2009 Symposium

The Credit Crash of 2008: Regulation within Economic Crisis

March 6, 2009 | 8 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Barrister Club

Live Webcast: Morning Session | Afternoon Session

The Ohio State University Entrepreneurial Business Law Journal Symposium 2009 will feature panelists from the legal practice, business sector and academia presenting their insights on the Credit Crisis of 2008. The symposium will provide attorneys with an understanding of the causes of the credit crisis, the $700 billion governmental bailout, and the further regulations proposed to avoid such a crisis in the future.

The panel on the Causes of the Crisis will focus on issues and events that contributed to the credit catastrophe of 2008. In particular, the discussion will focus on the roles of both private and public sector actors in the events that created the crisis.

The panel on the bailout will provide an in-depth analysis of the $700 billion plan approved by Congress in September 2008. The focus will discuss the aftermath of the bailout, as well as a consideration of a government’s proper role in “bailing out” nongovernmental financial institutions.

The Keynote Address, to be given by Cornelius Hurley, director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law at Boston University School of Law, will provide commentary on the future of government regulation of financial markets after the credit crisis. Mr. Hurley will provide legal and business analysis based on his experiences throughout his career.

The panel on Proposals for the Future will analyze proposed re-regulations and whether such proposals will better prevent such a financial crisis in the future or whether they will hinder America’s market growth. Additionally, panelists will discuss the future of America’s economy and the American attorney’s role in the reregulated aftermath of the credit crisis.

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s Entrepreneurial Business Law Journal is privileged to host its fourth annual symposium. We at EBLJ hope that you will join us in Columbus, Ohio to participate in this event.