HarrisMartin's Consumer Products Litigation Conference

Conference Agenda

Day 1, Monday, October 03, 2016

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 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


8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
FHSA and TSCA As it Relates to Consumer Products

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


9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Children's Products - CA Prop 65 and Federal Regulations

Michelle Corrigan, Stinson Leonard Street, 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


10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Cutting Edge Issues in Food-Related Regulation and Litigation

Rudy R. Perrino, Walsworth, Los Angeles
Steven Leslie, 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


11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
E-Cigarettes: Safe as Air or Smoking Déjà vu?

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


12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Consumer Products Safety Commission: Who We Are & What We Do

Keven Barton, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Los Angeles


2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Volkswagen Class Action

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


3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Recent Supreme Court and Appellate Decisions Impacting Consumer Products

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


4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hoverboards & Batteries

Wendy R. Fleishman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York
Robert B. Hopkins, Duane Morris LLP, Baltimore


5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception