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The First Five Years of China's Antimonopoly Law
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Nathan Bush, O'Melveny & Myers
Date: 04/15/2013
Duration: 1:05
Description:
China’s first comprehensive competition statute, the Antimonopoly Law (AML), took effect on August 1, 2008. Since then, China has emerged as a significant antitrust jurisdiction as its competition authorities have blocked or imposed conditions on worldwide mergers, fined foreign cartels, and
even challenged the commercial practices of some state-owned enterprises. Mr. Bush, a partner in the Beijing and Singapore office of O’Melveny & Myers, will assess the first five years of Chinese antitrust enforcement under the AML and future directions of Chinese competition policy under the new Xi Jinping government.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Social Entrepreneurship: Legal, Financial and Public Policy Dimensions
Jordan Breslow/New Island Capital, R. Todd Johnson/ Jones Day, Vince Siciliano/New Resource Bank, Jonathan Storper/Hanson Bridgett, Kyle Westaway/Westaway Law
Date: 04/03/2013
Duration: :59
Description:
Over the last decade, a rapidly growing topic of discussion and debate has been that of “social entrepreneurship” -- the creation of, investment in, and management of business ventures that seek both profitability and the pursuit of larger socially desirable goals not captured by shareholder returns such as environmental responsibility, increased literacy, and poverty reduction. This discussion has also taken on legal significance, as over a dozen states have formally amended their corporations statutes to allow such “dual purpose” structures. A panel of experts discussed the nature of recent legal reforms, the state of play in social investing, and the challenges facing this emerging area.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The JOBS Act: Initiatives and Challenges of the New Legislation
Panel 1 - The IPO ON-Ramp
Date: 03/15/2013
Duration: 3:43:38
Description:
The JOBS Act was designed to incentivize IPO filings as a response to the declining number of small companies that were choosing to go public. At the same time, the Act creates a new category of issuer, the “emerging growth company,” that allows firms an additional 5 years to scale up to full public company status. The most important question our panelists will be faced with is whether the IPO on-ramp is really going to change the trend against IPO filings, and what caused the decline in the first place.
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The JOBS Act: Initiatives and Challenges of the New Legislation
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Panel 2 - Crowdfunding
Date: 03/15/2013
Duration: :46
Description:
The JOBS Act also creates an exemption from the requirement to register public offerings with the SEC, for certain types of small offerings, subject to several conditions. This exemption permits entrepreneurs to “crowd-fund” their businesses -- that is, small businesses can raise money from large pools of small investors, as opposed to being able to solicit investment solely from accredited investors. Moreover, the Act allows the use of advertisements to solicit investments, a practice previously banned by the SEC. These changes will expose average Americans to a new type of investment risk, thus raising the question of whether the benefits of the crowdfunding exemption justify its costs.
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Who Is Your Client: The Company or Its CEO?
Kenton King, Skadden Arps & Scott Haber, Latham & Watkins & Michael Ross, former General Counsel of Safeway, Inc.
Date: 02/14/2013
Duration: 1:00
Description:
The speakers discussed why it is important for both in-house and outside counsel to keep in mind the identity of the client. They addressed the ethics and practical issues that arise when there are actual or potential conflicts of interest between the organization and its senior management.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Russian Markets: Legal and Business Perspectives
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Arseny Seidov/Baker & McKenzie, Mark Chizhenok/Ivanov, Makarov & Partners, Sergei Millian/RusAm Chamber of Commerce
Date: 02/06/2013
Duration: 1:07:54
Description:
Russia is one of the fastest growing economies and promising markets for international businesses in the world. This is a rare opportunity to hear first hand from leading international experts about the Russian legal system, laws and practices, new innovations projects, and the advantages and challenges for entrepreneurs and foreign investors seeking to explore these emerging markets. In addition to a range of legal topics, the speakers discussed global political and economic events, Russia’s accession to the WTO, its role in the international economy as well as the most recent developments in Russian-American trade relationships.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Dangerous Liaisons: China's Indirect Investment Structures and the Shaky Foundations of "China Plays" on the Global Capital Markets
Nicholas C. Howson, University of Michigan Law School
Date: 09/12/2012
Duration: 1:00
Description:
Nicholas C. Howson, visiting professor from the University of Michigan, analyzed the rise of “Variable Interest Entities,” an indirect method of investing in Chinese companies designed to circumvent Chinese government restrictions on foreign investment. This investment form involves a foreign holding company creating a wholly owned subsidiary in China to effectuate the foreign company’s investment in a Chinese company. The investment form, however, has proven very risky for American investors.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The Foreclosure Crisis: Challenges and Solutions to the Mortgage Meltdown
Panel 1: Digging Out: Government and Private Initiatives to Address Mortgages Underwater or in Default
Date: 04/13/2012
Duration: 1:48
Description: Speakers from UC Berkeley join other scholars, business leaders and policymakers to address what the public and private sectors should and could do to resolve the seemingly endless stream of home foreclosures. Topics include the "robosigning settlement" among all 50 state Attorneys General, the federal government and major loan servicers.
Panelists include Dwight Jaffee (Haas School of Business), Paul Leonard (Center for Responsible Lending), and David Moskowitz (Wells Fargo & Company).
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The Foreclosure Crisis: Challenges and Solutions to the Mortgage Meltdown
Panel 2: Reforming Title Recording and Transfer: Key to a 21st Century Mortgage Market
Date: 04/13/2012
Duration: 1:30
Description: Most Americans do not know that a single private corporation, the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS), holds the titles to millions of mortgages in this country. The panelists explore how 21st Century technology can satisfy the needs of the securitization market for rapid, high volume mortgage transfers, and the public's need for an accurate and transparent system for tracking the status of individual loans and mortgages.
Panelists include Laurence Platt (K&L Gates), James Rhyne (Thematix Partners), Nancy Wallace (Haas School of Business), and Benjamin Weber (Office of San Francisco Assessor-Recorder).
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The Foreclosure Crisis: Challenges and Solutions to the Mortgage Meltdown
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Discussion and Q&A
Date: 04/13/2012
Duration: 0:45
Description: Q&A session and closing remarks.
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Enforcement Without Foundation? China's Illegal Insider Trading Enforcement Regime
Nicholas C. Howson, University of Michigan Law School
Date: 02/08/2012
Duration: 1:03
Description: China’s securities regulator enforces insider trading prohibitions pursuant to self-conceived and non-public guidance. Howson argues that the agency guidance is itself unlawful and unenforceable, leaving a large part of China's contemporary insider trading enforcement regime without foundation. This radical infirmity underlying what many see as the basis of well-governed and investor-attracting capital markets has important implications not only for China’s securities regulation regime and healthy capital markets development, but also for the entirety of China’s legal and administrative law system in the reform era.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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New Corporate Forms: Flexible Purpose Corporations, B Corps and L3Cs
Susan H. Mac Cormac, Morrison & Foerster
Date: 11/11/2011
Duration: 0:59
Description: This talk explores the positive and negative aspects of new corporate forms being tested in California and other states and explains how they differ from traditional corporations, LLCs and partnerships.
Ms. Mac Cormac discusses whether a new form is even necessary and which model can best serve to promote environmental sustainability. She also describes limitations resulting from the California and Delaware Corporations Codes and case law
beyond the marketing and PR interpretation dominating the press.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Do China's Stock Markets Matter?
Carl E. Walter
Date: 11/01/2011
Duration: 0:56
Description: This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of China's two stock exchanges in Shenzhen and Shanghai. Over these two decades nearly 2,000 Chinese companies listed domestically in Hong Kong and beyond, raising nearly US $300 billion. There is no doubt that these markets are important, but in a country with no private property and banks accounting for over 90 percent of all corporate financing, just what role do stock markets play and what is their overall significance?
This talk explores these two questions and describes to what degree Western legal, accounting and financial concepts have changed China's economic landscape.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Corruption & Fraud in China: Challenges for US Companies & Investors
Nathan Bush, O'Melveny & Myers
Date: 08/29/2011
Duration: 1:04
Description: China offers both opportunities and perils for US companies and
investors. Official graft and commercial bribery remain pervasive, raising risks of liability under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, other nations’ foreign bribery statutes like the new UK Bribery Act, and Chinese domestic law. Dozens of China-based companies listed on foreign
stock exchanges now face regulatory investigations and
shareholder litigation stemming from allegations of fraud and other misconduct. Are these symptoms of the same underlying weaknesses in China's corporate governance standards and opaque regulatory climate?
Nate Bush assesses current efforts by US companies, investors, and regulators to confront these challenges, and the implications for China's political and economic climate.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The Renaissance Life of the Talented Professor Buxbaum
Professor Richard Buxbaum, Berkeley Law
Date: 04/18/2011
Duration: 0:57
Description: Many may be familiar with Professor Buxbaum’s leading work in corporate law and comparative law, and as a pillar of the Berkeley Law’s business faculty. Few may know that his many contributions extend far beyond shaping jurisprudence in the United States and around the world. They are also deeply rooted in public service, affirmative action, free speech, national defense, and reparations issues. He is a true Renaissance man and his service to the Berkeley Law community as well as citizens around the world is without parallel. At this luncheon, Professor Buxbaum reflects on his experiences in the major social and political events of the 1960s and 1970s.
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Financial Emergency: The Crises that Began and Ended the Decade
The Honorable Michael G. Oxley
Date: 04/06/2011
Duration: 1:20
Description: The Honorable Michael G. Oxley, co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, one of the most far reaching and controversial financial regulation laws in American history, speaks about the fiscal crashes that ended the dot-com bubble and once again plunged the economy into recession.
Sponsor: Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice and Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The Top 10 Things You Should Learn in Law School if You Want to Work with Great Entrepreneurs
Donna Petkanics, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati & Robert J. Majteles, Treehouse Capital LLC
Date: 03/15/2011
Duration: 1:00
Description: Donna Petkanics and Rob Majteles
share their insider experiences with the Boalt community, offering a unique perspective from both sides of the equation.
Ms. Petkanics represents a wide range of growth companies
with an emphasis on corporate and securities issues, both privately held and publicly traded. She also served on the Board of Directors of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and held a number of operating roles, including Managing Director of the firm for six years. Prior to attending law school, she worked as a staff economist in the
Executive Office of the President during the Carter Administration.
Mr. Majteles is a former attorney and CEO and now manages an
investment firm and serves as an active and involved board member for
the companies in Treehouse's portfolio and as an advisory partner to a
variety of investment funds.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd-Frank and Beyond
Symposium Welcome, Launch and Keynote Address
Date: 03/11/2011
Duration: 0:29
Description: On March 11, 2011 the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
(BCLBE) and the Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ) co-hosted a spring
symposium entitled "Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd-Frank and
Beyond." This video features the welcome address made by Eric Talley (BCLBE), Matthew R.
DalSanto (BBLJ), and Ken Taymor (BCLBE), followed by a keynote address
by William Haraf (Financial Stability Oversight Council and the California Department of Financial Institutions).
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd-Frank and Beyond
Panel 1 - Securitization and Governance
Date: 03/11/2011
Duration: 1:37
Description: On March 11, 2011 the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
(BCLBE) and the Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ) co-hosted a spring
symposium entitled, "Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd-Frank and
Beyond." This video features the first panel from the symposium entitled "Securitization & Governance." The panel includes Dwight M. Jaffee (Haas School of Business), Nancy E. Wallace (Haas School of Business & BCLBE Faculty Co-Director), Erik Gerding (University of New Mexico, School of Law), and Mark D. Perlow, (K&L Gates). Stavros
E. Gadinis (Berkeley Law) moderates the panel.
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd-Frank and Beyond
Panel 2 - Venture Finance
Date: 03/11/2011
Duration: 1:22
Description: On March 11, 2011 the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
(BCLBE) and the Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ) co-hosted a spring
symposium entitled "Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd-Frank and
Beyond." This video features the second panel from the symposium,
"Venture Finance." The panel includes Steven E. Bochner (Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati), Eric Finseth (BCLBE), and Mary Dent (SVB Financial
Group) and moderation by Robert P. Bartlett III (Berkeley Law).
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd-Frank and Beyond
Panel 3 - Consumer Protection
Date: 03/11/2011
Duration: 1:34
Description: On March 11, 2011 the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
(BCLBE) and the Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ) co-hosted a spring
symposium entitled "Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd-Frank and
Beyond." This video features the third panel from the symposium,
"Consumer Protection." The panel includes John D. Wright (Wells Fargo
& Company), John A.E. Pottow (University of Michigan, School of Law),
Thomas Brown, (O'Melveny & Myers), and Gail Hillebrand (Consumers
Union). Prasad Krishnamurthy (Berkeley Law), provides moderation.
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Law, Policy, and Practice on China's Periphery: Minority Areas and Implications for Hong Kong and Taiwan
Pitman Potter, University of British Columbia
Date: 02/15/2011
Duration: 1:11
Description: Professor Potter's talk focuses on his recently published book "Law, Policy, and Practice on China's Periphery: Selective Adaptation and Institutional Capacity." He examines the Chinese government's policies and practices regarding the Inner Periphery areas, including Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, and the Outer Periphery areas of Hong Kong and Taiwan, focusing on political authority, socio-cultural relations, and economic development. Successive imperial, republican, and communist governments have struggled to maintain sovereignty over the regions surrounding the great river valleys of China. The peripheries remain very important today, with challenges over national security, access to natural resources, and long-held concerns about relations between ethnic groups continuing to dominate Chinese law, policy and practice in these regions. Prof. Potter's study
seeks to build an understanding of the current status of China's rule along its continental and maritime peripheries.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The Evolution of Business Law in California and at Boalt Hall
Professor Richard Buxbaum, Berkeley Law
Date: 11/15/2010
Duration: 0:57
Description: Professor Richard Buxbaum '53 has been a keen observer of the business
law terrain for five decades. BCLBE and the Berkeley Business Law
Journal host a talk during which Professor Buxbaum shares his perspective on
the development of business law in California and the role played by
Boalt Hall in that evolution. Three generations of Boalt Hall faculty
members were and continue to be instrumental in reshaping many aspects
of corporate law and securities regulation in California, across the
United States and around the world. At this special lunchtime talk,
Professor Buxbaum provides insights into the interplay among the legal
academy, policymakers and the commercial world that will help us better
understand the current legal and regulatory environment governing the
business community and our collective efforts to emerge from the Great
Recession.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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America's Broken Retirement Plans and Pension System: Another "Gift" From Wall Street
William Lerach
Date: 10/26/2010
Duration: 0:58
Description: William Lerach discussed his perspectives on the relationship between
the deregulation of our financial markets and several wealth destruction
events that resulted in massive losses to the nation's public, private
and individual pension systems and plans. These losses have gravely
impaired the finances of these retirement plans -- leaving many of them,
he argued, with unfunded obligations that are so pervasive that they
now constitute a major threat to the financial future of our country.
Mr. Lerach also discussed what, if anything, he believes can be done to
avoid or ameliorate the crisis that would arise from the financial
collapse of our pension systems.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Changes in the World’s Workshop: How New Laws, More Demanding Workers, and Activist Trade Unions are Transforming the Chinese Workplace
Mary Gallagher, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
Date: 10/18/2010
Duration: 0:55
Description: In 2008, the Chinese government passed three ambitious labor laws to improve working conditions in Chinese companies and employment security for Chinese workers. Employers criticized these laws as a return to the age of the “iron rice bowl” under socialism, which guaranteed lifetime employment and extensive welfare benefits for all urban workers. Labor activists hoped these new laws will help close the gap between the high standards of Chinese “law-on-the-books” with its implementation and enforcement in reality.
These protective measures coincided with the onset of the global financial crisis and a rapid decline in China’s export markets. The combination of more protective laws and greater economic volatility led to a rapid and unprecedented increase in labor conflict, including legal filings and large-scale strikes and demonstrations. In the wake of China’s recovery from the crisis, this conflict continues. Workers possess more awareness of their new rights; trade unions receive encouragement by the government to increase efforts to protect workers; and a labor
shortage in manufacturing emboldens workers to press for higher wages and better conditions.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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A Break Down of the Bailout
Stephen Bainbridge, Ken Taymor & John P. Hunt
Date: 02/18/2010
Duration: 0:55
Description: As the economy crumbled in 2008, the government intervened to "save"
financial institutions that were "too big to fail." This unprecedented
action generated a multitude of legal, economic, and political
questions; perhaps none more important than "will it work?" With the
decision to intervene behind us, it is now time to evaluate the effects on law, business, and the economy as a whole.
Panelists include Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA Law), Ken Taymor (BCLBE), and John P. Hunt (Davis Law).
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Competing in China: Antitrust, Anticorruption, & Industrial Policy
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Nathan Bush, O'Melveny & Myers
Date: 01/14/2010
Duration: 0:57
Description:
China's leadership enters 2010 with a mammoth stimulus program
onstream and mounting (often conflicting pressures) to restructure
China's hybrid "command-market" system and its role in the global
economy. At the central government's disposal are new instruments such
as the Antimonopoly Law, older tools such as the Law on Guarding State
Secrets, and the state's tremendous influence over Chinese finance and
commerce. Foreign firms active in China face new regulatory challenges,
from the antitrust obstacles of acquiring Chinese firms to the
corruption risks of dealing with the state sector. Nathan Bush, a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group at O'Melveny & Myers LLP and General Counsel of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, explores
the intersection of China's evolving antitrust, anticorruption, trade,
and industrial policies.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Business & Ethics: Lessons from the Global Economic Crisis
Richard Buxbaum, Ernesto Dalbó, Christopher Kutz, David Vogel & John Quigley
Date: 12/01/2009
Duration: 1:08
Description: The global economic meltdown clearly demonstrates the importance of corporate governance and ethics. Less evident are the steps to improving how
financial firms operate. A panel of UC Berkeley professors explore and
respond to questions such as: How should executives incorporate
potential global and long term impacts into their business decisions?
Can corporate governance structures and rules be improved to provide
meaningful oversight and socially favorable incentives to financial firm
leaders? Are the recent announcements of bonuses to financial
executives a sign of economic recovery or continued ethical lapses?
Panelists include Richard Buxbaum (Berkeley Law), Ernesto Dalbó (Haas School of Business), Christopher Kutz (Berkeley Law), David Vogel (Haas School of Business), and John Quigley (Dept. of Economics).
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Center on Institutions and Governance (IGOV)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Global Financial & Economic Crisis: Global Unemployment
Andrew Rose, Bradford DeLong, David Card & John Quigley
Date: 10/28/2009
Duration: 1:10
Description: Despite recent upticks in the economy, the U.S. and worldwide employment
picture remains bleak. Are we facing a “jobless recovery?” Did
the international economic collapse in 2008-09 alter the labor market
permanently? UC Berkeley scholars answer these questions, explore the
role of international organizations such as the G20 in addressing them,
and offer proposals to prevent protectionism and promote a global
solution. Panelist include: John Quigley (Dept. of Economics), Brad
DeLong (Dept. of Economics), David Card (Dept. of Economics) and Andrew
Rose (Haas School of Business).
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Center on Institutions and Governance (IGS)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Rebuilding the U.S. Financial System: The Causes, Consequences and the Regulatory Responses to the Credit Crisis
Michael Halloran, Eric Talley & Nancy Wallace
Date: 10/10/2009
Duration: 1:13
Description: Panelists explore the prospects for preserving stability while promoting healthy innovation in the financial sector.
Panelists include Michael Halloran (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP), Eric Talley (BCLBE), and Nancy Wallace (Haas School of Business).
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Legal Reform in China: The Domestic Debate
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Thomas Kellogg, Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation
Date: 09/09/2009
Duration: 1:02
Description: Many assumed that China would, as it grows more prosperous, embrace the
rule of law, even as it maintains a go-slow approach on political
reform. But in March 2008, the Communist Party renewed its support for
“socialist legality,” highlighting the role of the Party in the judicial
process and explicitly rejecting Western-style legal reforms. Some
Chinese critics of the new policy have called for an embrace of global
values and renewed efforts to construct independent legal institutions
free from Party influence. Others advocate wide-ranging, wholesale
structural reforms based on the Western constitutional model. Still
others eschew specific policy proposals and instead offer a nationalist
critique of Western governments’ interactions with China.
This ongoing internal debate is vitally important: its outcome
will help determine China’s reform path. Those seeking to better
understand where China is going need to look closely not just at the
ever-growing thicket of new laws and regulations issued by the State,
but also at what both the government and its well-meaning critics are
saying about the future of political and legal reform in China.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Global Financial & Economic Crisis: What Should the G20 Do?
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Aaron Edlin, Barry Eichengreen, Maurice Obstfeld, Pierre Olivier Gourinchas & Andrew Rose
Date: 03/18/2009
Duration: 1:17
Description: In April, leaders from the G20 countries representing 85% of the global economy will meet to develop a coordinated response to the worldwide economic and financial collapse. What actions can G20 leaders take to stem the tsunami washing over the world economy? How will these leaders find common solutions to this international disaster? Our distinguished panel of UC Berkeley economists discuss these questions and identify answers. Panelists include Aaron Edlin (Berkeley Law), Barry Eichengreen (Dept. of Economics), Maurice Obstfeld (Dept. of Economics), Pierre Olivier Gourinchas (Dept. of Economics), and Andrew Rose (Haas School of Business).
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The Uncertain Future of Chinese Law Reform
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Stanley Lubman, Berkeley Law
Date: 02/24/2009
Duration: 0:59
Description: China’s legal system has come a long way. Economic reform has driven
legal reform: formal legislation now provides a framework for the
organization of the Chinese government, and judicial institutions have
been reconstructed in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But the
courts are inadequately professionalized, often favor local interests,
and corruption is widespread. For the Chinese leadership maintaining
power trumps the rule of law. Rights-consciousness is growing in
Chinese society, but political reform is needed to accelerate legal
reform. Professor Lubman discussed the quiet progress being made in
regards to developing laws to control administrative arbitrariness,
professionalizing the judicial system, and reducing the impact of “local
protectionism.”
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Good Bank Bad Bank: Increasing credit liquidity, stemming foreclosures and supporting the economy
John M. Quigley, Paul Milgrom, James A. Wilcox, Dwight Jaffee & Nancy Wallace
Date: 02/18/2009
Duration: 1:13
Description: Experts in economics, business, and public policy examine the impact of
the Treasury Department's Financial Stability Plan. Supporters say the
plan will infuse cash into credit markets and stem foreclosures by
expanding financial capital and removing toxic assets.
Panelists evaluate pricing strategies for bank assets, proposals to
stem foreclosures, and the risks the FSP presents to taxpayers.
Panelists include John M. Quigley (Dept. of Economics), Paul Milgrom (Stanford University), James A. Wilcox (Haas School of Business), Dwight Jaffee (Haas School of Business), and Nancy Wallace (Haas School of Business).
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Capital Market Turmoil: Career Opportunities and Pitfalls
Richard Roeder, Vance Street Capital
Date: 11/18/2008
Duration: 0:50
Description: Private Equity Fund manager and former corporate law partner Richard Roeder discusses the state of the capital markets and how
they may affect career opportunities for law and business students.
Richard Roeder is a Berkeley Law alum who has founded and managed
private equity funds since 1991. Prior, he was a partner at Paul
Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, where from 1987 to 1991 he served as
Chairman of the firm's corporate law department. Richard provides
valuable career perspective on the world of business and finance and
answers questions from students about how the current market turmoil
may impact their futures.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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The 21st Century Wine Business: Where Farming Meets Facebook
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Lenny Stein, Jackson Family Enterprises
Date: 11/03/2008
Duration: 1:04
Description: As American interest in and knowledge of fine wine grows, the wine industry undergoes tremendous change. Consumers trading
up and down, supplier and wholesaler tiers consolidating, family wine
companies selling out, private equity buying in, new global wine regions
emerging, and the environment taking central stage are just some of the changes occurring. Efforts to undo the
U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2005 victory for consumers gain speed and
traction. As the internet transforms how people discover, discuss, and
buy wine, a future of enormous potential collides with an antiquated
patchwork of prohibition era legislation. In short, fertile ground for
lawyers. Lenny Stein makes a breakneck tour of the business and legal
vineyard that is today's rapidly changing wine industry.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: A Springboard to a New Era of Entertainment Deal-Making in China?
Seagull Song, King & Wood (presently Arnold & Porter)
Date: 10/07/2008
Duration: 0:34
Description: The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee (BOCOG) decided to use
"international standards" regarding entertainment and media
contracts for the Beijing 2008 Games. Seagull Song, who was with King
& Wood’s China office during the planning years, discusses what this
means and the possible ramification to the development of the
entertainment and professional sports industries in China. Specifically,
how are the concepts of "chain of title" and the complexities of music
royalties to be dealt with in the post-Olympic world in China? How have the
domestic and local legal firms addressed ambush marketing and unauthorized
retransmission?
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Global Financial Market Turmoil: A Panel Discussion
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George Akerlof, Brad DeLong, Aaron Edlin, Barry Eichengreen, John M. Quigley & Nancy Wallace
Date: 10/02/2008
Duration: 1:37
Description: A panel of distinguished scholars from UC Berkeley analyze how the
financial market meltdown in the Fall of 2008 occurred, evaluate the
government’s response, and explain its impact on American households
and global markets.
Panelists include George Akerlof (Dept. of Economics), Brad DeLong (Dept. of Economics), Aaron Edlin (Berkeley Law), barry Eichengreen (Dept. of Economics), John M. Quigley (Dept. of Economics), and Nancy Wallace (Haas School of Business).
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Executive Compensation Workshop: Rethinking Pay for Performance
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Panel 1: Rethinking Share-Price Based Incentive Plans
Date: 09/26/2008
Duration: 1:39
Description: Executive compensation continues to attract considerable attention, much
of it critical, from shareholder activists, the press and Congress. On
September 26th, 2008, BCLBE sponsored a half day conference bringing together leading academics and compensation practitioners to
help directors explore "out-of-the-box" ways to better tie CEO pay to
performance.
Panelists include David Chun (Equilar), Graef Crystal (Haas School of Business), Ira Kay (Pay Governance) & Jesse Fried (Berkeley Law).
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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Executive Compensation Workshop: Rethinking Pay for Performance
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Panel 2: Structuring Non-Share-Price Based Incentive Plans
Date: 09/26/2008
Duration: 1:18
Description: Executive compensation continues to attract considerable attention, much
of it critical, from shareholder activists, the press and Congress. On
September 26th, 2008, BCLBE sponsored a half day conference bringing together leading academics and compensation practitioners to
help directors explore "out-of-the-box" ways to better tie CEO pay to
performance.
Panelists include David Chun (Equilar), James E. Kim (Frederic Cook & Co.), and Kevin Murphy (Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California).
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
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