Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, November 10, 2017
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Timothy G. Blood, Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, San Diego
Ben Barnow, Barnow and Associates, P.C., Chicago
Gary E. Mason, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Washington, DC
Daniel S. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
Tina Wolfson, Ahdoot & Wolfson, PC, West Hollywood, CA
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
“Just the Facts”: The Equifax Breach - Pre-Breach Events and Post-Breach Responses
Tina Wolfson, Ahdoot & Wolfson, PC, West Hollywood, CA
Sherrie R. Savett, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Standing Issues in Data Breach
Gayle M. Blatt, CaseyGerry, San Diego
Gary E. Mason, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Washington, DC
David Worley, Evangelista Worley LLC, Atlanta
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Legal Claims: Equifax and Other Data Breach Cases
David Berger, Gibbs Law Group LLP, Oakland, CA
Cari Campen Laufenberg, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Harm & Damages
Arthur M. Murray, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans
James A. Barry, Locks Law Firm, Cherry Hill, NJ
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Settlements
Daniel S. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
Ben Barnow, Barnow and Associates, P.C., Chicago
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
The Future of Arbitration Provisions with Question/Answer Segment
F. Paul Bland Jr., Public Justice, Washington, DC
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
View of Possible MDL Venues and the Effects on the Cases
• Case Management
Dianne M. Nast, NastLaw LLC, Philadelphia
Janine L. Pollack, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Counseling Your Clients: Consumers, Banks and Businesses
Stephen J. Newman, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Los Angeles
Gary F. Lynch, Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter, Pittsburgh
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Best Practices – Cybersecurity & Public Policy
Timothy G. Blood, Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, San Diego