Director M&A and Quantitative Analysis
Glass, Lewis & Co.
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Xavier Gabaix
Associate Professor of Finance
NYU Stern
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Wayne Guay
Yageo Associate Professor of Accounting
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Bess Joffe
Associate Director – Americas
Hermes Equity Ownership Services Ltd.
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9:00 AM
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Welcome & Opening Remarks
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Jay Eisenhofer
Founder & Managing Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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9:15 AM
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Session VII – Investor Legislation for the Next Administration
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Charles Elson
Director
John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware
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Cheryl L. Evans
Special Counsel
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
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George Krueger
Partner
Blank Rome LLP
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Daniel Pedrotty
Director
AFL-CIO
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Lynn Turner
Trustee
Colorado PERA and former SEC Chief Accountant
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10:30 AM
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Session VIII – Investing In Companies or Countries That Are Not Socially Responsible – Is Divestment a Fiduciary or Political Issue?
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Matt Denn
Insurance Commissioner
State of Delaware
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Brad Gordon
Director of Policy & Government Affairs
AIPAC
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Jeff Klein
Deputy Democratic Minority Leader
New York State Senate
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Michael Musuraca
Designated Trustee
New York City Employees Retirement System
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11:30 AM
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Keynote Address:
Keynote Speaker
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Chris Matthews
Journalist and Host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and NBC's The Chris Matthews Show
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