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