Professor of Law
Osgoode Hall Law School
Email: ppuri@osgoode.yorku.ca

Biography

LLB (Toronto), LLM (Harvard) of the Bar of Ontario

Professor Puri is an Associate Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (LL.B. Silver Medalist) and Harvard Law School (LL.M.). Professor Puri's research expertise lies in corporate law, securities law, corporate governance, and corporate and white-collar crime. Professor Puri was recently a Visiting Professor at Cornell Law School and is a recipient of the Osgoode Hall Law School Teaching Award. In addition to numerous articles and reports, Professor Puri is co-author/co-editor of 3 books: Corporate Governance and Securities Regulation in the 21st Century (with J.Larsen)(Butterworths, 2004); Canadian Companies' Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (with L. McCallum)(Butterworths, 2004); and Cases and Materials on Partnerships and Canadian Business Corporations (with D. Harris, R.Daniels, E.Iacobucci, I.Lee, J.MacIntosh, and J.Ziegel)(Carswell, 2004). Professor Puri's recent articles have appeared in the Cornell Law Review, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, the Canadian Business Law Journal, the Canadian Bar Association Review, and the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.

In 2003, Professor Puri was commissioned by the Ontario Securities Commission to prepare a cost-benefit analysis on the Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System in light of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (with Anindya Sen). She was also an independent researcher for the federally-appointed Wise Persons Committee on Securities Regulation, preparing a paper entitled Local and Regional Capital Interests in the Debate on Optimal Securities Regulatory Structure for Canada. Professor Puri was also recently commissioned to prepare papers for Industry Canada (Corporations Canada) on The Hallmarks of Good Corporate Law: A Performance Evaluation of the CBCA (2004) and A Rational Allocation of Responsibility between Corporate and Securities Laws in Canada (2004).

Professor Puri is currently working on a SSHRC funded project on Auditor Liability in Canada (with Janne Chung and Linda Thorne) and a Schulich Program on Financial Services funded project on Dual Class Share Structures & Family Controlled Corporations in Canada (with Stephanie Ben-Ishai).


Selected Publications

Sentencing the Criminal Corporation, (2002) 39 Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Taking Stock of Taking Stock, (2001) 87:1 Cornell Law Review 101-164

Judgement Proofing the Profession, (2001) Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics

The Promise of Certainty in the Law of Pre-Incorporation Contracts, 80:3 (2001) Canadian Bar Review

Canadian Business Bankruptcy, chapter in Theodore Eisenberg (editor), TREATISE ON DEBTOR-CREDITOR LAW (Mathew Bender 2001)

Financing of Litigation by Investors: A Share of Justice? (1998) 36:3 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 515-566

Sentencing the Criminal Corporation, (2002) 39 Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Taking Stock of Taking Stock, (2001) 87:1 Cornell Law Review 101-164 3

Judgement Proofing the Profession, (2001) Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics

The Promise of Certainty in the Law of Pre-Incorporation Contracts, 80:3 (2001) Canadian Bar Review