Call for Papers: Corporate & Securities Litigation

UCLA School of Law, in conjunction with the University of Richmond School of Law, Boston University School of Law, and University of Illinois College of Law, invites submissions for the Fifth Annual Workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation. This workshop will be held on October 20-21, 2017 at UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles, California.

Submit a paper or abstract to corpandseclitigation@gmail.com by Friday, May 26, 2017.  Include your name, current position, and contact information in the e-mail accompanying the submission.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Business Law; Securities Law. 

Call for Papers: The Evolving Impact of Investment Crowdfunding on Modern Legal Markets

The Campbell Law Review at Campbell School of Law is seeking papers for its October 16, 2015, symposium Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: The Evolving Impact of Investment Crowdfunding on Modern Legal Markets. 

This Symposium presents a discussion on the cutting edge of legal developments in the area of investment crowdfunding, the unresolved questions surrounding this new area of the law, and the impact it can have on North Carolina and its businesses. The Symposium will bring together preeminent scholars, judges, legal practitioners, and local government officials, who will provide a platform for debate and discussion on pending legislation aimed to address the legality of peer-to-peer and small business lending and the tensions between these developments and standing securities law.

Submit a relevant article and resume to the Campbell Law Review (culawreview@email.campbell.edu) no later than August 31, 2015.

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Topics: Calls for papers; Conferences & Symposia; Securities Law. 

Call for Papers: Third Annual Workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation

Boston University Law School is seeking papers for its annual workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation, to be held on October 2-3, 2015. Papers may address any aspect of corporate and securities litigation or enforcement, including but not limited to securities class actions, fiduciary duty litigation, or comparative approaches to business litigation.

To submit a paper, e-mail an abstract or draft along with your name, current position and contact information to corpandseclitigation@gmail.com by May 29, 2015.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Securities Law.

 

Call for Papers: George Washington University Law School Fifth Annual Junior Faculty Business and Financial Law Workshop

The Center for Law, Economics & Finance (C-LEAF) at The George Washington University Law School is seeking submissions for  its fifth annual Junior Faculty Business and Financial Law Workshop and Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes. The Workshop will be held on February 27-28, 2015 at GW Law School in Washington, DC.

To submit a paper for consideration, send an abstract, summary or draft preferably by e-mail, on or before October 17, 2014 to Professor Lisa M. Fairfax at lfairfax@law.gwu.edu. To facilitate blind review, your name and other identifying information should be redacted from your paper submission. For more information, go here.

Topics: Calls for Papers; Business Law; Law & Economics; Securities Law

 

Grants & Competitions: Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society Writing Award

The 2015 writing award will recognize an essay on any area of municipal securities regulation.  It will be part of  the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Gallery on Municipal Securities Regulation, opening December 1, 2015 in the virtual museum and archive of the history of financial regulation.  The award recipient will receive a $5,000 prize.

All submissions must be received by December 31, 2014. For more details, go here.

Topics: Securities Law; Grants & Competitions

Call for Papers for Younger Comparativists – American Society of Comparative Law

The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) is inviting submissions for a workshop on comparative business and financial law to be held on November 7-8, 2014 at UC Davis School of Law in Davis, California. The purpose of the workshop is to highlight, develop, and promote the scholarship of new and younger comparativists in accounting, banking, bankruptcy, corporations, commercial law, economics, finance, and securities.

Up to thirty papers will be chosen from those submitted for presentation at the workshop and the audience will include invited young scholars, faculty from UC Davis School of Law and Graduate School of Management, faculty from other institutions, and invited guests.

Submissions will be accepted from scholars who have held a full-time academic appointment for no more than ten years as of June 30, 2014.  For more details, go here.

Topics: Calls for Papers; Commercial Law; Fiduciary Law; Securities Law

Call for Papers: AALS Securities Regulation Section

The AALS Section on Securities Law invites papers for its program on “Global Securities Fraud” for the Annual Meeting, to be held on January 2-5, 2014 in New York.

Full-time faculty members of AALS member law schools are eligible to submit papers. Pursuant to AALS rules, faculty at fee-paid law schools, foreign faculty, adjunct and visiting faculty (without a full-time position at an AALS member law school), graduate students, fellows, and non-law school faculty are not eligible to submit.

3-4 papers will be selected from this call for papers. There is no formal requirement as to the form or length of proposals. Preference will be given to proposals that are substantially complete papers. However, shorter proposals will also be considered.

Papers will be selected by the Section’s Executive Committee in a double-blind review. Submit only anonymous papers by redacting the author’s name and any references to the identity of the author. The title of the email submission should read: “Submission 2013 AALS Section on Securities Regulation.”

Email submissions to the Section Chair Richard Painter at: rpainter@umn.edu on or before August 25, 2013.  For more details, go here.

Topics: Calls for Papers; Securities Law

Call for Papers: First Annual Workshop for Corporate and Securities Litigation

The University of Illinois College of Law and the University of Richmond School of Law are accepting submissions for the First Annual Workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation to be held on Friday, November 8, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois.

Abstracts should be submitted by May 31, 2013 to Jessica Erickson at jerickso@richmond.edu. Please include your name, current position, and contact information in the e-mail accompanying the submission.

Topics: Calls for Papers, Business Law, Consumer and Financial Services Law, Fiduciary Law, Securities Law

Call for Papers: George Washington University Law School Third Annual Junior Faculty Business and Financial Law Workshop

The Center for Law, Economics & Finance (C-Leaf) at the George Washington University Law School is seeking submissions for the Third Annual Junior Faculty Business and Financial Law Workshop and Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes.  The Workshop will be held on April 5-6, 2013 at GW Law School in Washington, DC.

Those interested in presenting a paper at the Workshop should submit a summary or draft, preferably by e-mail, on or before November 9, 2012.  Direct your submissions, along with any questions to Professor Lisa M. Fairfax at lfairfax@law.gwu.edu.  For more information, go here.

Topics: Calls for Papers, Business Law, Law & Economics, Securities Law

Call for Papers: Financial Innovation and Market Dynamics: the Role of Securities Regulation

This conference will be held at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy on February 10, 2012.  Interested authors should submit their paper to the e-mail studi_analisi [at] consob.it by Oct. 14, 2011.  For more details, go here.

Topics: Calls for Papers; Securities Law