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Event |
December 13, 2007 |
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October 30, 2007
- Video
(1:45:00; requires Apple QuickTime™ media player)
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Recent data suggests that in 2006, more than 60% of large publicly traded corporations hired outside law firms to conduct internal investigations. Supervising these inquiries is becoming a core competence for boards of directors, general counsel, and outside counsel alike.
This panel explored a series of difficult legal, ethical, and strategic issues that commonly arise in
connection with the conduct of such inquiries, including questions of privilege, independence, cooperation with governmental authorities, and warnings to employees subject to interview. The panel addressed pragmatic considerations such as circumstances requiring outside counsel, responsible strategies for controlling the cost of these investigations, and methods for addressing differences of opinion concerning the interpretation or implications of an inquiry’s findings.
Panelists
-Francis S. Currie, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
-Joseph A. Grundfest, W.A. Franke Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School and
co-director, Rock Center for Corporate Governance
-Michael J. Holston, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Hewlett Packard
-Adam A. Reeves, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco Office
-Deborah L. Rhode, E.W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director, Stanford Center on Ethics
The Stanford Center on Ethics
and
The Arthur and
Toni Rembe Rock Center
for Corporate Governance co-sponsored this event.
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October 30, 2007
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Rock Center Lunch for Students
Trends in Private Equity and Corporate Governance
Speakers: Arthur Rock, Rock Center Founder and
Frank Zarb, Hellman & Friedman
In a special Rock Center Governance Lunch for students, Frank Zarb and Rock Center founder Mr. Arthur Rock spoke on current trends in Private Equity and how governance issues inform investment and operating decisions.
Frank Zarb is Managing Director and Senior Advisor in the New York office of Hellman & Friedman, a private equity firm which has raised and managed approximately $16 billion of committed capital since 1984. Mr. Zarb has had a long and distinguished career, including senior government positions in the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations as well as serving as CEO of the National Association of Securities Dealers, and the NASDAQ Stock Market. |
October 10, 2007
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October 1, 2007 |
Rock Center Faculty Lunch
Speaker: Professor David F. Larcker
Professor David F. Larcker discussed early stage research on various corporate governance issues.
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Sep. 18-21, 2007 |
Stanford Directors' Forum
(In Partnership with the Stanford Law School)
Corporate board members face new challenges and have an increased recognition of their responsibilities since the wave of governance reform swept in. The Stanford Directors' Forum goes beyond compliance to explore how directors can best represent shareholders and other stakeholders in their advising and oversight roles. The program gives participants the frameworks and strategies to understand the current governance environment and to carry out their responsibilities. Directed by distinguished faculty members of Stanford University's business and law schools, this ISS-accredited program provides frameworks, strategies, and "best practices" for structuring decisions in the key policy areas that directors face.
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August 21, 2007
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch
Speaker: Professor Steen Thomsen, Copenhagen Business School
Professor Steen Thomsen, Center for Corporate Governance at Copenhagen Business School, discussed his paper entitled "Delistings in Europe and the Cost of Governance".
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June 14, 2007
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch
Speaker: Professor Sanjai Bhagat, Colorado University
Professor Sanjai Bhagat, Leeds School of Business, Colorado University presented his paper entitled "Corporate
Governance and Firm Performance".
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May 10, 2007 |
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch
Presenters: Professor Robert M. Daines, and Joseph A. Grundfest, Stanford Law School
Professor Rob Daines and Professor Joe Grundfest presented some preliminary event studies regarding shareholder voting and spoke about the trend in Leveraged Buy Out (LBO) deals of leaving an equity stub for public shareholders. |
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April 25, 2007 |
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April 10, 2007 |
Stanford GSB Alumni Lifelong Learning Faculty Seminar
Shaping the Debate on Executive Compensation
Speaker: Professor David F. Larcker, Stanford Business School
The second of two multidisciplinary seminars on corporate governance offered by Stanford Business School and Law School faculty. Few contemporary business topics are more controversial than executive compensation. This faculty seminar discussed why compensation arrangements exist, how typical contracts are structured, and reviewed extensive research on executive compensation.
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![[photo-Sam Zell]](images/sam_zell_000.jpg) |
Make Me an Offer - Sam Zell and the $39 Billion Buyout of Equity Office Properties
Sam Zell, Chairman of the Board of Equity International, recently completed the merger of Equity Office Properties with the Blackstone Group in a going-private buyout valued at a record-setting $39 billion. Equity Office Properties was the nation's largest publicly traded office building owner with interests in more than 500 buildings in 16 states and was the subject of a closely fought bidding war. Mr. Zell spoke about the market for corporate control, bidding wars in takeover battles and the role of governance in the public equity markets |
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March 20, 2007 |
Faculty Seminar: Backdating and the New Technology of
White Collar Securities Fraud Enforcement
Speaker: Joseph Grundfest, Rock Center co-director
Professor Joseph Grundfest, Stanford Law School and Rock Center co-director conducted a GSB faculty seminar. |
March 15, 2007 |
Rock Center Faculty Lunch
Presenter: Professor Ilya Strebulaev, Graduate School of Business
Professor llya Strebulaev discussed corporate financing in distress. |
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March 5, 2007 |
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Feb 27-Mar 2, 2007 |
Stanford Directors' Forum
(In Partnership with the Stanford Law School)
Corporate board members face new challenges and have an increased recognition of their responsibilities since the wave of governance reform swept in. The Stanford Directors' Forum goes beyond compliance to explore how directors can best represent shareholders and other stakeholders in their advising and oversight roles. The program gives participants the frameworks and strategies to understand the current governance environment and to carry out their responsibilities. Directed by distinguished faculty members of Stanford University's business and law schools, this ISS-accredited program provides frameworks, strategies, and "best practices" for structuring decisions in the key policy areas that directors face.
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February 13, 2007
- Video
(1:04:00; requires Apple QuickTime™ media player)
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February 8, 2007
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Rock Center Faculty Lunch
Speaker: Professor Ron Gilson. Stanford Law School
Professor Ron Gilson discussed the topic, "Controlling Family Shareholders in Developing Countries: Anchoring Relational Exchange."
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January 30, 2007
- Panel #1
- Panel #2
(streaming video 150k, requires Apple QuickTime™ media player)
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Can Our Capital Markets Be Saved and Do They Need Saving? An Evaluation of the Report of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
Two expert panels, moderated by Professor Joseph Grundfest, Faculty Co-Director of the Rock Center, discussed the Paulson Committee Report on the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets.
Panelists:
-Alan Austin, Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Silver Lake Partners
-Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Fish & Richardson
-Douglas G. Bergeron, Chairman and CEO, VeriFone Holdings, Inc.
-Steven E. Bochner, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
-Abe M. Friedman, Director of Corporate Governance and Proxy Voting, Barclays Global Investors
-Mark Jensen, Partner and National Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Venture Capital Services
-Vivek Paul, Partner and Managing Director, Texas Pacific Group
-Kenneth E. Scott, Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law & Business, Emeritus, Stanford Law School
Sponsored by the Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the NYSE Group.
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![[image - Program Brochure]](../images/nyse%20event%201-30-2007_small.gif) |
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January 18, 2007
(streaming video 150k, requires Apple QuickTime™ media player) |
Conversations with a Fraudster: The Crazy Eddie Story
Speaker: Sam Antar
Sam E. Antar, former CPA and former CFO of Crazy Eddie, Inc. travels nationwide at his own expense, providing insights into white collar crime. During an almost 20-year period, he helped mastermind with his cousin, Eddie Antar, one of the largest securities frauds of its time.
The NY-based electronics chain, famous for its over-the-top TV commercials, skimmed millions in cash, defrauded investors and routinely lied to their auditors. Sam Antar later pled guilty and became the government's key witness in both the criminal and civil prosecutions.
A 30-minute Court TV DVD covering Sam Antars activites at Crazy Eddie is on reserve in the Graduate School of Business - Jackson Library & Stanford Law School library. |
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![[image-Prof. Alan Jagolinzer]](images/jagolinzer-alan-d.jpg)
![[photo-Warren Hellman]](images/Hellman_Warren.jpg)
)![[photo-Sam Zell]](images/sam_zell.jpg)
