Recent tissue and organ scandals expose the fault lines in human biological supply and demand in the United States. These scandals spread across the front pages of newspapers, reading like plots from B grade horror movies, revealing bizarre happenings at funeral homes, crematoriums, and even medical schools.
The past several years have seen an unprecedented number of public companies becoming privately held. There have been hundreds of "going private" transactions over the past few years, including companies such as: BellCanada ($33 billion), Alltel ($28 billion), SunGuard Data Systems ($11 billion), Beatrice Companies ($8 billion), and Toys "R" Us ($6 billion).
Organized by Omri Ben-Shahar, Frank and Bernice Greenberg Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, and Ariel Porat, Alain Poher Professor of Law, Tel-Aviv University
"Reassessing the State and Local Government Toolkit" will be held at the Law School on June 18–20, 2009. This conference is being organized by Richard Epstein, Lee Fennell, and Julie Roin and is jointly sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics and the University of Chicago Law Review.
The University of Chicago Law School is proud to present the 2006 Ronald Coase Lecture in Law and Economics. The 2006 Coase Lecture will be delivered by Lior Strahilevitz, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, on Tuesday, January 24, 2006.
The University of Chicago Law School is proud to present the 2005 Ronald H. Coase Lecture. Daniel Fischel, Lee and Brena Freeman Professor of Law and Business at the University of Chicago Law School will speak on "Markets and Scandals: Enron and Beyond." The lecture will take place at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in the Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom of the Law School.
The University of Chicago Law School is proud to present the 2007 Coase Lecture in Law and Economics. The 2007 Coase Lecture will be delivered by Anup Malani, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, on Tuesday, January 23, 2007.
