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Class Action Litigation Conference 2016

The class action landscape continued to evolve dramatically in 2014 and 2015, and 2016 offers more of the same. Arbitration, rigorous inquiry, nationwide class certification, marketing reliance, actual injury and market remedial actions are all issues that dominated class action orders and opinions.  Developments in economic product defect, market misrepresentation, privacy and pure omissions class actions impact most class action practitioners currently prosecuting or defending these cases.  For those who dedicate their practice to class actions, whether plaintiff or defense, there is much to review and discuss from the past year.  This program, which is geared for the advanced practitioner, will cover the latest developments in the law of federal class actions as well as procedural advice from leaders in the field. This timely conference will include a discussion of the development of recent major class actions cases and decisions as well as a look at upcoming cases and current practice. This program is chaired by Ben Barnow of Barnow and Associates, P.C. and Bethany Gayle Lukitsch of McGuireWoods LLP.

Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10 Opening remarks and program overview - Program Chairs Ben Barnow of Barnow and Associates, P.C. and Bethany Gayle Lukitsch of McGuireWoods LLP
9:10 - 9:50 The Blockbuster 2016 Term for Class Action Litigation Including Campbell-Ewald Co., Spokeo and Tyson
Julian Poon, Gibson Dunn  (defense)
Suzanne Havens Beckman, Parisi & Havens LLP (plaintiff)
9:50 -10:40 Hot Topics in Class Actions (Rule 23 changes, Privacy & Data Breach Cases, Presumption of Reliance, Labeling, etc.
E. Michelle Drake, Berger&Montague, P.C. (plaintiff)
Bethany Gayle Lukitsch, McGuireWoods LLP (defense)
10:50 - 11:30 Changing Standards for Class Certification Including a Discussion of  The Use Of Experts and Statistical Sampling At Class Certification
Andrew Cook, Ph.D, Claro Group
Steven A. Ellis, Goodwin Procter LLP
11:30 - 12:15 Class Action Objectors: the Process, Common Structural Objections and Other Issues
Tim Loose, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Lunch - on your own
1:15 - 2:00
Arbitration & Choice of Law Provisions
Emily Burkhardt Vicent, Hunton & Williams (defense)
Graham LippSmith, Kasdan LippSmith Weber Turner LLP (plaintiff)
2:00 - 2:45 Current state of the law on Ascertainability Analysis and Standing
Mark Miller, Barnes & Thornburg LLP (defense)
Andre M. Mura, Girard Gibbs, LLP (plaintiff)
3:00 - 3:45 Strategies for Taking and Defending Class Representative Depositions
Michael Tenenbaum, The Office of Michael Tenenbaum, Esq. (defense)
Bethany Kristovich, Munger, Tolles & Olson (defense)
Kevin Ruf, Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (plaintiff)
3:45 - 4:30 Government Actions: Impact Before, During, and After Class Actions
Brad Seiling, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP 
program concludes


This program is approved for 6 hrs of CA MCLE general credt hours.

Bridgeport is a State Bar of CA provider of MCLE (Provider 11872) This program offers 6 hrs of MCLE. Bridgeport will assist attorneys from outside CA obtain CLE in accordance with the rules of their state.

Event Information

Event Date 04-15-2016 9:00 am
Event End Date 04-15-2016 4:30 pm
Individual Price $375.00
Categories Live Programs

Group Rate

#Registrants Rate/Person ($)
2 280.00
3 250.00

We are no longer accepting registration for this event