LexisNexis Corporate Governance Symposium (CRP 0903)
Venue: Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Event Date/Time: Sep 08, 2003 | End Date/Time: Sep 09, 2003 |
Description
8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Introduction and Opening Remarks
R. Nicholas Gimbel, McCarter & English
Suzanne Rigby, Comey & Rigby
DAY 1 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE
9:15 Drafting Disclosures and Advising The Board On Corporate Governance Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Regime
MODERATOR: R. Nicholas Gimbel, McCarter & English
Howard Schiffman, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky
Kenneth Scott, Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus, Stanford Law School
Nancy Grunberg, Venable, former Assistant Director, Division of Enforcement, US Securities and Exchange Commission
Stephen Davis, PhD, President, Davis Global Advisors, Inc.
Lousise Parent, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Express Company
11:00 Morning Break
11:15 Class Actions and Institutional Investors
MODERATOR: R. Nicholas Gimbel, McCarter & English
Jonathan Eisenberg, First Vice President, Merrill Lynch
Stephen Davis, PhD, President, Davis Global Advisors, Inc.
Peter Clapman, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
12:30 Networking Luncheon
1:30 SEC, DOJ and the Self-Regulatory Organizations
MODERATOR: Suzanne Rigby, Comey & Rigby
James Comey, US Attorney, Southern District of New York
Katherine Malfa, Vice President, Enforcement Department, NASD
Seth Taube, McCarter & English
David Boyd, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Antonia Chion, Associate Director, Division of Enforcement, US Securities and Exchange Commission*
3:15 Afternoon Break
3:30 Professional Liability Insurance
Sean Fitzpatrick, Senior Vice President and Special Counsel, Chubb & Son
Eugene Comey, Comey & Rigby
Steven Anderson, Managing Dir. and Chairman, Marsh FINPRO U.S.
William Henriques, Senior Vice President, Coverium Reinsurance, Inc.
4:45 Bankruptcy Issues
Anthony Bartell, McCarter & English
William McCarthy, Ropes & Gray
William Brandt, Development Specialists, Inc.
5:45 Networking Reception
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
DAY 2 ACCOUNTANT AND ATTORNEY LIABILITY
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Roundtable Discussion - Former General Counsels of the Major Accounting Firms
MODERATOR: Suzanne Rigby, Comey & Rigby
Carl Liggio, McCullough Campbell & Lane, former General Counsel, Ernst & Young
Howard Krongard, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, former General Counsel, Deloitte and Touche LLP
Leonard Novello, Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, Prudential Financial, former General Counsel, KPMG*
Victor Earle, Of Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers, former General Counsel, KPMG*
10:15 Morning Break
10:30 Liabilities Facing Accountants
MODERATOR: Suzanne Rigby, Comey & Rigby
Lee Wasserman, Deputy General Counsel, Deloitte & Touche
Daniel Goelzer, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
William Lerach, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach
Dan Guy, CPA
David Boyd, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
12:30 Luncheon and Keynote Address
J. Michael Cook, former Chairman and CEO of Deloitte & Touche and currently a member of the Board of Directors for Dow Chemical Company, Comcast, Rockwell Automation, The Fidelity Group of Mutual Funds and International Flavors & Fragrances
2:00 Liabilities Facing Attorneys
MODERATOR: R. Nicholas Gimbel, McCarter& English
Susan Koniak, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
David Barrett, Boies Schiller & Flexner
Barry Alberts, Schiff Hardin & Waite
David Fine, Ropes & Gray
Richard Painter, Guy Raymond and Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Professor of Law, University of Illinous College of Law
3:30 Adjourn
*Invited