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Program

Quinnipiac School of Law
Texas Gulf Sulphur at 55 Symposium

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Friday, September 29, 2023
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST.
Streamed online and in person.

Presented by
Quinnipiac University School of Law
and Quinnipiac Law Review
Ceremonial Courtroom
Quinnipiac University School of Law
370 Bassett Road
North Haven, CT 06473

Register to attend in-person or watch remotely.
Registration


Panel Discussion 1
9:15 AM

The panel will focus on the Texas Gulf Sulphur litigation and its importance to the historical development of the insider trading prohibition arising under the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws.

Watch Panel 1

Panel Discussion 2
11:30am

Texas Gulf Sulphur’s doctrinal importance in areas of securities law outside the context of insider trading in the areas of materiality, issuer liability for misleading disclosure and Rule 10b-5’s “in connection with” requirement, and affirmative disclosure responsibilities.

Watch Panel 2

Panel Discussion 3
2:15pm

Insider Trading Law Practice Panel – Discussion of an array of topics primarily focused on recent insider trading caselaw development and recent rule changes.

Watch Panel 3

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Attorneys in Connecticut can obtain up to five CLE credits from attending this symposium.

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1968 401 F.2d 833.

Fifty-five years after the decision, a distinguished panel of national experts will consider the impact of this landmark case on insider trading – past, present, and future.

On the Panel:

  • James W. Barratt, Chairman Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society
  • Andrew Calamari, Partner at Finn Dixon & Herling, former New York Regional Director of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Peter Eikenberry, former Associate Attorney at White & Case, Partner at Seyfarth Shaw, Vice President Federal Bar Counsel, and currently a Fellow with the New York Bar Foundation
  • Howard Fischer, Partner at Moses Singer LLC, Co-Chair of the Securities Dispute Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Disputes Resolution Section, and former Senior Trial Counsel for the Securities & Exchange Commission
  • Robert Fiske, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell, former United States Attorney in the SDNY, President of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and Chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on the Federal Judiciary
  • Marilyn Ward Ford, Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law
  • Kathleen Graham, Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society
  • Gene Ingoglia, Partner at Allen & Overy, and former Federal Prosecutor in the SDNY
  • Donald Langevoort, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Ken Lerman, Kenneth B. Lerman, P.C., and Chair of the Business Law section of the Connecticut Bar Association
  • Jonathan R. Macey, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Susan Markel, President, Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society
  • Donna Nagy, Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  • Adam C. Pritchard, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
  • Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, Partner and Co-Founder of Shapiro Arato Bach LLP, and former Federal Prosecutor in the SDNY
  • Marc I. Steinberg, Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law
  • Robert B. Thompson, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

The Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society has agreed to exhibit this symposium, related law review articles, and historical papers in the permanent collection of its virtual museum and archive at sechistorical.org.

Symposium Sponsors

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This event is free and open to the public.
Symposium planned by Marilyn J. Ward Ford


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