In the wake of at least 13 deaths, millions of recalls, a long and damning internal report, multiple governmental investigations, and hours of congressional hearings, it is clear that Michael Millikin, General Counsel of General Motors, did not know that lawyers in his department had authorized repeated settlements of lawsuits dating back to 2007 involving […]

In the U.S., both industry and government rely on the principles of notice and choice as mechanisms to protect consumers' privacy. In this talk, Pedro will discuss results from two studies investigating how companies implement privacy notice and choice mechanisms in practice. They studied more than six thousand standardized privacy notices from U.S. financial institutions. […]

7:30am - 8:00am: Continental Breakfast 8:00am - 9:30am: Program The role of VCs on private boards and their boardroom role in the IPO process are the stuff of Silicon Valley legend. The real story of VCs in boardrooms -- when they first take a seat at the table to when they eventually leave the room […]

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch will be provided. Today, exploration of outer space by government and private parties operates inside a capsule of laws that were written to balance the global interests of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, engaged in the so-called “Space Race” and nuclear threat scenarios of the […]

This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) SPEAKER: David Holloway, SCICN Co-Director About the Speaker: David Holloway is the Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History, a professor of political science, and an FSI senior fellow. He was co-director […]