Pepperdine Law Review’s 2019 Symposium

Today’s regulatory landscape presents challenges for public and private entities. Private actors are often faced with conflicting, ambiguous, or altogether absent regulatory frameworks. Is it possible for them to overcome these challenges while delivering the creativity and innovation the marketplace demands? How can government regulators and legislators avoid stifling opportunity, function more efficiently, and enact and enforce sensible and effective regulatory schemes?

Pepperdine Law Review’s 2019 Symposium, in partnership with the Regulatory Transparency Project, will explore these vital questions from both the academic and practical perspectives.

Minimum Continuing Legal Education:
This symposium has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit by the State Bar of California for 5.5 credit hours. Pepperdine University School of Law certifies that this activity conforms to the standard for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.

Check-In and Breakfast (7:30 AM – 8:30 AM)

Welcoming Remarks (8:30 AM – 8:40 AM)

• Naomi Goodno, Dean of Students, Professor of Law, and Co-Director of the Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute, Pepperdine University School of Law

Opening Address (8:40 AM – 9:00 AM)

• Donald J. Rosenberg, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Qualcomm

Panel I: General Data Protection Regime & California Consumer Privacy Act (9:00 AM – 10:15 AM)

• Anna Hsia, Head of West Coast Office, ZwillGen (Moderator)
• Thomas Hazlett, Hugh H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics, Clemson College of Business
• Matthew R. A. Heiman, Senior Fellow and Associate Director for Global Security, National Security Institute
• Justin “Gus” Hurwitz, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of Space, Cyber, and Telecom Law Program, Nebraska College of Law
• Chris Riley, Director, Public Policy, Mozilla

Panel II: Populist Antitrust (10:30 AM – 11:45 AM)

• Babette E. Boliek, Chief Economist, Federal Communications Commission and Professor of Law, Pepperdine School of Law (Moderator)
• Geoffrey A. Manne, Executive Director, International Center for Law & Economics
• William Rinehart, Director of Technology and Innovation Policy, American Action Forum
• Hal Singer, Managing Director, Econ One
• Joanna Tsai, Vice President, Charles River Associates

Lunch and Keynote Speaker (11:45 AM – 1:30 PM)

• Introduction by Dean Reuter, General Counsel, Vice President, and Director, Practice Groups, The Federalist Society
• Roger P. Alford, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for International Affairs, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice

Panel III: Emerging Technology and Regulation (2:00 PM – 3:15 PM)

• Gregory S. McNeal, Professor of Law and Public Policy, Pepperdine University and Co-Founder, AirMap (Moderator)
• William Goodwin, Head of Policy, Regulatory, and Legal, Skyryse
• Ryan Hagemann, Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center
• Brooks Rainwater, Senior Executive & Director, Center for City Solutions, National League of Cities
• Caleb Watney, Fellow, Technology & Innovation, R Street Institute

Concluding Remarks (3:15 PM – 3:30 PM)

• Devon Westhill, Director, Regulatory Transparency Project
• Ashley Gebicke, Symposium Editor, Pepperdine Law Review