Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Distinguished Lectures in Business Law

2009-10 Distinguished Lectures

February 5, 2010 at 3:00 p.m., Agnes Etherington Art Center 
" Structuring Corporate Criminal Enforcement to Deter Corporate Crime"
Jennifer H. Arlen, Norma Z. Paige, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

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March 1, 2010 at 1:00 p.m., Lower Ban Righ Hall
"Shareholder Activism at a Crossroad"
Lisa M. Fairfax, Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law, George Washington University

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March 22, 2010 at 1:20 p.m., Macdonald Hall, room 201
"Due Diligence: Failures and Remedies"
Bernard S. Black, Chabraja Professor, Northwestern University School of Law and Kellogg School of Business

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March 26, 2010 at 3:00 p.m., Macdonald Hall, room 201
"Financialism:  The End of American Capitalism"
Lawrence E. Mitchell, Theodore Rinehart Professor of Business Law, George Washington University Law School

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April 9, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.,  Macdonald Hall, room 201
"Economically Benevolent Dictators: Lessons for Developing Democracies" (PDF file 407KB)
Ronald J. Gilson, Meyers Professor of Law and Business at Stanford University and the Stern Professor of Law and Business at Columbia University

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Lecture Format

• Each lecture will feature a 60-minute talk by the Distinguished Lecturer, followed by 20 minutes of commentary from a Queen's Law faculty member or a prominent business law practitioner from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
• Each lecture will be followed by a reception hosted by the Faculty and open to all in attendance.

Webcast

The lectures will be available by webcast for viewing by alumni on any computer through RealPlayer at http://streaming.queensu.ca:554/ramgen/broadcast/Osler_Lectures.rm

Viewers may enter the webcast site 15 minutes prior to the start time of the lecture. 

The free download of RealPlayer is available at: http://www.real.com 

Academic Credit

The lecture series is also the basis of LAW-691 Osler Business Law Seminar, an advanced seminar course open to upper-year students and taught by Professor Miller.