Fall 2009 Programs

Avoiding Director Liability: Revisiting the Disney Case

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Speakers:

E. Norman Veasey, the former Chief Justice of Delaware, and now Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, who serves as a strategic adviser to the firm's global clients and advises on corporate governance issues involving the responsibilities of corporate directors in complex financial transactions and crisis management, and

Gary P. Naftalis, co-chair of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, and one of the nation's leading trial lawyers, who successfully represented Disney CEO Michael Eisner at the trial and on appeal.

Moderated by:
Pimm Fox, Host, Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock" and a regular contributor to Barron's, BBC News World Service, ITN News, CNBC Arabiya and CNBC Europe.

Bridging Troubled Waters: The Challenges for Directors
of Financially Troubled Companies

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Speakers:

Charles K. Crovitz
Interim CEO and Director, The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc.; Director, United Stationers, Inc.

Robert L. Messineo
Corporate Partner, Public Company Advisory Group, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

J. Thomas Presby
Multi Board Director

J. Gregg Pritchard
Principal, Restructuring Practice, KPMG

Say on Pay - An Examination of Where We Are and How We Got Here

Moderator:
Pimm Foxx, Bloomberg Television

Panel:
Arthur C. Martinez, Chairman of the Board, HSN, Incorporated; Director Nominee, American International Group, Incorporated; Lead Director, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.;
and Director: IAC/InterActiveCorp, PepsiCo, Incorporated and Liz Claiborne, Incorporated

Kenneth P. Kopelman, Partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Kenneth A. Bertsch, Executive Director, Corporate Governance
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Global Equity Group

Hye-Won Choi, Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF

Say on Pay - How Can We Make it Work?

Panel:
Donna F. Anderson, CFA, Vice President and Head of Global Corporate Governance, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Edward J. Durkin, Director, Corporate Affairs Department United Brotherhood of Carpenters

Mary R. (Nina) Henderson, Lead Director, Del Monte Foods Company; Director, Pactive Corporation, AXA Financial; Founder, Henderson Advisory

Jeffrey N. Gordon, Alfred W. Bressler Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Mary Louise Weber, Assistant General Counsel, Verizon, Inc.