McCoy Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee
On October 7, Professor Patricia McCoy testified on “Securitization of Assets: Problems and Solutions” before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment.
Professor McCoy, a renowned expert on financial services regulation, is the Director of the Law School’s Insurance Law Center, the only such center in the country. Her research and teaching interests span retirement products, banking, securities, life insurance, and mutual funds to public insurance schemes such as Social Security and deposit insurance. Professor McCoy analyzes risk management, moral hazard, and systemic risk through the lens of law, economics, and empirical methods. Her courses include banking and securities regulation, mutual fund law, retirement security law, corporate governance, and consumer finance law.
Recent Homepage Highlights
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Members of the Law School community are invited to join Associate Dean Steven Wilf on February 14 for a discussion of Perry v. Brown as part of the Recent Cases series.
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On February 15, join the faculty of the Energy and Environmental Law Clinic for a discussion of a newly created certificate in Energy and Environmental Law.
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On February 24, the 18th Gallivan conference, "From McMansion to Multifamily: The Economics and Demographic Transformation of Connectiut's Housing Market" will be held at the Law School.
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On February 10, Professor Sara Bronin will moderate a panel called "Takings Law and Climate Adaptation Strategies" at the "Legal Solutions to Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in Connecticut" conference co-sponsored by the Law School's Center for Energy and Environmental Law.
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On February 9, Professor Peter Lindseth will give the Daimler Lecture at the American Academy in Berlin. He will discuss his most recent book, Power and Legitimacy: Reconciling Europe and the Nation-State (OUP, 2010).
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The Insurance Law Center, the LL.M. Program in U.S. Legal Studies, and the Student Bar Association invite you to celebrate the Lunar New Year at a gathering on February 8.