Larry Bumgardner, JD

Associate Professor Emeritus of Business Law

Graziadio Business School

805.379.5811

Biography

Larry Bumgardner is an associate professor of business law at Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business School. Before joining the Graziadio faculty in 2000, he was an associate professor of political science and director of the Washington, D.C., internship program at Pepperdine's undergraduate Seaver College. He has also taught courses at Pepperdine's law school and public policy school. Previously, he served as executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and the Reagan Center for Public Affairs in Simi Valley, California.

He also worked in administration at Pepperdine University for more than a decade, serving as an assistant vice president and associate vice-chancellor. Before moving to California, he was the Tennessee Attorneys Memo and Tennessee Journal newsletters editor and worked as a reporter and copy editor at the Nashville Banner newspaper. A graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law, he is a California and Tennessee bar associations member. Bumgardner has written extensively on securities law and antitrust and opinion articles on various legal and political topics.

Education

Vanderbilt University School of Law, Juris Doctor degree
David Lipscomb College, Bachelor of Arts

Research
Media

Publications:

“Business at the Bar: Supreme Court’s Decisions Impact Business Decision-Making.” Graziadio Business Report, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2001).
“Supreme Court Faces Key Business Cases: ADA, Patents, Property Rights, and HMOs Top List.” Graziadio Business Report, Vol. 4, No. 4 (2001).
“Defining Disability Under the ADA: Supreme Court Prompts More Questions.” Graziadio Business Report, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2002).
“The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act in a Post-Enron World.” 31 Acad. Legal Studies in Bus. Nat’l Proc. (2002).
“Supreme Court Sides With Business: Court Narrows ADA Protection.” Graziadio Business Report, Vol. 5, No. 3 (2002).
“Reforming Corporate America: How Does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Impact American Business?” Graziadio Business Report, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2003). “Making Punitive Damages Less Damaging: The Supreme Court's Clearer Guidance in State Farm v. Campbell.” 32 Acad. Legal Studies in Bus. Nat’l Proc. (2003).
“Slowing Runaway Juries: Court Decisions Provide New Guidance for Punitive Damage Awards.” Graziadio Business Report, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2004).
“The Still Uncertain Impact of the Supreme Court's Attempt to Reduce Excessive Punitive Damages.” 33 Acad. Legal Studies in Bus. Nat’l Proc. (2004).
“Antitrust Law in the European Union: The Law Is Changing – But to What Effect?” Graziadio Business Report, Vol. 8, No. 3 (2005).
“The European Union’s New Merger Regulation: Is EU Law Merging With U.S. Approach?” 34 Acad. Legal Studies in Bus. Nat’l Proc. (2005).

Book Chapters:

“Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption.” Chapter 6, published in Diamond Mines: Baseball & Labor (Staudohar, Paul D., ed.). Syracuse University Press, 2000.
“Thatcher and Reagan: Soulmates for Liberty.” Published in The Political Legacy of Margaret Thatcher (Pugliese, Stanislao, ed.). Politico’s Publishing (London), 2003.

Presentations:

“Reg FD: Is Fair Disclosure Really Fair?” Presented at annual assembly of Academy of Legal Studies in Business, August 11, 2001, at Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“Securities Regulation after September 11.” Presented at annual conference of Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, February 23, 2002, at Palm Springs, California.
“A Preliminary Analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.” Presented at annual conference of Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, February 22, 2003, at Palm Springs, California.
“The Supreme Court Has Spoken on Large Punitive Damages – But Are the Lower Courts Listening?” Presented at annual conference of Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, February 28, 2004, at Palm Springs, California.
“A New Antitrust Regime in the European Union.” Presented at annual conference of Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, February 26, 2005, at Palm Springs, California.
“Antitrust and Politics.” Presented at the Graziadio School Academic Forum, July 12, 2005, at West Los Angeles Graduate Campus, Pepperdine University.
“The Clinton Administration’s ‘New Democrat’ Approach to Antitrust Policy.” Presented at the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Conference, November 12, 2005, at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.
“A Narrower Approach to Loss Causation in Shareholder Suits.” Presented at annual conference of Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, February 18, 2006, at Palm Springs, California.