The Maryland Law Review and Center for Progressive Reform
In Collaboration with the Center for Health and Homeland Security and
the Environmental Law Program
Proudly present
The 2012 Ward Kershaw Symposium
Too Big to Jail: The Roadblocks to Regulatory Enforcement
The Maryland Law Review will host the 2012 Ward Kershaw Symposium, "Too
Big to Jail: The Roadblocks to Regulatory Enforcement," which will
address the failure of the regulatory system to respond to the housing
crisis, the BP oil spill, and other disasters in a proactive and
effective manner. The regulatory system is meant to ensure that statutes
enacted to improve quality of life and protect against potential
dangers are fairly, efficiently, and effectively enforced across the
country. From the mundane to the arcane, the regulatory system touches
almost every aspect of modern life: banking, workplace safety,
environmental protection, taxes, social security, food safety, the
availability of medicine, natural disaster response, and many more. It
is no surprise then, that when a disaster occurs, the media,
politicians, and the public are quick to ask: where were the regulators?
This question has only become more meaningful in recent years as
incidents like the housing collapse, the BP oil spill, the Big Branch
Mine Collapse, and salmonella outbreaks in multiple types of food have
not resulted in many, if any, consequences from regulators. In light of
these problems, this symposium will bring together scholars,
practitioners, and regulators from different regulatory areas: health
and safety, labor, banking, finance, and the environment, to discuss
potential solutions to the current regulatory mess.
Schedule of Events:
Thursday, September 20th Ceremonial Courtroom
5:00pm
- 6:00pm Keynote Address: Brooksley Born, Former Chairwoman of
the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Retired Partner at
Arnold & Porter
6:00 - 7:00 PM Light reception in Atrium
7:00 PM - ?? Speakers' Dinner
Friday, September 21st Krongard Room
8:15am - 9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am Introduction and Welcome
9:15am - 10:15am Identifying the Roadblocks to Regulatory Enforcement
Moderator: Rena Steinzor,
Professor of Law, Univ. of Maryland Carey Law
Presenters: Michael Greenberger,
Law School Professor, Univ. of Maryland Carey Law
Robert Weissman,
President, Public Citizen
Tom McGarity,
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in
Administrative Law, University of Texas School of Law
10:15am - 12:00pm Regulatory Enforcement and the Financial Regulatory
System
Moderator: Michael Greenberger,
Law School Professor, Univ. Maryland Carey Law
Presenters: Lynn Stout,
Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Business Law,
Clarke Law Institute, Cornell Law School
Arthur
E. Wilmarth, Jr.,
Professor of Law & Executive Director, Center for
Law,
Economics & Finance (C-LEAF), George Washington
University Law
School
William Black,
Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Wallace C. Turbeville,
Senior Fellow, Demos
Meyer “Mike” Eisenberg,
Visiting Professor of Law, Willamette Univ. College of Law
12:00 - 12:15pm Break
12:15pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 - 1:15pm Break
1:15pm - 3:00pm Enforcing Health, Safety, and Environmental
Requirements
Moderator: Jane F. Barrett,
Law School Professor and Director, Environmental Law Clinic,
Univ. of Maryland Carey Law
Presenters:
Brian Wolfman, Visiting Professor and Co-Director,
Institute for Public
Representation,
Georgetown University Law Center
David Uhlmann,
Jeffrey F. Liss Professor from Practice, Director, Environmental
Law and
Policy Program, Univ. of Michigan Law School
W. Warren Hamel,
Partner, Venable LLP
Lois Schiffer,
General Counsel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Victor
Flatt,
Tom & Elizabeth Taft Distinguished Professor of
Environmental
Law, Director, Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and
Resources (CLEAR), Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of
Law
3:00pm - 3:15pm Wrap Up
Please contact conference coordinator,
Brendan Hogan for more information. |