Faculty News

From February 27 to March 12, Professor Douglas Branson was the Ernst & Young Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.  While there, Professor Branson also delivered several presentations to the Hong Kong business and legal communities.     On March 4, 2013 Professor Branson addressed the Hong Kong Law Society on Diversity in Corporate Governance. On March 5, Professor Branson addressed the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  His one hour presentation was followed by a one-hour discussion by a distinguished panel discussing pathways for and obstacles women face in seeking board of director positions and senior management positions. On March 6, Professor Branson gave a presentation to the Financial Regulation and Economic Development Center on the Dodd-Frank and the JOBS Acts in the United States.  He also spoke on “Going Public by the Back Door: Reverse Mergers by Chinese Companies in the U.S.”  On March 7, Professor Branson addressed the management and staff of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.  His subject was “Breaking the Glass Ceiling.”  While in Hong Kong, Professor Branson also conducted interviews for  Corporate Treasurer, FinanceAsia, and Asian Investor magazines, and also for Thomson Reuters for reproduction in their business magazines and journals in Asia.

Professor John Burkoff commented on the announcement by PA Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin that she will resign on May 1.  Orie Melvin was recently convicted on multiple counts of political corruption.  According to Professor Burkoff, Orie Melvin no doubt understood that "the writing was on the wall." He viewed the resignation as an attempt to get a lighter sentence.

See Professor Burkoff's comments in the Tribune Review here.

Professor Rhonda Wasserman presented a work-in-progress at the University of Akron School of Law on Wednesday, March 20, 2012.  Her talk, entitled “Cy Pres: Pathology or Panacea?,” analyzed a remedy used to distribute settlement funds in class action litigation when it is impossible or impracticable to compensate individual class members.

Professor Larry Frolik will be speaking on Friday, March 22^nd at the University of Michigan. He is a presenter at the Conference, “Regulation of Benefit Plans: The Most Consequential Subject to Which No One Pays Enough Attention.” His presentation is entitled, “Rethinking Economic Security in a World of 401(k0 Plans.”  The Conference is being held at the University of Michigan School of Business and is sponsored by the Michigan School of Law and the Michigan School of Business.