April 28, 2007

On Thursday the Manhattan Institute hosted a half-day forum in downtown Manhattan on this subject, with a keynote speech by Treasury Undersecretary Robert Steel; Jim Copland moderated a panel on Sarbanes-Oxley which included blogger-lawprofs Steve Bainbridge and Larry Ribstein as well as MI's Nicole Gelinas, and I moderated a panel on litigation which included Christine Edwards of Winston & Strawn, Prof. Michael Perino of St. John's, and Peter Wallison of AEI. Press coverage (mostly of Undersecretary Steel's comments on hedge fund regulation): Bloomberg, Reuters, New York Sun, and among blogs, Bainbridge, Ribstein, Dealbreaker.