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Friday, March 5, 2010

Revisiting Mandatory Arbitration in Customer Securities Disputes

Sponsored by the Corporate and Securities Law Association, the Business and Finance Society, and the Investor Rights Clinic

Join the two lawyers who argued the landmark Supreme Court decision, Shearson v. McMahon, Theodore Krebsbach and Theodore Eppenstein, along with George Friedman Director Dispute Resolution, FINRA and Robert Davidson Executive Director of JAMS Arbitration Practice for a spirited and informative discussion of the mandatory arbitration issue. As a result of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Shearson v. McMahon, 482 U.S. 220 (1987), public customers who want to access the financial markets have had to agree to a nearly universal provision requiring mandatory arbitration of their disputes. Is this in the public’s best interest? With the Obama Administration’s White Paper proposal for a study of mandatory arbitration by the S.E.C., the issue has once again made headlines.

Moderator
Professor Karen J. van Ingen
Brooklyn Law School

Panelists
Theodore A. Krebsbach
Founding Partner
Krebsbach & Snyder

Theodore G. Eppenstein
Founding Partner
Eppenstein & Eppenstein

George H. Friedman
Executive Vice President & Director of Dispute Resolution
FINRA

Robert B. Davidson
Executive Director
JAMS Arbitration Practice

Date & Time
Tuesday, March 23
6:00 – 6:30 pm, Networking Reception
6:30 – 8:00 pm, Panel Discussion

Location directions
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Subotnick Center, 10th Floor

Sponsored by the Corporate and Securities Law Association, the Business and Finance Society, and the Investor Rights Clinic

This program offers 1.5 CLE credits in the area of Professional Practice. The credits are both transitional and non-transitional.

The program is free for those who do not want CLE credit. All attendees, however, must RSVP.

http://www.brooklaw.edu/NewsAndEvents/Events/2010/03-23-2010.aspx