Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityEmpirical Studies of Civil Liability
Thursday, October 9th - Friday, October 10th
The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law presents a Research Symposium on Empirical Studies of Civil Liability. This symposium brings together leading empirical legal scholars to evaluate the effects of civil liability on economic activity. The topics addressed are broad ranging and include alternative dispute resolution, tort reform, settlement behavior, and securities litigation.
The symposium is organized by Max Schanzenbach, Benjamin Mazur Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law.
AGENDA
Day One - Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Wieboldt Hall #147 (340 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611)
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 Welcome and Introduction
David E. Van Zandt, Dean and Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
Henry N. Butler, Executive Director, Searle Center, Northwestern University School of Law
8:30-10:15 a.m. Session One-ADR
Attorneys as Arbitrators (post-Symposium revision)
Stephen J. Choi, Murray and Kathleen Bring Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Why ADR Programs Aren't More Appealing: An Empirical Perspective (post-Symposium revision)
Michael Heise, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Is there a Flight from Arbitration? (post-Symposium revision)
Christopher R. Drahozal, John M. Rounds Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law
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10:30-11:30 Session Two-Procedure
The End of Objector Blackmail? (post-Symposium revision)
Brian Fitzpatrick, Assistant Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
The Screening Effect of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (post-Symposium revision)
Adam C. Pritchard, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
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11:30-12:30 Session Three-Methodology
The Political Evolution of Contract Law: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Promissory Estoppel
Emerson H. Tiller, Stanford Clinton Sr. Research Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Strategic Academic Initiatives
Revisiting the Cost of Wrongful-Discharge Laws: The Role of Employer and Worker Expectations
Anup Malani, Professor of Law and Aaron Director Research Scholar, University of Chicago Law School
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12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:15- 2:30 Session Four-Settlements I
Settlement and Trial? A Theoretical and Empirical Study of High-Low Agreements
JJ Prescott, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Albert Yoon, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation
An Empirical Analysis of Post-Trial Settlement and Appeal
Seth Seabury, Economist, RAND Corporation
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2:45-3:45 Session Five-Punitive Damages
Comparing the Judicial Treatment of Noneconomic Compensatory Damages in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (post-Symposium revision)
Ronald J. Allen, John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
Alexia Brunet, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
What Drives the Passage of Damage Caps? (post-Symposium revision)
Catherine Sharkey, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
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4:00-5:00 Session Six-Judicial Decision Making
Humans Judging Humans: Attribution and Blame in Trial Judges
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Professor of Law, Cornell University School of Law
Judicial Ideology and the Transformation of Voting Rights Jurisprudence (post-Symposium revision)
Thomas J. Miles, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
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7:00-8:00 Keynote Address
The Changing Landscape of Blockbuster Punitive Damages
W. Kip Viscusi, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management, Vanderbilt University School of Law
Day Two - Friday, October 10th, 2008
Wieboldt Hall #147 (340 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611)
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:30 a.m. Session Seven-Medical Malpractice
The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer Health Insurance Premiums (post-Symposium revision)
Ronen Avraham, Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
Leemore Dafny, Assistant Professor of Management & Strategy, Kellogg School of Management , Northwestern University
Max Schanzenbach, Benjamin Mazur Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
Does Medmal Reform Improve Access to Care in Under-Served Communities? (post-Symposium revision)
Jonathan Klick, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Senior Economist, The RAND Corporation
Changes in the Demand for Physician Services Subsequent to Negligence: Volume and Composition Effects (post-Symposium revision)
David Dranove, Walter McNerney Professor of Health Industry Management; Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management , Northwestern University
Yasutora Watanabe, Assistant Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
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9:45-10:45 Session Eight-Corporate and Securities
Growing Out of Trouble? Legal Liability and Corporate Responses to Adversity (post-Symposium revision)
Todd Gormley, Assistant Professor of Finance, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis
David A. Matsa, Assistant Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management , Northwestern University
Bell Atlantic v. Twombly and the Future of Pleading in the Federal Courts: A Normative and Empirical Analysis (post-Symposium revision)
Lee Epstein, Henry Wade Rogers Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Martin H. Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, Northwestern University School of Law
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11:00-12:00 Session Nine-Settlements II
What is the Settlement Rate and Why Should We Care? (post-Symposium revision)
Theodore Eisenberg, Henry Allen Mark Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Waiting for the Big One: The Economics of Plaintiff-Side Personal Injury Litigation (abstract)
David A. Hyman, Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor, and Director, Epstein Program in Health Law and Policy, University of Illinois College of Law
Bernard Black, Hayden W. Head Regents Chair for Faculty Excellence; Professor of Finance, McCombs School of Business, Co-Director - Center for Law, Business, and Economics, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Charles Silver, Roy W. and Eugenia C. MacDonald Endowed Chair in Civil Procedure
Professor in Government; Co-Director - Center on Lawyers, Civil Justice and the Media, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
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12:30 Adjourn
