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Career Advice and Guidance Over Sandwiches Dean Matthew Diller hosted distinguished Cardozo alumni and prominent legal practitioners for lunchtime talks as part of the “Dean’s Speaker Series.”
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Heyman Center Talks:
Serious ethical issues emerged for corporate attorneys under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These issues include the interplay between Dodd-Frank, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and state Disciplinary Rules. At this conference in February, a panel looked specifically at an attorney’s ethical obligations under the state Disciplinary Rules focusing on confidentiality and conflicts.
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Julian Chung ’95 Partner, Banking & Debt Capital Markets, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Andrea Rattner ’86 Partner, Tax, Proskauer Rose LLP
Arthur Luxenberg ’84 Founding Partner, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C.
Hon. Ilana Rovner Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Sandra Cobden ’90 Senior Counsel, Christie’s
Aimee M. Cummo ’97 Partner, Business and Regulation, SNR Denton Andrew K. Glenn ’95 Partner, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
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Jonathan Lenzner ’04
3 / 21/12
Should You Whistle? An Ethical Dilemma for Corporate Attorneys Under Dodd-Frank
Eddie Huang ’08
Michael Lorber ’05
3 / 26 /12
At this conference in October 2011, panelists from diverse backgrounds looked at the Congressional Super-Committee’s Debt Reduction Plan and examined what it will provide and how it will affect the economy. In addition, officials and top economists discussed the different approaches that state leaders are taking in solving their financial challenges, including the recent fiscal and operational restructuring of public workers’ contracts as well as the structural problems and the priorities they expect to manage in addressing future pension obligations.
Shari E. Redstone
3 / 28 /12
America’s Fiscal Crisis— Depression, Recession or Recovery?
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Preet Bharara has developed a reputation for battling the worst criminals—and doing it well. Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine, he has helped take down terrorists, international criminal networks and drug traffickers. During his lunch talk in April at Cardozo, he spoke Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney about the type of crime that for the Southern District of he’s becoming best known for New York, stressed the prosecuting—insider trading importance of integrity in the cases. Bharara spoke about the workplace while speaking to principles he tries to instill in students on April 24. his office. “We always repeat in our office, ‘justice is more important than victory,’” he said. Bharara said companies should hold their employees to the highest ethical standards, including those who do not have a direct hand in fraud but fail to raise a flag when they are in a position to do so. “I’m not anti-business or anti-Wall Street” he said. “We go after crime—what’s right and proper in the intent of justice. No one is above the law.”
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Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland
Director of Business Development, Prudential Douglas Elliman
President, National Amusements, Inc., Vice Chair, CBS/Viacom Eric M. Feuerstein ’95 Partner, Real Estate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Sharon Cott V.P., Secretary and General Counsel, The Metrop olitan Museum of Art
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