The Future of Financial Regulation Symposium

On Friday, October 6, 2023, the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, the Mercatus Center, and the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy co-hosted a symposium on the Future of Financial Regulation.

This special JLEP Twentieth Anniversary symposium featured a keynote address by former FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams and the following series of panel discussions on the future of financial regulation:

What is the Future of Financial Regulation?

9:00–10:25 am

• John H. Cochrane, Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• Kathryn Judge, Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Intellectual Life, Columbia Law School
• Jonathan R. Macey, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law, Yale Law School
• Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
• Moderator: Paolo Saguato, Associate Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

What Should Regulate the Financial Regulators?

10:40–11:55 am

• Bridget C.E. Dooling, Assistant Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University
• Kristin E. Hickman, McKnight Presidential Professor in Law, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Harlan Albert Rogers Professor in Law, and Associate Director, Corporate Institute, University of Minnesota Law School
• The Honorable Paul J. Ray, Director, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
• Peter J. Wallison, Senior Fellow Emeritus, American Enterprise Institute
• Moderator: Adam White, Co-Executive Director, The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State; Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Regulatory Sandboxes

1:10–2:25 pm

• Brian Knight, Senior Research Fellow, Director of Innovation and Governance, Mercatus Center
• Ryan Nabil, Director of Technology Policy, Senior Fellow, National Taxpayers Union Foundation
• Paul N. Watkins, Managing Partner, Fusion Law, PLLC
• Moderator: Patrick McLaughlin, Senior Research Fellow, Director of Policy Analytics, Mercatus Center

This event took place at the Hay-Adams Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C.