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Elective Shareholder Liability
Publication Date: 2012-12-31
Bibliography: Peter Conti-Brown, Elective Shareholder Liability, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 97; Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 408; 64 Stanford Law Review (forthcoming 2012).
Overview
The Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University is an important new chapter in the law school's pioneering efforts in corporate governance. Funded by a gift from legendary venture capitalist Arthur Rock and his wife Toni Rembe Rock, the Rock Center was founded at Stanford in 2006 with three objectives:
- First, through conferences and seminars, engage key academics, regulators and professionals from the business and legal communities in the debate about corporate governance, bridging the gap between theory and practice;
- Second, through research, online resources, and educational programs, the Rock Center hopes to advance intellectual understanding of the governance process;
- Third, by developing new educational and course materials, the Rock Center hopes to strengthen corporate governance as an independent area of teaching and scholarship at law schools and business schools worldwide.
The Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University was created with the vision that advances in the understanding and practice of corporate governance are most likely to occur in a cross–disciplinary environment where economists, lawyers, financial experts, political scientists, engineers and practitioners can meet and work together. Stanford University, with leading schools of communications, economics, engineering, law and political science, can readily assemble cross–disciplinary teams. The Rock Center's goal is to tap this wealth of expertise to advance the practice and study of corporate governance and become an important voice in the debate over governance, both domestically and internationally.
Stanford Law School has more than a decade of investment in education, research and training for lawyers, practitioners, company officers and regulators who work in corporate governance. Its strengths in corporate law and business led the law school to initiate the executive education program named Directors' College in 1993. This annual event was the first program to bring together leading CEOs, directors, journalists, scholars and regulators for a rigorous examination of corporate governance concerns. It blends the latest information on critical issues facing every board today with seasoned perspectives on best boardroom practices.
The Rock Center's proposed initiatives include a diverse set of events that include seminars, conferences, and guest speakers addressing real world governance practices. The Rock Center will provide the focal point for sustained research and sponsor of key events that attract top academics, policy makers, practitioners and regulators. The center will develop and offer executive-level programs for outside audiences who shape the debate on governance.
Also planned is sponsorship of distinguished visitors at Stanford. Similar to a traditional fellowship, these prominent individuals with expertise and interest in corporate governance would spend two or more weeks in residence at Stanford, giving lectures, workshops, and teaching classes. The Rock Center will also attract leading practitioners and policymakers to speak at Stanford, including prominent executives from the local business, law and venture communities
Additionally, to educate the next generation of leaders on the new standards of corporate governance, the Rock Center faculty will develop new courses for business and law students. These will emphasize the financial, legal and ethical issues of corporate governance— in theory and in practice.
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Rock Center Affiliates
The LEB/Rock Center Affiliates contribute through sponsorship and program input on an annual basis and support sustained scholarship, policy relevant research and teaching, and program development that bridges the gap between academia and the real world. In return, affiliates and their clients have access to the Law School's established series of high value, leading edge executive programs, exclusive roundtables, working groups and special events.
As a direct result of affiliate support, Stanford Law School is today a nationally recognized leader in the field of law and business, and has the preeminent law school program for senior executive, director and institutional investor education.
Rock Center Venture Circle
Rock Center Program Partners
Rock Center Program Associates
Sponsorship Levels
Affiliates of the Stanford Program in Law, Economics & Business (LEB) have the opportunity to formally participate at two levels of support and requisite benefits: LEB Venture Circle Members and LEB Program Partners.1
LEB/Rock Center Venture Circle ($75,000 annually for law firms; $100,000 annually for corporations)
LEB/Rock Center Venture Circle members provide seed funding and ongoing support for a wide range of policy and empirical research projects housed within the Program in Law, Economics & Business including:
- Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
- Open Source Corporate Governance Reporting System (OSCGRS) at Stanford Law School
- Stanford Institutional Investors Forum Governance Standards Project
LEB/Rock Center Venture Circle representatives participate on project advisory boards and are directly involved in the development of empirical database and reporting platforms, indices and other analytics, as well as policy white papers that aim to raise professional understanding and public awareness of legal, business and ethical challenges, and promote informed public policy at the intersection of law, economics and business.
Membership in the LEB/Rock Center Venture Circle also includes the full (and in some cases enhanced) range of annual LEB/Rock Center Program Partner benefits:
- Two prepaid scholarships per LEB/Rock Center program/series offered during a 12-month period. These scholarships may be used by anyone of your choosing, such as directors of your corporation, business executives from your company, members of your legal department, and clients.
- Priority registration for all LEB/Rock Center programs, and a 10% discount on program tuition for all registration referrals.
- Recognition in all LEB/Rock Center printed and on-line program materials; mention at all appropriate public receptions and forums.
- Participation in annual LEB/Rock Center program planning and speaker recruitment session.
- Up to 2 speakers from firm invited for LEB/Rock Center, Rock Center or general Law School speakers series.2
- Up to 2 senior partners/executives invited to participate in LEB/Rock Center conference panels and exclusive, invitation-only industry working groups.2
- Opportunity to nominate and recruit executive level clients for conference keynote and speaking opportunities.2
- Exclusive meal sponsorship opportunities during LEB/Rock Center conferences and programs.3
- Custom program sponsorship opportunities in partnership with LEB/Rock Center.4
LEB/Rock Center Program Partners ($25,000 to $49,999 annually)
- One prepaid scholarship per LEB/Rock Center program/series offered during a 12-month period. These scholarships may be used by anyone of your choosing, such as directors of your corporation, business executives from your company, members of your legal department, and clients.
- Priority registration for all LEB programs, and a 10% discount on program tuition for all registration referrals.
- Recognition in all LEB/Rock Center printed and on-line program materials; mention at all appropriate public receptions and forums.
- Participation in annual LEB/Rock Center program planning and speaker recruitment session.
- 1 speaker from firm/company invited forLEB/Rock Center or general Law School speakers series.2
- 1 senior partner/client invited to participate in LEB/Rock Center conference panels and exclusive, invitation-only industry working groups.2
- Exclusive meal sponsorship opportunities during LEB/Rock Center conferences and programs.3
Contact Information
For more information about the LEB/Rock Center Affiliates Program, please contact:
Nancy Easterbrook
Assistant Director of Development, Corporate & Foundation Relations
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
Phone: 650 725.4247
Fax: 650 725.9786
NEasterB@law.stanford.edu
For more information about the program, please contact:
F. Daniel Siciliano
Faculty Director, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
SLS: Associate Dean for Executive Education & Special Programs
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
650 725.9045 (phone); 650 352.5304 (fax)
siciliano@law.stanford.edu
1 Companies and law firms that contribute $10,000 to $24,999 annually will be recognized as LEB/Rock Center Program Associates and will receive priority registration for LEB/Rock Center programs, a 10% discount on registration referrals, and recognition on the LEB/Rock Center web site.
2 All program content and speaker selection for LEB programs are at the discretion of Law School faculty director(s). Only one speaker placement guaranteed per conference or program.
3 Exclusive meal sponsorship price points are $15,000 for breakfasts, $25,000 for lunches, and $50,000 for dinners.
4 Two custom program slots are available per calendar year, and catering, logistics and staffing costs are the responsibility of the external sponsor. Final program content and speaker selection are at the discretion of Law School faculty director(s).
Educational Resources
Publications
- Peter Conti-Brown, Elective Shareholder Liability, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 97; Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 408; 64 Stanford Law Review (forthcoming 2012).
- Vivek Wadhwa, The Face of Success, Part 5: Diversity in Silicon Valley, Inc., February 8, 2012.
- Vivek Wadhwa, The Face of Success, Part 4: Blacks in Silicon Valley, Inc., Feb. 2, 2012.
- Vivek Wadhwa, The Face of Success, Part 3: Women and Venture Capital, Inc., Jan. 25, 2012.
- Vivek Wadhwa, Social Media’s Role in Politics, Washington Post, Jan. 25, 2012.
- Vivek Wadhwa, The Face of Success, Part 2: Where Are All the Female Tech Geniuses?, Inc. Jan. 16, 2012.
- Vivek Wadhwa, The Face of Success, Part I: How the Indians Conquered Silicon Valley, Inc., Jan. 13, 2012.
- Peter Conti-Brown, The Perennial Crisis in the American States, presented at the program: When States Go Broke: Origins, Context, and Solution for the American States in Fiscal Crisis, held May 13, 2011 at Stanford Law School.
- Elizabeth Pollman, Reconceiving Corporate Personhood, SSRN working paper series / Utah Law Review, forthcoming 2011.
- Robert M. Daines, Ian D. Gow, David F. Larcker, Rating the Ratings: How Good Are Commercial Governance Ratings?, 98 Journal of Financial Economics 439 (2010).
- Chris W. Waddell, Kendrick Nguyen, Evan Epstein, Francis Daniel Siciliano II, Joseph Grundfest, Identifying the Legal Contours of the Separation of Economic Rights and Voting Rights in Publicly Held Corporations, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 90, 2010.
- Joseph Grundfest, Choice of Forum Provisions in Intra-Corporate Litigation: Mandatory and Elective Approaches (The 2010 Pileggi Lecture, October 8, 2010), Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 91 (2010)
- Peter Conti-Brown, Increasing the Capacity for Corruption? : Law and Development in the Burgeoning Petro-State of São Tomé e Príncipe, 12 Berkeley Journal of African American Law & Policy 33 (2010)
- Peter Conti-Brown, A Proposed Fat-Tail Risk Metric: Disclosures, Derivatives and the Measurement of Financial Risk, 87 Washington University Law Review 1461 (2010).
- Joseph Grundfest, The SEC's Proposed Proxy Access Rules: Politics, Economics, and the Law, 65 Business Lawyer 361 (February 2010) / Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper, No. 64 (November 2009).
- Joseph Grundfest and Evgeniya E. Hochenberg, Investor Owned and Controlled Rating Agencies: A Summary Introduction, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper, No. 66 (January 2010) / Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 391.
- Joseph Grundfest, Measurement Issues in the Proxy Access Debate, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper, No. 71 (January 2010).
- Kenneth E. Scott, The Financial Crisis: Causes and Lessons, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper, No. 67 / Goethe University Institute for Law and Finance Working Paper, No. 108 (December 2009).
- Joseph A. Grundfest and Nadya Malenko, Quadrophobia: Strategic Rounding of EPS Data, Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper, No. 65 (2009) / John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics Working Paper, no. 388 (October 2009)
- Joseph A. Grundfest, What’s Needed is Uncommon Wisdom, DealBook Dialogue Too Soon to Rethink? Assessing the Financial Crisis, New York Times, October 6, 2009.
- Report of the Task Force of the ABA Section of Business Law Corporate Governance Committee on Delineation of Governance Roles & Responsibilities, (August 2009)
- Joseph A. Grundfest, Internal Contradictions in the SEC's Proposed Proxy Access Rules, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper, No. 60 (July 2009).
- Ronald J. Gilson, Charles F. Sabel and Robert E. Scott, Contracting for Innovation: Vertical Disintegration and Interfirm Collaboration, 109 Columbia Law Review (forthcoming 2009).
- F. Daniel Siciliano, Pre-Employment Inquiries Concerning Immigration Status: When Concern for Immigration Law Compliance can Bring Employment Law Problems, in The Immigration Compliance Book 2009-2010 Edition, Angelo A. Paparelli, L. Batya Schwartz Ehrens, and Dan Siciliano, ed., New York, NY: ILW, 2009.
- Robert Daines, Ian Gow, and David Larcker, Rating the Ratings: How Good Are Commercial Governance Ratings? Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, (June 2008)
- Peter Clapman, Walking the Walk on Corporate Governance, Pensions & Investments, August 6, 2007
- Joseph A. Grundfest, The Class-Action Market, Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2007, p. A15.
Faculty
- Robert M. Daines
- SLS: Pritzker Professor of Law and Business
- 650 736.2684
- Joseph A. Grundfest
- SLS: W. A. Franke Professor of Law and Business
- grundfest@stanford.edu
- 650 723.0458
- David F. Larcker
- GSB: James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting
- Larcker_David@gsb.stanford.edu
- 650 725.6159
- F. Daniel Siciliano
- Faculty Director, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
SLS: Associate Dean for Executive Education & Special Programs - siciliano@stanford.edu
- 650 725.9045
Affiliated Faculty
- Anat Admati
- GSB: Joseph McDonald Professor of Finance and Economics
- admati_anat@gsb.stanford.edu
- 650 723.4987
- Joseph Bankman
- SLS: Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business
- jbankman@stanford.edu
- 650 725.3825
- G. Marcus Cole
- SLS: Wm. Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law
- gmcole@stanford.edu
- 650 723.0615
- Richard Craswell
- SLS: William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law
- rcraswel@stanford.edu
- 650 725.8542
- Darrell Duffie
- GSB: Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance
- duffie@stanford.edu
- 650 723.1976
- Ronald J. Gilson
- SLS: Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business
- rgilson@stanford.edu
- 650 723.0614
- Joy Ishii
- GSB: Assistant Professor of Finance
- ishii_joy@gsb.stanford.edu
- 650 724.6376
- Alan Jagolinzer
- GSB: Assistant Professor of Accounting
- jagolinzer@stanford.edu
- 650 725.2741
- Dirk Jenter
- GSB: Assistant Professor of Finance
- djenter@stanford.edu
- 650 498.4411
- Michael Klausner
- SLS: Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and Professor of Law
- klausner@stanford.edu
- 650 723.6433
- Michael Ostrovsky
- GSB: Assistant Professor of Economics
- ostrovsky@gsb.stanford.edu
- 650 724.7280
- Paul Oyer
- GSB: Associate Professor of Economics
- pauloyer@stanford.edu
- 650 736.1047
- Francisco Pérez.González
- GSB: Assistant Professor of Finance
- francisco.perez@stanford.edu
- 650 721.1283
- Jeffrey Pfeffer
- GSB: Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior
- pfeffer_jeffrey@gsb.stanford.edu
- 650 723.2915
- Paul C. Pfleiderer
- GSB: C.O.G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Finance;
Professor of Law by courtesy - pfleiderer_paul@gsb.stanford.edu
- 650 723.4495
- Joseph D. Piotroski
- GSB: Associate Professor of Accounting
- jpiotros@stanford.edu
- 650 498.6988
- A. Mitchell Polinsky
- SLS: Josephine Scott Crocker Professor of Law and Economics
- polinsky@stanford.edu
- 650 723.0886
- Madhav Rajan
- GSB: Gregor G. Peterson Professor of Accounting;
Professor of Law by courtesy - mrajan@gsb.stanford.edu
- 650 724.1546
- Alan O. Sykes
- SLS: James and Patricia Kowal Professor of Law
- asykes@stanford.edu
- 650 724.0178
- George Triantis
- triantis@stanford.edu
- 650 724.6308
Fellows
- Dan Cooperman
- Fellow
Rock Center for Corporate Governance - dcooperm@me.com
- 650 849-4849
- Elizabeth Pollman
- Academic Fellow
- epollman@law.stanford.edu
- 650 724.6369
- Vivek Wadhwa
- Fellow
Rock Center for Corporate Governance
Program Contacts
- Evan Epstein
- Executive Director
- evan.epstein@law.stanford.edu
- 650 724.2879
- F. Daniel Siciliano
- Faculty Director
- siciliano@stanford.edu
- 650 725.9045
- Trish Gertridge
- Director, Program Group
- tgertridge@law.stanford.edu
- 650 725.5001
- Michelle E. Gutman
- Associate Director, Research Programs
- gutman_michelle@gsb.stanford.edu
- 650 736.7420
Events
- Stanford Rock Center Series on Shareholder Activism
- April 16, 2012 from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
- 2nd Annual Worksite Immigration Compliance Symposium
- April 20, 2012 from 8:15 am - 6:30 pm
- Stanford Rock Center Series on Shareholder Activism
- April 23, 2012 from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
- 18th Annual Directors' College 2012
- June 24, 2012 - June 26, 2012
- Fiduciary College 2012
- July 23, 2012 - July 25, 2012
- 19th Annual Directors' College 2013
- June 23, 2013 - June 25, 2013
Recorded & Past Events
February 2012
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
June 2011
May 2011
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Corporate Governance Matters
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Stanford Institutional Investors' Forum
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When States Go Broke: Origins, Context, and Solutions for the American States in Fiscal Crisis.
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The Inaugural China Law & Policy Conference
April 2011
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Partisanship and the New Economics of the Media - A lunch presentation with David Westin, former President of ABC News
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Saving the Media from Itself - An evening presentation with David Westin, former President of ABC News
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Secondary Market for Private Shares: Overview and Challenges
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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report (and Announcement of Stanford Rock Center Hosting New FCIC Website)
March 2011
February 2011
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Taxing Founders' Stock
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The Role of the Modern General Counsel in Corporate America
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"Defense Against the Dark Arts: Lessons from a Fraudster"
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The U.N. Global Compact: Principles for Businesses in Human Rights, Labor, Environment and Anti-Corruption
January 2011
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The Hellhound of Wall Street: How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance
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The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and its Unintended Consequences
December 2010
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Stanford Institutional Investors' Forum
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Entrepreneurship Panel - Why Lawyers (Can) Make Good Entrepreneurs
November 2010
June 2010
May 2010
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"Lack of Alignment in the Corporate Governance System" - Lecture by The Honorable Leo E. Strine, Jr., Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
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Rock Center Proxy Access Forum
April 2010
March 2010
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Fiduciary College 2010
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"Oracle's Acquisition of BEA Systems: An Overview of Hostile Takeover Tactics and Responses" with James Cole, Jr., Corporate Partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
February 2010
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“Restoring Trust in Corporate Governance: The Six Essential Tasks of Boards of Directors and Business Leaders” with Ben Heineman, Former SVP and GC at General Electric
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Morrison & Foerster Lecture
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Fact-finding in White Collar Criminal Prosecutions: When Prosecutors Go Too Far
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
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Rock Center for Corporate Governance Faculty Lunch with Anat Admati and Paul Pfleiderer
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How Technology Impacts the Boardroom
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"The Credit Crisis: Its Roots and Aftermath" with Tom Russo, Former Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
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Voter Funded Media: Governance Reform for Corporations and Democracies - A Rock Center Lunch with Mark Latham
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Legal Challenges in an Age of Robotics
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Rock Center for Corporate Governance Student Lunch with Commissioner Preston DuFauchard
October 2009
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How Framing Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) Issues Into Investment Decisions Can Improve Performance Investment Portfolios
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Rock Center lunch for students with Donald Humphreys, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, ExxonMobil
September 2009
June 2009
April 2009
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch on Tenure Voting with Toni Rembe and Professor Edward B. Rock, Penn-Law
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Rock Center Dinner: Michael Klausner, Stanford Law School and Boris Feldman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati [by invitation only]
March 2009
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch on Zombie Banks with Professors Jeremy Bulow, Graduate School of Business, Robert Hall, Economics Dept and Susan Woodward, Sand Hill Econometrics
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Fourth Annual Morrison & Foerster Lecture
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Faculty Seminar on Financial Crisis with H. Rodgin Cohen, Chairman-Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
February 2009
January 2009
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Perceptions on US Capital Market Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (by invitation only)
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch with Professor David Larcker
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Fiduciary College at Stanford Law School
December 2008
October 2008
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How Corporations Respond to the Current Crisis in Capitalism: Speaker Ben Heineman
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch with Professor Darrell Duffie, Graduate School of Business
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Containing the Credit Crisis: What Went Wrong and What's Next?
September 2008
August 2008
June 2008
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Directors' College 2008
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Governance Lunch for Faculty with Business School Professors Anat Admati and Paul Pfleiderer
May 2008
April 2008
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Governance Lunch for Faculty with Professor Ron Gilson
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Did "Stoneridge" Kill Scheme Liability?
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Governance Lunch for Students: Computer Hacking and The US Law on Insider Trading
March 2008
February 2008
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Delaware or California: Venue, Forum Shopping and Parallel Proceedings in Fiduciary and M&A Litigation
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Governance Lunch for Faculty with Nicolas Economou, CEO of H5
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New Directions for Corporate Governance
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Stanford Law Society of Silicon Valley and the Stanford Graduate School of Business
January 2008
December 2007
October 2007
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The Art and Ethics of the Internal Investigation
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Rock Center Governance Lunch for Students - Frank Zarb and Arthur Rock
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"How to Run a Private Equity Firm" Warren Hellman on Corporate Governance and Best Practices in Private Equity
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Governance Lunch for Faculty with Rock Center Director David F. Larcker
August 2007
June 2007
May 2007
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Stanford Law School Fiduciary College Seminar Series
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch with Professor Robert M. Daines and Joseph A. Grundfest, Director's of the Rock Center
April 2007
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Governance Lunch for Students: Can One Person Make a Difference?
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"Shaping the Debate on Executive Compensation"
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"Make Me an Offer": Sam Zell and the $39 Billion Buyout of Equity Office Properties
March 2007
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Backdating and the New Technology of White Collar Securities Fraud Enforcement
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Governance Lunch for Faculty with Professor Ilya Strebulaev, Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Governance Lunch for Students: Corporate Governance in the Global Economy - The Sun Never Sets on the General Counsel
February 2007
Press Releases
Contact Information
- Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
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Stanford Law School
Crown Quadrangle
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305 - rockcenterinfo@law.stanford.edu
Related SLS Links
- Rock Center Website
- Register for Director's College 2010
- Sign up for the Rock Center E-mail List
- Sign up for the Mail List
- Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper Series
- LLM in Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance Research Project at the Graduate School of Business