Professors Tierney And Mann Speak At National Attorneys General Meeting
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Tierney is the moderator of the panel “Preemption and Multistates: Advocating In An Era of Preemption” and will deliver a talk on “Ethical Issues in AG Regulatory Issues.” As he has done for 20 years, Tierney also participated in the orientation for new AGs. This year’s incoming group includes Montana Attorney General and Columbia Law School alumnus Steve Bullock ’94.
Tierney, the Attorney General of Maine from 1980 until 1990, is the director of National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School, where he has taught as a lecturer-in-law since the fall of 2000. He currently practices as a consultant to attorneys general and others regarding state regulatory structures and multi-state initiatives.
Mann is among the speakers on the panel “The Credit Crises: The Meaning and Options for Attorneys General.” Mann, Professor of Law and co-chair of the Charles E. Gerber Transactional Studies Program at Columbia Law School, is a leading expert on commercial law and payment systems. He has published two widely used commercial law casebooks and co-authored the first American legal casebook on electronic commerce. His book Charging Ahead (Cambridge University Press, 2006) is the first comprehensive treatment of credit cards in the global economy.
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