Shook Partner Greg Wu will join "Recent Trends in Food and Beverage Labeling Litigation," a panel moderated by Partner Amir Nassihi, at the American Bar Association's (ABA's) Hot Topics in Toxic Torts and Environmental Law conference in Coronado, California, on April 6, 2019. The panelists will "take a broad look at the types of cases being filed, the key legal issues currently in play, and recent developments impacting litigation of these high exposure cases." Conference registration is open to members and non-members of the ABA.
Category Archives Conferences & Seminars
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) has scheduled its annual conference for April 11-14, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas. Titled “Consumers’ Stake in Today’s Food Production: Meeting Growing Demands with Integrity,” the event will include presentations on food supply and food safety issues. Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Co-Chair Mark Anstoetter will speak during the conference about “Legal Challenges and Ramifications of Food Production Systems and Food Safety.” Shook, Hardy & Bacon is a conference co-sponsor.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Co-Chair Madeleine McDonough will discuss “Pre-Litigation Risk Management Strategies” at the GMA Consumer Complaints Conference slated for April 7-9, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The conference is designed specifically for food industry staff working in the areas of consumer affairs, call center management, consumer complaints, product liability claims, and quality assurance.
GMA will conduct a conference in Austin, Texas, February 23-25, 2010, titled “2010 Food Claims & Litigation Conference: Emerging Issues in Food-Related Litigation.” Among those scheduled to speak are Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partners Amy Crouch, Greg Fowler, Paul La Scala, and Frank Rothrock. Crouch and Fowler will discuss “Trends in Global Food Litigation: Class Actions and Collective Redress,” while La Scala and Rothrock will focus on “Mass Tort 911: The Company’s Been Sued! Now What.” Shook, Hardy & Bacon is among the firms sponsoring the conference, which is intended to give those in the food industry practical “how-to” product litigation management strategies.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Corporate Law Partner Nate Muyskens will join a panel of distinguished speakers in Washington, D.C. at a Legal iQ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) conference, September 21-23, 2009. Co-sponsored by Shook, the conference brings together counsel from global corporations and federal enforcement agencies to address FCPA issues with a specific focus on “Defining New Strategies in Global Anti-Corruption for 2009 and Beyond.” Muyskens will share a podium with representatives of Siemens Corp., Coca-Cola Ltd. and Morgan Stanley to discuss “Conducting Due Diligence of Foreign Third Parties to Minimize Liability Risks.” Conference organizer Legal iQ is a division of the International Quality & Productivity Center.
Shook Agribusiness and Food Safety Practice Co-Chair Madeleine McDonough will serve on a panel during the American Conference Institute’s “3rd National Forum on FoodBorne Illness Litigation, Advanced Strategies for Assessing, Managing & Defending Food Contamination Claims,” to be held October 26-27, 2009, in Chicago. McDonough joins a faculty that includes federal regulators and in-house counsel for industry trade associations and food companies. She will discuss issues relating to “Global Food Safety: Factoring in New Threats Associated with Foreign Food Product Imports.” Among the specific topics she will address are risks and threats to the food supply and managing those risks.
The Grocery Manufactures Association has announced its 2009 Consumer Complaints Conference, Modern Management of Consumer Complaints: Unlocking the Secrets of Great Service, slated for May 6-8, 2009, in New Orleans, Louisiana. SHB Partner Paul La Scala will present a May 7 session on “Electronic Document Preparation, Management and Retention in the Claims Process.”
