UC Corporate Law Symposium Available for Viewing on Web on March 14

The Web will provide an access point for a discussion of issues relating to problems with corporate boards, when the University of Cincinnati College of Law’s Center for Corporate Law convenes its 2008 Corporate Law Symposium on Friday, March 14.

The entire event will be Webcast, allowing observers from the Cincinnati business community and beyond to hear messages from attorneys from top local firms and some of the top academics in the field of business law. To view the Webcast, go to: https://www.uc.edu/ucvision/event.aspx?eventid=203

"The Dysfunctional Board: Causes and Cures" is the title for the 2008 Corporate Law Symposium, presented by UC’s Corporate Law Center and the University of Cincinnati Law Review.

The lineup for the day:

8:45 - 9:00 a.m. —Welcome

• Louis D. Bilionis, Dean, University of Cincinnati College of Law

9  - 10:30 a.m., Panel 1: The Underlying Causes of Dysfunctionality

Moderator: John S. Stith, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

Presenters:

• Franklin A. Gevurtz, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, "The Function of Dysfunctional Boards"
• Jayne W. Barnard, College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, "Narcissim, Over-Optimism, Fear, Anger, and Depression: The Interior Lives of Corporate Leaders"

10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Panel 2: Competing Expectations for Board Performance

Moderator: Gary P. Kreider, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Presenters:

• Lissa Lamkin Broome, and Kimberly D. Krawiec, University of North Carolina School of Law, "The Road to Board Diversity: A Case Study from North Carolina"
• Lawrence A. Cunningham, George Washington University Law School, "Independence vs. Expertise on the Board"
• Tamar Frankel, Boston University School of Law, "Directors as Advisors and Supervisors"

1:45 - 3:15 p.m., Panel 3: The Board as Compliance Officer

Moderator: Clifford A. Roe, Jr., Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

Presenters:

• Peter J. Henning, Wayne State University Law School, "Dealing with Corporate Malfeasance"
• Miriam H. Baer, New York University School of Law, "Corporate Compliance and the Tension Between Compliance and Corporate Governance: What We Can Learn from Hewlett-Packard"

3:15 - 3:30 p.m. — Closing Remarks

• Barbara Black, Charles Hartsock Professor of Law and Director, Corporate Law Center, University of Cincinnati College of Law