 Briffault Testifies on Senate Bill
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| Act would prohibit deceptive practices in federal elections. |
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Coffee Speaks Before Canada's Finance Ministers
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| John C. Coffee Jr., Columbia Law School’s Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, addressed a closed door conference this week of Canada’s 13 provincial ministers with responsibility for finance and securities regulation.
At the request of Jim Flaherty, Canada’s Minister of Finance, Coffee assessed Canada’s position in international capital markets and the impact of Canada’s decentralized regulatory structure on its ability to enforce securities law and keep pace with new developments in a global marketplace. |
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Alum Fleischer in Demand on Tax Debate
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| Victor Fleischer, a 1996 Columbia Law School graduate and a former research fellow has emerged as a sought-after expert on the ongoing Congressional debate about whether to raise the tax rate for private equity firms that go public. |
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Alumna Writes Article on Taxes and Trusts
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| Rachel Jesselson '04 examines the tax dangers for beneficiaries of qualified terminal interest property trusts in an article published in the New York Law Journal. |
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Alumna Koeleveld Wins Bar Award
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| Alumna Celeste Koeleveld, an assistant U.S. attorney and Columba Law School adjunct professor, wins the Henry L. Stimson Award from the New York City Bar Association. |
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Columbia Law's Milhaupt Delivers Lecture at Brazil Senate
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| Milhaupt gives keynote on impact of legal systems on economic growth around the world, challenges some current assumptions about which legal systems produce robust economic growth. |
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Alumni Film Producers Honored at Cannes
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| Bob Shaye '64 and Michael Lynne '64 of New Line Cinema named "Chevaliers des Arts et des Lettres." |
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Alumna White Listed Among 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers
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| Columbia Law School alumna Mary Jo White ’74 has been named to a list of the 50 most influential women lawyers in America by the National Law Journal. |
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