NBLSC2020(Schedule+ZoomLinks).docx

6/18/20

National Business Law Scholars Conference

June 18-19, 2020

Hosted on Zoom^[1]

All Times Are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

THURSDAY, JUNE 18th

9:00-10:30 Plenary Q&A Session

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

Business Law in the COVID-19 Era

Moderator: Kristin Johnson (Tulane University School of Law)

Brian K. Adams, Jr. (Polsinelli PC)
Sarah Haan (Washington and Lee University School of Law)
Joan Heminway (The University of Tennessee College of Law)
Jonathan Lipson (Temple University Beasley School of Law)
Faith Stevelman (New York Law School)

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:00 Concurrent Panels

Panel A

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Managing Management

Moderator and Discussant: Emily Winston (University of South Carolina School of Law)

Martin Gelter (Fordham University School of Law), Addressing the Auditor Independence Puzzle: Regulatory Models and Proposal for Reform
Nitzan Shilon (Peking University School of Transnational Law), Stock Buyback Ability to Enhance Executive Compensation: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications
Andrew Tuch (Washington University School of Law), Managing Management Buyouts: A US-UK Comparative Analysis

Panel B

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Zoom Host: Cindy Farabow

Tax and Business Law

Moderator and Discussant: Eric C. Chaffee (The University of Toledo College of Law

Danielle Ayala Chaim (Columbia Law School), The Perils of Common Ownership: The Flooding Phenomenon
Orli Oren-Kolbinger (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law), Tax Judges’ Responses to Economic Crises: A Normative Analysis

Panel C

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Zoom Host: Kassidy McBride

Data Privacy

Moderator and Discussant: Agnieszka McPeak (Gonzaga University School of Law)

Anne-Claire Bernard-Tomasi (University of Westminster), The Corporation, Corporate Legal Rights and Privacy Law: The Question of the Legal Protection of Privacy in the Corporate Context Through a Corporate Right to Privacy
William J. Magnuson (Texas A&M University School of Law), Data Autonomy
Nizan Geslevich Packin (City University of New York), Show Me the (Data About the) Money!

Panel D

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Zoom Host: Sean Gunter

Business Law and the State

Moderator and Discussant: Lécia Vicente (LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center)

Christopher M. Bruner (University of Georgia School of Law), Leveraging Corporate Law: A Broader Account of Delaware's Competition
Ofer Eldar (Duke University School of Law) & Gabriel Rauterber (Michigan Law School), Is Corporate Law Nonpartisan?
H. Justin Pace (Western Michigan University Haworth College of Business), The “Free Market” for Marijuana: A Sober, Clear-Eyed Analysis of Marijuana Policy

12:00-12:30 Lunch

12:30-1:20 Concurrent Panels

Panel A

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Zoom Host: Sean Gunter

Business Law and Climate Change

Moderator and Discussant: Virginia Harper Ho (University of Kansas School of Law)

Barnali Choudhury (University College London), The Gray Rhino: Climate Change as Systemic Risk
Madison Condon (Boston University School of Law), Market Myopia's Climate Bubble

Panel B

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Zoom Host: Cindy Farabow

Antitrust and Competition

Moderator and Discussant: Jeff Schwartz (University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law)

Samuel N. Weinstein (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), Anticompetitive Merger Review
Ramsi Woodcock (University of Kentucky College of Law), Unifying Antitrust and Consumer Law

Panel C

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Zoom Host: Kassidy McBride

Business Law and Inequality

Moderator and Discussant: Audra L. Savage (Emory Law School)

Benjamin Means (University of South Carolina School of Law), A Corporate Law Rationale for Reparations
Emily Winston (University of South Carolina School of Law), 401(k)’s, Short Selling, and Inequality

Panel D

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

Mergers & Acquisitions

Moderator and Discussant: Ann M. Lipton (Tulane University Law School)

Dhruv Chand Aggarwal (Yale Law School/Yale School of Management), The Agency Costs of Sellside Deal Protections: An Empirical Analysis of Reverse Termination Fees
Ofer Eldar (Duke University School of Law), The Return of Poison Pills: A First Look at “Crisis Pills”

1:20-1:30 Break

1:30-2:45 Concurrent Panels

Panel A

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Zoom Host: Sean Gunter

Corporate Stakeholders

Moderator and Discussant: Amelia Miazad (University of California at Berkeley School of Law)

George S. Georgiev (Emory University School of Law), The Human Capital Management Movement in U.S. Corporate Law
Virginia Harper Ho (University of Kansas School of Law), Modernizing Risk Disclosure
W. Robert (Will) Thomas (University of Michigan - Ross School of Business), Stakeholder Governance as Corporate Punishment

Panel B

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Zoom Host: Cindy Farabow

Exploring Business Judgment

Moderator and Discussant: Megan Shaner (University of Oklahoma College of Law)

Brent J. Horton (Fordham University Gabelli School of Business), Terra Incognita: Applying the Entire Fairness Standard of Review to Benefit Corporations
Zhaoyi Li (Washington University of St. Louis School of Law), Judicial Review of Directors’ Duty of Care: A Comparison Between U.S. & China
Wanling Su (Harvard Law School), What Is Business Judgment?

Panel C

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Zoom Host: Kassidy McBride

Business Bankruptcy Law

Moderator and Discussant: Anthony J. Casey (The University of Chicago Law School)

Christine Abely (Boston University School of Law), Adjusting Pre- and Post-Judgment Interest Rates for Consumer Debt Collection Actions
Vincent Buccola (The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania), A Judicial Solution to Bankruptcy’s Tort Problem
Laura N. Coordes (Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law), Bespoke Bankruptcy

Panel D

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

Feminism and Corporate Governance

Moderator and Discussant: Darren Rosenblum (Pace Law School)

Naomi R. Cahn (The George Washington University Law School); June Carbone (University of Minnesota Law School) & Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law), Feminism and Corporate Governance

2:45-2:55 Break

2:55-4:35 Concurrent Panels

Panel A

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Zoom Host: Cindy Farabow

Exploring the Role of Corporate Shareholders

Moderator and Discussant: Asaf Raz (University of Pennsylvania Law School)

Kobi Kastiel (Harvard Law School) & Yaron Nili (University of Wisconsin Law School), The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies
Geeyoung Min (Michigan State University College of Law), Stock Dividends as Governance Weapon
James D. Nelson (University of Houston Law Center), The Separation of Ownership and Morality
Maria Lucia Passador (Bocconi University), Shareholder Activism Today: Did Barbarians Storm the Gate?

Panel B

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Zoom Host: Sean Gunter

Private Company Regulation

Moderator and Discussant: Eric C. Chaffee (The University of Toledo College of Law)

Anat Alon-Beck (Case Western Reserve University School of Law), Bargaining Inequality: Golden Handcuffs and Asymmetric Information
Elizabeth Pollman (University of Pennsylvania Law School), Private Company Lies
Matthew Wansley (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), Against Unicorns
Verity Winship (University of Illinois College of Law), Private Company Fraud

Panel C

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Zoom Host: Kassidy McBride

Business and Contract Law

Moderator and Discussant: Laura N. Coordes (Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law)

Brad Bernthal (University of Colorado Law School), A Public Nudge Into Private Contracts
Megan Shaner (University of Oklahoma College of Law), The Costs of Contractual Freedom: The Convergence of Business Organizations
Lécia Vicente (LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center), Piercing the Ownership Veil: When Governing the Limited Liability Company Means Owning It
Spencer Williams (Golden Gate University School of Law), Contracts as Systems

Panel D

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

Gender and the Corporation

Moderator and Discussant: Ann M. Lipton (Tulane University Law School)

Afra Afsharipour (UC Davis School of Law), Bias, Identity & M&A
Joan Heminway (The University of Tennessee College of Law), Women and the Personal Side of Insider Trading
Amelia Miazad (University of California at Berkeley School of Law), Sex, Power, and Corporate Governance
Darren Rosenblum (Pace Law School), The Political Economy of Corporate Governance: Neutral Rules, Male Capture

4:35-4:45 Break

4:45-6:15 Plenary Q&A Session

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

Teaching Business Law:

Applying What We Learned from Emergency Remote Teaching During the Pandemic

Moderator: Joan Heminway (The University of Tennessee College of Law)

Eric Franklin Amarante (The University of Tennessee College of Law)
Andrew Chin (University of North Carolina School of Law)
Marcia Narine Weldon (University of Miami School of Law)

6:15-7:15 Virtual Happy Hour

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[Note: This is the same meeting room as the plenary session. Please mute your mic on entry.]

FRIDAY, JUNE 19th

9:00-10:40 Concurrent Panels

Panel A

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Zoom Host: Sean Gunter

Banking Regulation

Moderator and Discussant: Colleen Baker (University of Oklahoma Price College of Business)

Marco Dell'Erba (New York University School of Law), Shadow Central Banking
Jeremy Kress (University of Michigan - Ross School of Business) & Matthew C. Turk (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business), Too Many to Fail: Against Community Bank Deregulation
Da Lin (University of Richmond School of Law) & Lev Menand (Columbia Law School), The Forgotten Removal Power

Panel B

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Moderator and Discussant: Ann M. Lipton (Tulane University Law School)

Yuliya Guseva (Rutgers Law School), The SEC, Digital Assets, and Game Theory: When Strategic Goals and Tactics Don't Meet
Jeffrey Manns (George Washington University Law School), Striking a New Balance at Administrative Agencies
Alexander I. Platt (Harvard Law School), The Non-Revolving Door: New Evidence of Capture at the SEC
Peter Robau (NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business), The SEC and Regional Inequality

Panel C

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Zoom Host: Cindy Farabow

Corporate Criminal Law

Moderator and Discussant: Eric C. Chaffee (The University of Toledo College of Law)

Miriam H. Baer (Brooklyn Law School), Law Enforcement’s Lochner
Todd Haugh (Indiana University Kelley School of Business), Contagion in Corporate Crime and Compliance
W. Robert (Will) Thomas (University of Michigan - Ross School of Business), Corporate Criminal Law is Too Broad—Worse, It's Too Narrow
Ramsi Woodcock (University of Kentucky College of Law), The Contrasting Approaches to Power of the Modern State and the Antitrust Law

Panel D

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Zoom Host: Kassidy McBride

Business Law and Technology

Moderator and Discussant: Spencer Williams (Golden Gate University School of Law)

Hilary J. Allen (American University Washington College of Law), Payments Failure
Matthew Bruckner (Howard University School of Law), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Big Data
Kristin Johnson (Tulane University Law School), Regulating Intermediary Risk in Fintech
Michael Simkovic (USC Gould School of Law), Regulation Intensity, Technology-Driven Entry, and Industry Concentration

10:40-10:50 Break

10:50-12:30 Concurrent Panels

Panel A

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Zoom Host: Sean Gunter

Examining Corporate Purpose

Moderator and Discussant: Elizabeth Pollman (University of Pennsylvania Law School)

Afra Afsharipour (UC Davis School of Law), Corporate Purpose’s Missing Comparative Lens
Emilie Aguirre (University of Chicago Law School), Solving Business Law’s Dual-Objective Dilemma
Stavros Gadinis (University of California at Berkeley School of Law ) & Amelia Miazad (University of California at Berkeley School of Law), Corporate Law and Social Risk
Audra L. Savage (Emory Law School), Purpose, Promise & Potential: Holding Corporations Accountable for Newly-Discovered Commitment to Racial Justice

Panel B

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Zoom Host: Cindy Farabow

Securities Regulation

Moderator and Discussant: Matthew C. Turk (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business)

William W. Clayton (BYU Law School), The State Pension Crisis as a Failure of Federal Securities Law
Patrick Corrigan (Notre Dame Law School), Footloose with Green Shoes: Can Underwriters Monetize IPO Underpricing?
Seth Oranburg (Duquesne University School of Law), Securities Regulation and Social Media
Roger Silvers (The University of Utah David Eccles School of Business), Global Cooperative Networks as a Solution for Cross-Border Issues in Securities Law Enforcement

Panel C

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

Business Dispute Resolution

Moderator and Discussant: Verity Winship (University of Illinois College of Law)

Vincent Buccola (The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania), The Myth of Creditor Sabotage
Benjamin P. Edwards (UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law), Adversarial Failure
Asaf Raz (University of Pennsylvania Law School), Mandatory Arbitration and the Limits of Corporate Law

Panel D

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Zoom Host: Kassidy McBride

Exploring and Regulating Cryptocommunities

Moderator and Discussant: William J. Magnuson (Texas A&M University School of Law)

Yuliya Guseva (Rutgers Law School), DAOs, DApps, Tokens, Telegram and the Like: The Role of Corporate and Securities Law and New Conflicts
Josephine (J.S.) Nelson (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law), Cryptocommunity Currencies
Carrie (Shu) Shang (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona), Market or Regulatory Competition of ICOs: An Empirical Investigation
Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang (National Taiwan University Department of Law), The Homogeneity and Heterogeneity of Crypto-Asset Exchanges: A Comparative Lens

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:50 Concurrent Panels

Panel A

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Zoom Host: Sean Gunter

Undertheorized Business Regulators

Moderator and Discussant: Patrick Corrigan (Notre Dame Law School)

Matthew Bruckner (Howard University School of Law), The Forgotten Stewards of Higher Education Quality
Geeyoung Min (Michigan State University College of Law) & Kwon-Yong Jin,, Compliance without Enforcement: Case of Stock Exchange Rules

Panel B

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Zoom Host: Cindy Farabow

Securities Litigation

Moderator and Discussant: Alexander I. Platt (Harvard Law School)

Andrew Jennings (Stanford Law School), State Securities Enforcement
Mangesh Patwardhan (National Insurance Academy), To Legislate Or Not to Legislate: Judging the Judge-Made Insider Trading Prohibition Theories in the United States
Emily Strauss (Duke University School of Law), “Everything Is Securities Fraud:” Unintended Side Effects of the PSLRA

Panel C

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

Employment Law

Moderator and Discussant: Matthew Bodie (Saint Louis University School of Law)

David Hess (University of Michigan - Ross School of Business), Negative Employee Perceptions of Compliance and Ethics Programs and the Impact of Lost Legitimacy
Josephine (J.S.) Nelson (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law ), Autonomy-Threatening Workplace Surveillance
Samantha J. Prince (Penn State Dickinson Law), Nonemployer and Gig Worker Classification: Can Employee Status be Waived and if so, how?

Panel D

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Zoom Host: Kassidy McBride

Virtual Currencies

Moderator and Discussant: Eric C. Chaffee (The University of Toledo College of Law)

Hadar Yoana Jabotinsky (Tel Aviv University - Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law) & Roee Sarel (Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg), How Crisis Affects Crypto: Coronavirus as a Test Case
Jiaying Christine Jiang (New York University School of Law), Can Sandbox and Technology Be a New Regulatory Approach for Blockchain Implementations?
Kristianus Jimy Pratama (Law Faculty of Sriwijaya University and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Association), Choice of the Applicable Law in Use of Payment by Virtual Currency at Overstock Platform

2:50-3:00 Break

3:00-4:30 Plenary Panel

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Zoom Host: Joan Heminway

Bankruptcy and COVID-19

Moderator: Anthony J. Casey (The University of Chicago Law School)

Jared Ellias (UC Hastings College of the Law)
Brook E. Gotberg (University of Missouri School of Law)
Chad J. Husnick (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)
Judge David R. Jones (United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas)
Mark J. Roe (Harvard Law School)

Contact information for Zoom hosts:

Cindy Farabow: 865-974-6815; CFARABOW@UTK.EDU

Sean Gunter: 865-974-6801; SEAN.GUNTER@TENNESSEE.EDU

Joan Heminway: 865-974-3813 (work); 865-776-2199 (mobile); JOAN.HEMINWAY@TENNESSEE.EDU

Kassidy McBride: 865-974-6820; KMCBRIDE@UTK.EDU

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