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Professor Karl Okamoto
  Media Coverage:    
       
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  Jan. 27, 2009 The Philadelphia Inquirer "Bank Bailout Recipients' Link to Deal," article quotes Director of Business and Entrepreneurship Law and Associate Professor Karl Okamoto about the risks of heavy handed government intervention in business practices.
       
  Oct. 26, 2008 The Philadelphia Inquirer "A Spending Wake-Up Call," article about the impact of the nation’s financial crisis on consumer habits quotes Director of Business and Entrepreneurship Law and Associate Professor Karl Okamoto on the value of giving tax incentives to those who save money.
       
  Oct. 16, 2008 The Philadelphia Inquirer "The Savers Should Get a Tax Break," an op-ed article by Director of Business and Entrepreneurship Law and Associate Professor Karl Okamoto argues that taxpayers who save should receive incentives to spend more money.
       
  Oct. 12, 2008 The Philadelphia Inquirer "Bailout Opens Door for Players," article quotes Director of Business and Entrepreneurship Law and Associate Professor Karl Okamoto about opportunities fo profiteering by companies hired to manage assets for the government.
       
  Sept. 29, 2008 Legal Times "Skin in the Game," commentary on the Financial crisis by Director of Business and Entrepreneurship Law and Associate Professor Karl Okamoto, who argues in favor of greater transparency concerning the means by which the financial industry
makes money.
     
  Sept. 26, 2008 "The Conglomerate" (blog) "What is the NPV of a JD?," blog entry in which Director of Business and Entrepreneurship Law and Associate Professor Karl Okamoto encourages students to think of their law degrees as annuities when considering the value of earning a J.D.
       
  Sept. 24, 2008 The Philadelphia Inquirer "Secretary Paulson's Taxpayer Hedge Fund," op-ed by Director of Business and Entrepreneurship Law and Associate Professor Karl S. Okamoto.
       
  Sept. 21, 2008 The Philadelphia Inquirer "Were Bailouts the Right Thing to Do?," column by Director of Business and Entrepreneurship Law and Associate Professor Karl Okamoto.

Other Activities:

May 27, 2009 Private Equity: Current Market and Potential Regulatory Changes, featured panelist at CLE presentation sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association.
   
Feb. 6, 2009 In the Midst of the Crisis, commentator on panel at Evaluating Legal Origin Theory, a Brigham Young University Law Review symposium.
   
Feb. 4, 2009
Seeing the Future for Investors and Their Lawyers in Philadelphia, moderator for discussion held at Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law featuring prominent members of Philadelphia’s business community who discussed the region’s economy and the role investors and their lawyers play.
   
Sept. 21, 2008 IP - It's Not PI Backwards, panelist at Intellectual Property Committee workshop at Philadelphia Bar Association’s Bench-Bar Annual Conference in Atlantic City.
   
June 5, 2008
Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation, presenter at the Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association in Prague. A copy of the current draft of this paper is available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1082943.
   
March 7, 2008 Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation, co-presenter to the Law & Entrepreneurship Workshop at the University of Arizona School of Law.
   
Nov. 29, 2007
Conference on Women and Corporate Boards, moderator at conference held at Drexel Law, in conjunction with the LeBow Center for Corporate Governance. More information is available at: http://www.drexel.edu/law/conference-11-29-07.asp
 
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