Balancing the Impact of Regulation:
The Case of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Presented by
William D. Mason, Deputy General Counsel
The Lubrizol Corporation
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Student Union, Room 312
The University of Akron
Reception: 4:45-5:15 P.M.
Talk will begin at 5:15 P.M.
The talk is free and open to the public.
Please RSVP to 330.972.5182
Sponsored by:
The Depatment of Economics and The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
William Manson is Deputy General Counsel of of The Lubrizol Corporation (Wickliffe, Ohio) and the leader of the Regulatory Practice Section in Legal. Since joining Lubrizol in 1995, Mr. Manson has provided legal advice in a wide range of matters from questions regarding contracts and product distribution to the resolution of complex commercial and patent disputes. He is active in providing guidance on export law and competition law questions.
Prior to joining Lubrizol, Mr. Manson spent 10 years in private practice with the law firm of Jones Day Reavis & Pogue in Cleveland where he was a member of the litigation section.
Mr. Manson received his BA and MA in Economics from Bowling Green State University in 1974 and 1975 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Virigina Tech in 1980. From 1978 to 1982, Mr. Manson was an economics professor at The Ohio State University, publishing professional articles in the areas of Industrial Organization and Public Choice. He was an Olin Fellow at the Center for Law and Economics at Emory University from 1982 to 1985 and received his law degree, JD, with distinction, from the Emory University School of Law in 1985, where he was an Articles Editor on the Emory Law Journal.