Arthur Laby is codirector of the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance, a recognized expert in securities law, the regulation of investment management, and the fiduciary relationship. His research focuses on investment management regulation, the duties of market participants, and the fiduciary obligation.

Professor Laby teaches Business Organizations, Securities Regulation, the Regulation of Investment Management, and Fiduciary Law. Before joining the law school faculty, he served for nearly 10 years on the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), most recently as assistant general counsel. Prior to working on the SEC staff, Professor Laby was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and was a visiting lecturer in Germany. Earlier, he was an associate at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, practicing in the areas of securities regulation and commercial law.

Professor Laby is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University School of Law, where he was an editor on the Law Review, and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After graduating from law school, he clerked for the Hon. J. Frederick Motz, United States District Court for the District of Maryland.