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<img src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/LarryHamermesh2013.jpg" width="179" height="240" alt="LarryHamermesh2013"><p><span class="Caption">Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law Lawrence A. Hamermesh</span></p>
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Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/HamermeshLawrenceA.aspx">Lawrence A. Hamermesh</a> will speak on the subject of fee-shifting provisions in corporate charters and bylaws at a meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee to be held on Thursday, October 9th. Columbia Law School Professor John C. Coffee Jr., the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, will join Professor Hamermesh for the presentation.<br><br>The presentation is open to the public. Established by Section 911 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Investor Advisory Committee provides the SEC with recommendations on a variety of matters ranging from regulatory priorities to trading strategies, and promotes initiatives intended to protect investor interests and confidence.<br><br>The Director of the <a href="/Academics/Institutes/InstituteofDelawareCorporateandBusinessLaw.aspx">Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law</a>, Professor Hamermesh served as senior special counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC during 2010 and 2011. Since 1995 he has been a member of the Corporation Law Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, which is responsible for the annual review and modernization of the Delaware General Corporation Law. He served as Chair of the Council from 2002 through 2004.<br><br>Learn more about the <a href="http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/investor-advisory-committee-2012.shtml">Investor Advisory Committee</a> or <a href="http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/investor-advisory-committee-2012/iac100914-agenda.htm">read the agenda</a> for the October 9th meeting on the <a href="http://www.sec.gov/">SEC’s website</a>.<br><br><a href="/About/standarddisclaimer.aspx">Standard Disclaimer for External Links</a><br>