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The Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy and the ? Berkeley Business Law Journal are co-hosting a symposium today on the Dodd-Frank Act and financial regulatory reform.

The symposium will feature panels on Securitization & Governance; Venture Finance; and Consumer Protection, as well as a a keynote speech from William S. Haraf, a member of the new Financial Stability Oversight Council.

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The organizers have put togeter a great series of panelists, including (in no particular order): Regulators: William S. Haraf (Commissioner - California Department of Financial Institutions and the State Banking Supervisory Representative to the Financial Stability Oversight Council)

Practitioners: Steven E. Bochner (Chief Executive Officer ? Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati); Thomas Brown (Partner ? O?Melveny & Myers LLP); Mary Dent (General Counsel ? Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group); Eric Finseth (Partner - Mayer Brown); Mark D. Perlow (Partner ? K&L Gates); and John D. Wright (Chief Regulatory Counsel ? Wells Fargo Company).

Consumer Advocates: Gail Hillebrand (Senior Attorney and Manager, Financial Services Campaign - Consumers Union)

Business school academics: Dwight M. Jaffee (Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley) Nancy Wallace Professor ? Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley

Legal academics: John A.E. Pottow (University of Michigan School of Law) Plus yours truly ?(I'll be speaking on "Credit Derivatives, Leverage, and the Missing Macroeconomic Dimension.")

And a number of moderators from Berkeley's law faculty.

Go Cal!