Bridgeport’s Annual Class Action Conference explores and explains the changing landscape of class actions. This year’s program, which is geared towards all practitioners, will include a review of the cases pending before the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court that will affect class action litigation, the current state of the law on ascertainability and standing, combatting a presumption of reliance, material omissions, injunctive relief only cases, and a discussion of “hot topics,” including labeling disputes. The program also will include a nuts-and-bolts roundtable discussion of tactics and techniques that will allow plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys to candidly share what techniques employed by their adversaries they find the most effective. The program is co-chaired by Michael L. Mallow of Sidley Austin LLP and Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Law LLP.
| Agenda |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:05 |
Opening remarks and program overview - Program Chairs Michael Mallow and Paul Kiesel |
| 9:05 - 9:20 |
Class Actions 2017 - Program Chairs Michael Mallow and Paul Kiesel
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| 9:20 -10:30 |
Litigating Class Actions before the L.A. Superior Court
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| 10:40 - 12:00 |
Notable Recent & Pending Cases in the 9th Circuit and SCOTUS |
| Lunch - on your own |
| 1:15 - 2:15 |
An In-Depth Examination of Working with Class Action Experts
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| 2:25 - 3:30 |
Appealing Class Action Verdicts in Both Federal and State Court with a discussion of preserving issues for the appeal |
| 3:30 - 4:30 |
Non-Traditional Settlement Strategies and Mechanics in Class Action Cases |
| program concludes |
Faculty:
Paul R. Kiesel, Kiesel Law LLP
Michael L. Mallow, Sidley Austin LLP
Jeffrey A. Koncius, Kiesel Law LLP
Rob Herrington, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey LLP
Mark Campbell, Sidley Austin LLP
Gillian L. Wade, Milstein Adelman Jackson Fairchild & Wade LLP
Mark Haddad, Sidley Austin LLP
Daniel L. Warshaw, Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP
Steven A. Ellis, Goodwin Procter LLP
Dominique M. Hanssens, Ph.D., UCLA Anderson School of Management
Simona Agnolucci, Keker & Van Nest LLP
Laurence King, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP
Scot D. Wilson, Robinson Calcagnie
Julian W. Poon, Gibson Dunn
Neal Marder, Akin Gump
Leslie Schafer, Ph.D., Econ One Research, Inc.
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.
