The Law & Economics Center at George Mason University School of Law hosted the Ninth Annual Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges.
In October 2005, a group of judges working with complex business cases founded the American College of Business Court Judges (ACBCJ). With the assistance of the Law & Economics Center at the George Mason University School of Law, the ACBCJ develops programs and seminars to equip business court judges around the county with the knowledge and skills necessary to deal efficiently and professionally with the increasingly complex issues they confront.
The ACBCJ offers:
- access to business court judges who have been instrumental in establishing and/or expanding the business courts in their states;
- access to judges who have drafted and promulgated rules, procedures and forms for use in business courts;
- access to business court judges with experience in presiding over complex commercial matters and with the functioning of business courts;
- access to leaders in the American Bar Association Business Law Section who have spearheaded the business court movement and who regularly consult with and monitor the progress of business courts around the country;
- and access to top-notch educational programs geared toward facilitating the work of business courts.
Agenda
Disparate Impact Analysis Beyond Mortgages
Panelists:
D. Jean Veta, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
John P. Relman, Managing Partner, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC
Mark A. Cohen, Justin Potter Professor of American Competitive Enterprise and Professor of Law, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
Moderator: Ronald R. Glancz, Partner, Venable LLP
Privacy, Data Breach, & State Enforcement
James C. Cooper, Director, Research, Law & Economics Center and Lecturer in Law, George Mason University School of Law
Eric Helland, PhD, Robert J. Lowe Professor of Economics, Claremont-McKenna College
Stephen M. Ruckman, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland
Moderator: Daniel W. Caprio, Jr., Senior Strategic Advisor and Independent Consultant, McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP
Federal Rules Committee and E-Discovery
William H. J. Hubbard, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
John J. Rosenthal, Partner, Winston & Strawn
William P. Butterfield, Partner, Hausfeld LLP
Moderator: Richard O. Faulk, Senior Director, Energy & the Environment, Law & Economics Center and Partner, Hollingsworth LLP
Economics of Reverse Mortgages
Christopher J. Mayer, Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate and Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School
Multi Jurisdiction Case Management
COORDINATING MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL COMPLEX LITIGATION
The Honorable Myron T. Steele, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware
The Honorable Gregory E. Mize, Judicial Fellow, National Center for State Courts
The Honorable Carol E. Higbee, Presiding Judge, Civil Division, Superior Court of New Jersey
LITIGATION BEING PURSUED IN MULTIPLE FORUMS
The Honorable Myron T. Steele, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware
The Honorable Christine A. Ward, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania
The Honorable Betsy Gonzalez, Eighth Judicial District, Clark County, Nevada
Moderator: The Honorable Donald F. Parsons, Jr., Court of Chancery, New Castle County Courthouse, Delaware
Class Action Reform
Jessica D. Miller, Partner, Skadden Arps
The Honorable Adele Hedges (Ret.), Chief Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas
Moderator: Richard O. Faulk, Senior Director, Energy & the Environment, Law & Economics Center and Partner, Hollingsworth LLP
Patent Issues
CLASS ACTIONS
David Olson, Associate Professor of Law, Boston College of Law
Mark Moller, Associate Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law
PATENT LICENSING ENTITIES
Jorge L. Contreras, Professor of Law, American University
Adam Mossoff, Co-Director of Academic Programs and Senior Scholar, Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, George Mason University School of Law
BIFURCATED PATENT TRIALS
Anthony W. Shaw, Counsel, Arent Fox LLP
Bruce T. Wieder, Member, Dow Lohnes
Moderator: Adam Mossoff, Co-Director of Academic Programs and Senior Scholar, Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, George Mason University School of Law