News Archive
2003/01
- Fried to Speak in Honor of Reagan's 92nd Birthday
- On Tues., Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. Harvard Law School Professor Charles Fried will speak about President Ronald Reagan's legacy and lasting impact on American politics. This speech will kick-off the Harvard Law School Republican's "Reagan Week" festivities honoring the 40th president's 92nd birthday. The event will be held in Pound 100. [Fri, 31 Jan 2003]
- Symposium Explores Global Accounting Standards
- On Feb. 3, Professor Hal S. Scott, director of the HLS Program on International Financial Systems, will moderate a panel discussion on the merits of establishing a set of global accounting standards. The symposium, sponsored by NASD, will feature participants from industry and government regulatory authorities around the globe. [Thu, 30 Jan 2003]
- The 'Appliancizing' of Technology
- Assistant Professor Jonathan Zittrain '95, co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, discusses technology, the law and automatic dog washers. [Fri, 24 Jan 2003]
- HLS Announces Oneida Indian Nation Professorship
- Harvard Law School has announced the establishment of The Oneida Indian Nation Professorship of Law. This chair--the first endowed chair in American Indian studies at Harvard University and the only professorship of its kind east of the Mississippi River--will allow Harvard Law School to continue its leadership role in the development of emerging legal fields. [Wed, 22 Jan 2003]
- HLS Students as Teachers
- On any given school day, 3L David Bloch may be learning Roman law or teaching Latin. When he's not in class at the law school, Bloch serves as a teaching assistant in Harvard's Classics department, teaching sections on Latin and Virgil's early poetry. He's just one of many HLS students who see both sides of the university's lecture halls. According to new statistics compiled by the Office of the J.D. Dean, last year more than 80 HLS students held positions as teaching assistants around the university. (This is in addition to the 62 HLS students who, as members of the Board of Student Advisers, lead workshops in the First Year Lawyering Program.) Most assist in teaching classes at Harvard College--where they are technically known as teaching "fellows"--and are most likely to teach in the Economics department. [Thu, 16 Jan 2003]
- Study Suggests Staggered Boards Hurt Shareholders
- Staggered boards, which a majority of public companies now have, hurt shareholders by enabling managers to fend off value-increasing offers from hostile bidders, according to new empirical research by three Harvard Law professors. Staggered boards hurt shareholders of hostile bid targets even when a majority of the board is made of independent directors, and they do not appear to benefit shareholders of targets that are acquired in a negotiated acquisition. The new study--conducted by Harvard Law School professors Lucian Bebchuk, John Coates, and Guhan Subramanian--will appear in an upcoming Stanford Law Review symposium focusing on the researchers' work. [Tue, 14 Jan 2003]
- Ken Starr to Speak on Role of the Supreme Court
- On Friday, Jan. 10, Ken Starr, a partner at the firm of Kirkland and Ellis, will discuss his latest book, "First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life." Starr's speech will begin at 5 p.m. in the Langdell South classroom. [Tue, 07 Jan 2003]
- Study Questions Competition in Corporate Charters
- A study by two Harvard Law School researchers provides evidence that the vigorous competition among states over corporate charters--the engine that many believe pushes toward rules that benefit shareholders--is largely a myth. This evidence leads the researchers to call for federal law to provide a federal incorporation option, as well as to enable shareholders to initiate and vote to approve corporate reincorporation to a different jurisdiction. The study, "Vigorous Race or Leisurely Walk: Reconsidering the Competition over Corporate Charters," by Professor Lucian Bebchuk and Olin Fellow Assaf Hamdani, will soon appear in the Yale Law Journal. [Thu, 02 Jan 2003]