Earlier versions of the Articles included in this issue were presented at the 21st Annual Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP) Conference on April 16–17, 2015. The Washington University Law Review would like to thank those who made the event possible, especially ILEP, which provided the driving vision and resources for this issue.
The 21st Annual Institute for Law and Economic Policy Conference centered on the theme of “New Directions for Corporate and Securities Litigation.” The topics discussed included private ordering and preemption, the role of private litigation in policing securities fraud, and the determination of price distortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.
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