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Welcome and Introductory Remarks
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OPENING REMARKS:
Norman P. Stein, Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Panel 1: Setting the Stage: History Before the Ninety-Third Congress
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MODERATORS:
Teresa Ghilarducci, Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Analysis, New School for Social Research
Steven Sass, Program Director, Financial Security Project, Center for Retirement Research, Boston College
Peter J. Wiedenbeck, Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
PANELISTS:
Frank Cummings, past Chief of Staff to Senator Jacob Javits
Henry Rose, past General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Daniel Halperin, Stanley S. Surrey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Panel 2: Making Sausage: The Ninety-Third Congress and ERISA
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MODERATORS:
James Wooten, Professor of Law, SUNY Buffalo Law School Damon Silvers, Policy Director and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO Judy Mazo, past Director of Research, the Segal Company
PANELISTS:
William J. Kilberg, past Solicitor for the U.S. Department of Labor
Jack Sheehan, past Legislative Director, United Steelworkers of America
Robert Nagle, past Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Russell Mueller, past Staff, U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor
Panel 3: Negotiating the Agency Peace Treaty: Reorganization Plan No. 4
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MODERATORS:
Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration
Mark Iwry, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Retirement and Health Policy
Alan Lebowitz, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
PANELISTS:
Ian Lanoff, past Administrator, Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs, U.S. Department of Labor
Dianne Bennett, Legislation Attorney, U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Attorney-Advisor, the Office of Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Department of Treasury
Keynote: Other Perspectives
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MODERATOR:
Norman P. Stein, Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
PANELISTS:
David Cay Johnston, Syracuse University lecturer and former re- porter, The New York Times
Ellen E. Schultz, investigative reporter and editor, The Wall Street Journal
Mary Williams Walsh, reporter, The New York Times
Panel 4: ERISA and the Fiduciary
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MODERATORS:
Dana Muir, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Business Law, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Robert Eccles, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers Peter Stris, Partner, Stris & Maher
PANELISTS:
Henry Rose, past General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Frank Cummings, past Chief of Staff to Senator Jacob Javits
Robert Nagle, past Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Panel 5: Some New Ideas and Some New Bottles: Tax and Minimum Standards in ERISA
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MODERATORS:
Regina Jefferson, Professor of Law, Catholic University Jeremy Gold, Consulting Actuary
William Bortz, past Associate Benefits Tax Counsel, U.S. De- partment of Treasury
PANELISTS:
Daniel Halperin, Stanley S. Surrey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Russell Mueller, past Staff, U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor
Panel 6: Benefit Disputed and Enforcement Under Erisa
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MODERATORS:
Scott Macey, President and CEO, ERISA Industry Committee Howard Shapiro, Partner, Proskauer
Mary Ellen Signorille, Attorney, AARP Foundation
PANELISTS:
Frank Cummings, past Chief of Staff to Senator Jacob Javits
Robert Nagle, past Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Karen Ferguson, Director, Pension Rights Center