HarrisMartin's Consumer Products Litigation Conference

Conference Agenda

Day 1, Thursday, March 16, 2017

8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs

Karen Sullivan, Walsworth, Orange, CA
Michelle L. Corrigan, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, St. Louis
Scott B. Hall, Motley Rice, Kansas City, MO


9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Explore FHSA and TSCA As it Relates to Consumer Products

John W. Spencer, CIH, CSP, President, Environmental Profiles, Inc., Columbia, MD
Marc J. Plisko, CIH, Environmental Profiles, Inc., Columbia, MD


9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Children's Products Regulations - CA Prop 65 and Federal Regulations Governing Children's Products

Michelle L. Corrigan, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, St. Louis
Jill E. Ryer-Powder, Ph.D., DABT, Environmental Health Decisions, Los Angeles
Renee M. Kalmes, M.S.P.H., CIH, Exponent, Oakland, CA
Robert J. Herrington, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Los Angeles


10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cutting Edge Issues in Food-Related Regulation and Litigation

Moderator: Rudy R. Perrino, Walsworth, Los Angeles

Karin Moore, General Counsel, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington DC
Sandra J. Wunderlich, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, St. Louis
Peter J. Goss, Blackwell Burke P.A., Minneapolis
Leslie A. Brueckner, Public Justice, Oakland, CA


12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
E-Cigarettes: Safe as Air or Smoking Déjà vu?”

Scott B. Hall, Motley Rice, Kansas City, MO
Ryan J. McQueeney, Nemesis Law Group, LLC, Chicago


2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Consumer Product Safety Commission: Who We Are & What We Do

Keven Barton, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Los Angeles


3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Volkswagen Class Action

Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco


4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Recent Supreme Court and Appellate Decisions Impacting Consumer Products

Patrick F. Haggerty, Frantz Ward LLP, Cleveland
Anne McGinness Kearse, Motley Rice LLC, Charleston, SC


5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception