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Columbia Business Law Review Spring Symposium

Columbia Business Law Review Spring Symposium: "Counseling the Public Corporation After Sarbanes-Oxley"

Program

Columbia Law School
Lerner Hall, Room 555
April 22, 2003

On April 22nd, the Columbia Business Law Review presents its Spring Symposium "Counseling the Public Corporation After Sarbanes-Oxley." The program will bring together legal and accounting professionals from top New York and Washington law firms, companies, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to discuss the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, and the Final Rules being promulgated by the SEC.

The program is designed for both practitioners and students. Attorneys are eligible to receive CLE credit. (Please contact CBLR directly for CLE registration, and fee information.) Students working in corporate law firms this summer and in the future are strongly encouraged to attend and learn about this important legislation.

Schedule is as follows*:

9:00-9:45 REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN

9:45-10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Judge Stanley Sporkin, Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Washington, DC) 

10:00- 11:30 PANEL I- COUNSELING THE CEO, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND GENERAL COUNSEL
Professor Lawrence Cunningham, Columbia Law School (New York, NY)
David Katz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz  (New York, NY)
Meyer Eisenberg, Securities & Exchange Commission (Washington, DC)
David Becker, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (Washington, DC)

11:40-1:00 PANEL II- CONCERNS FOR FOREIGN ISSUERS
Professor Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School (New York, NY)
Marun Jazbik, Allen & Overy (New York, NY)
Rebecca Simmons, Sullivan & Cromwell (New York, NY)
Paul Schnell, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (New York, NY)

1:00-2:30 LUNCH BREAK

2:40-4:00 PANEL III- COUNSELING THE CFO AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Professor Charles Elson, University of Delaware, Center for Corporate Governance (Newark, DE)
Terry Iannaconi, KPMG LLP (New York, NY) 
Peggy Foran, Pfizer, Inc. (New York, NY)
Jeffrey Minton, Securities & Exchange Commission (Washington, DC)

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