Columbia Business and Law Association

Huge thank you to Tom Hardin - Ethics Keynote Speaker, our speaker for yesterday's "Tipper X" event and the inspiration for CBLA's #WhiteCollarWeek! Thanks also to the Columbia Law School students who were able to attend. You are the average of the five people with whom you surround yourself. Choose wisely.

TODAY: Don't Miss White Collar Week - "Tipper X" Today, November 16th, 12:10pm 1:10pm; Jerome Greene Hall 106 Imagine dropping off your laundry at the dry cleaner and receiving a tap on the shoulder by an FBI agent that changes your life forever It happened to Thomas Hardin, aka Tipper X, a former successful Wall Street analyst. After being charged with two felony counts of securities fraud, he collaborated for nearly 7 years as an FBI informant in Operation Perfect He...dge, the largest insider trading investigation of the past 25 years, leading to over 80 guilty pleas or convictions. Come join us and learn more about this intriguing story from Tom Hardin - Ethics Keynote Speaker, the temptations and pressures faced by hedge fund analysts, and insider trading investigations more generally.

TODAY kicks off CBLA's #WhiteCollarWeek with our Fundamentals Series: White Collar Crime & Government Enforcement! 12:10pm - 1:10pm in Jerome Greene Hall 104 Panelists will include:... Charu Chandrasekhar (Senior Advisor, Market Abuse Unit, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) Nancy Kestenbaum (Partner, Covington & Burling) David Anders (Partner, Wachtell) Lorin Reisner (Partner, Paul, Weiss) See more

Don't forget to RSVP for CBLA's White Collar Week events! Use the URL below to learn more and RSVP for the events you're interested in. tinyurl.com/cblawhitecollarweek

TODAY: CBLA Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Antitrust 12:10pm - 1:10pm; Jerome Greene Hall 104 Non-pizza lunch will be served.... Panelists will include attorneys from: Virginia Tent (Counsel, Latham & Watkins, CLS ‘03) Andrew Ruffino (Partner, Covington & Burling) Bryan Gant (Partner, White & Case) James Keyte (Partner, Skadden)