2007- 2008 Conference Archive
November 2, 2007
California's Proposed Health Care Reform: The Legal and Economic Implications
BCLBE and the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets & Consumer Welfare at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, sponsored this workshop on California's proposed health care reform. The workshop included two sessions. In the morning, the status of the proposed California insurance coverage reforms was reviewed, placing them in the context of other state and national efforts to provide universal coverage. The afternoon session focused on implications of the reform efforts for the insurance industry and examined the effectiveness of reinsurance and risk adjustment programs. Each session included panelist presentations followed by moderated discussions among the panelists and audience.
April 13, 2007
New Frontiers in Law & Business
Westminster House, Berkeley, California
Business and law increasingly are intermingled as areas of practice and targets of academic inquiry. Recent rapid and fundamental changes in federal and state regulation, business law doctrine, and business practices have dramatically raised the stakes for lawyers to understand business and business people t understand law. This conference pushed that conversation forward, and involved practitioners, academics, and regulators discussing ongoing work in these ever more integrated arenas.
Four papers were presented by Jesse Fried, UC Berkeley; Antonio Bernardo, UCLA; Christine Parlour, HAAS School of Business; and David Aboody, UCLA with Ron Kasznik, Stanford.
The papers presented can be downloaded:
Deviation from Contractual Priority in the Sake of VC - Backed Firms - Jesse Fried
Credit Risk Transfer and Bank Lending - Christie Parlour (with Andrew Winton)
Executive Stock-Based Compensation and Firms' Cash Payout: The Role of the Shareholder - David Aboody (with Ron Kasznik)
Fixing 404 - Steven Bochner (with Joseph Grundfest)
May 4-5, 2006
Corporate Governance in East Asia: Culture, Psychology, Economics, and Law
Is there something “different” about East Asian culture and psychology that means that any attempt to reform corporate governance through the adoption of Western norms is destined to fail? If so, is there anything Western corporate governance can learn from the East Asian experience? Or is the notion of “difference” simply an excuse for corruption and lack of transparency?
To promote dialogue on these questions, the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy (BCLBE) has invited leading of psychologists, economists, legal scholars and practitioners from the West, China and Korea to discuss and debate these issues at a two day conference in Berkeley.
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March 17, 2006
Conference on Post-Enron Corporate Regulation: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far -- Or Not Far Enough?
Have the regulatory changes enacted after the collapse of Enron and other corporate scandals deterred fraud and enhanced corporate governance or have they instead imposed excessive burden on publicly traded companies and therefore shareholders? Is the aggressive stance taken by the SEC and the Department of Justice against companies and individuals suspected of committing financial fraud justified? Or does it unfairly target those who are simply performing their duties? This conference, which was the first of its kind, brought into conversation with each other (from both sides of the fence) corporate law scholars, economists, regulators, investors, and lawyers. Harvey Goldschmid, former SEC Commissioner and Columbia Law School professor, gave the keynote address at this event organized by the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy.
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March 3-4, 2006
Symposium on California's Stem Cell Initiative
Most scientists concur that human embryonic stem cell research holds considerable promise for advancing human health. In 2004, California voters endorsed a bold initiative (Proposition 71) to fund stem cell research by the issuance of $3 billion in bonds, which will be allocated over a 10 year period to researchers. This conference sought to provide insights and recommendations from leading thinkers that will enable California’s bold initiative to be successful.
Jointly sponsored by BCBLE and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology