Corporate Law Center
Supporting learning
The Center allows students to learn the fundamental principles of business law from leading scholars and prominent practitioners. Our business law faculty includes professionals who have been involved in high-level business transactions. Our adjunct professors work in prominent positions for large companies throughout the city and are as dedicated to teaching as they are passionate in their business career.
Recent Events
Fireside Book Chat with Tipper X, Tom Hardin
March 16, 2026
On March 16, 2026, Tom Hardin joined us to discuss his new book, Wired on Wall Street. Tom was one of the most prolific FBI informants of all time, having worn a wire on Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis that assisted more than 20 insider trading cases. Tom described "Operation Perfect Hedge," the personal fallout, and his successful rebuilding, and guests walked away with a signed copy of the book.
Tom Hardin enthralls the crowd with his personal journey to becoming one of the FBI's most prolific informants of all time.
Amy Martella and Barbara Boehler lead a fireside chat about Tom Hardin's book, Wired on Wall Street.
23rd Annual Albert A. DeStefano Lecture
March 2, 2026
On March 2, 2026, The Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, Collins J. Seitz, Jr., delivered the 23rd Annual Albert A. DeStefano Lecture on Corporate, Securities and Financial Law, which was titled, “The Judiciary in the Devil’s Triangle: Delaware, Texas, Nevada, and Avoiding a Race to the Bottom.” Likening the uncertain waters of state legislatures who are competing to attract corporate business to navigating a ship through the Bermuda Triangle, Chief Justice Seitz discussed the vices and virtues of competition between business courts in America.
3rd Annual M&A Workshop
January 30, 2026
On January 30, 2026, students attended a one-day crash courts in mergers and acquisition law. The M&A Workshop provided students with training from top M&A lawyers from Skadden and an opportunity to go head-to-head in simulated negotiations.
Lawyers from Skadden lead a student group in a mock negotiation of the terms of an NDA.
Lawyers from Skadden lead a student group in a mock client meeting about an M&A term sheet.
The Fall of FTX: A Live Recording of the Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast
November 6, 2025
On November 6, 2025, Bite-Sized Business Law podcast host Amy Martella convened an expert panel on the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, the ensuing bankruptcy, and the criminal conviction and appeal of its disgraced founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. Fordham Law professor and Corporate Law Center Faculty Director Richard Squire, Wayne State University School of Law Professor and white collar crime expert Jennifer Taub, and Emmy-award winning investigative reporter Jonathan Jones participated in a lively discussion about the single tweet that triggered FTX’s collapse, the governance failures that let it happen, and the overlapping bankruptcy and criminal case that followed.
The 25th Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities and Financial Law featuring SEC Chairman Paul Atkins
October 7, 2025
On October 7, 2025, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Sommer Lecture by welcoming SEC Chairman Paul Atkins to deliver remarks. After a welcome by Dean Landau and Morgan Lewis partner Ben Indek, Chairman Atkins delivered a lecture regarding Wells submissions and the ways in which the Wells process could benefit from certain reforms. After the lecture, Chairman Atkins joined guests for a reception.
