Barbara participated in an invitation-only workshop, Administrative Issues Involving the Dodd-Frank Wall St. Reform and Consumer Protection Act, at Case Western Reserve University School of Law on April 5-6.

Barbara debated Professor Adam Pritchard (University of Michigan Law School) on the legality and merits of initiatives to limit investors’ access to courts in a webcast for institutional investors, The Curious Case of Carlyle … and Efforts to Shut Down Investor Access to Courts.

Barbara discussed her empirical research, Investors’ Perceptions of the Fairness of the SRO Securities Arbitration Process, at the Legal Educators Colloquium of the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting on April 21.

Barbara gave a speech, Does the FAA Reign Supreme?  Concepcion and Class Waivers, at the National Association of Shareholder & Consumer Attorneys (NASCAT) Annual Meeting on April 26.

Barbara’s article, Brokers and Advisers – What’s in a Name?, 11 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 31 (2005), was cited in Peter D. Isakoff, Student Author, Agents of Change: The Fiduciary Duties of Forwarding Market Professionals, 61 Duke L.J. 1563 (2012).

Barbara was quoted in David Zaring, The Conglomerate Blog, Final Call for Papers – National Business Law Scholars Conference (Apr. 18, 2012).