The 2021 Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review Symposium
March 12, 2021
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Emory University School of Law via Zoom
This year's symposium will discuss COVID-19's impact on various areas of corporate law. We will have three notable speakers from three different areas of corporate law explaining how the virus has effected and will continue to affect their practice. This is a great opportunity for upcoming lawyers to learn the new "lay of the land" COVID-19 has created!
Schedule:
12:00 p.m.–12:05 p.m.
Introduction—Luke Meyerson, Executive Symposium Editor, ECGAR
12:05 p.m.–12:55 p.m.
First Presentation
TIME's Real Person of the Year (and Why He was Good for Law Firms Too)
Richard Grice, Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird, Atlanta
12:55 p.m.–1:35 p.m.
Second Presentation
The Intersection of COVID and the Open Meetings Act: How COVID Has Impacted Public Hearings and Public Participation at the Local Government Level
Andrew J. Welch III, Partner, Smith Welch Webb & White
1:35 p.m.–2:15 p.m.
Third Presentation
COVID-19 and the Impact on Commercial Real Estate
Tamaron Houston, Partner, Seyfarth
2:15 p.m.–2:20 p.m.
Closing Remarks—Reina Terry, Editor-in-Chief, ECGAR