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Many thanks go out to the authors and commentators that made the 2010 Conglomerate Junior Scholars Workshop so enjoyable!  We think this is one of the best things we do around here at the Glom.  We enjoy getting to know the authors early in their careers so we can say "We know them when."  And of course, we couldn't have put on a workshop if it hadn't been for our outside commentators:  Katie Porter, Larry Garvin, Todd Zywicki, Todd Henderson, Dave Hoffman, Bruce McDonnell, Bob Lawless, Larry Ribstein, Miriam Baer, Mike Guttentag, and Kim Krawiec!  You guys rock, but you knew that already.

I have been told over the years that many junior scholars find the JSW very intimidating -- this isn't like presenting in a room at Law & Society to 5 of your closest friends or even at AALS to a room full of like-minded people coming in and out.  Being in the JSW requires a great sense of self to be able to post a draft of a paper on the world-wide web and then receive very public comments on that paper.  And if that wasn't enough, anyone gets to jump in!  So, I tip my hat to our authors, who responded very well to expert criticism, some nuanced and some more pointed.  This is what being a scholar is about, and I applaud you.

If you're late to the party, you can find the discussions of the four papers that were spotlighted here:

Jim Hawkins, Regulating on the Fringe:  Reexamining the Link Between Fringe Banking and Financial Distress

Andrew Lund, Say on Pay's Bundling Problems

Mohsen Manesh, Delaware and the Market for LLC Law:  A Theory of Contractability and Legal Indeterminacy

Urska Velikonja, Leverage, Sanctions and Deterrence of Accounting Fraud