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