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5:00 – 5:30pm: Reception
5:30 – 7:00pm: Panel
Registration is required.
In 2014, the New York Times ran a series of articles by Eric Lipton on the lobbying of state attorneys general by lawyers representing both defense and plaintiff-side interests. The articles painted a remarkable picture of attorneys general so closely tied to industry interests that at the word of a lobbyist they might either initiate or kill an investigation, use industry-drafted letters or pleadings, or farm out investigations to powerful plaintiffs’ firms. The series won Lipton a Pulitzer prize and galvanized investigations and proposed reforms to the practice.
The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, the Rock Center for Corporate Governance, and the Stanford Journalism Department are pleased to welcome Lipton to Stanford for an in-depth discussion of the legal and ethical issues raised by his investigation and the resulting reaction. He will be joined by Terry Goddard, former attorney general of Arizona and current Senior Counsel with Dentons’ Public Policy and Regulation Practice, and James Tierney, former attorney general of Maine and current Director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School. The discussion will be moderated by Stanford Law Professor Nora Engstrom.
James Tierney is the Director of the National State Attorneys General Program, at Columbia Law School, where he has also taught as a Lecturer-in-Law since the fall of 2000.
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Terry Goddard served as the Arizona attorney general from 2003 to 2010, addressing major issues ranging from the fallout from the mortgage crisis to border security and money laundering, protecting consumers and the environment. His fellow attorneys general saluted his anticrime successes in 2010 with the Kelley-Wyman Award, the National Association of Attorneys General’s highest recognition. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Arizona in 2010.
For Mr. Goddard’s full bio, click here.
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Eric Lipton is a Washington-based correspondent for The New York Times, where he writes about government relations, corporate agendas and Congress.
In 2015, he won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism for a series of stories he did examining the explosion in lobbying of state attorneys general by corporate interests. For Mr. Lipton’s full bio, click here. |
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Nora Engstrom is a Professor and Deane F. Johnson Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School.
For Prof. Engstrom’s full bio, click here. |