Consumer Class Action Litigation Conference

The class action landscape continued to evolve dramatically in 2014 and 2015, and 2016 promises 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. The conference is chaired by Robert J. Herrington, Greenberg Traurig LLP and Alexander R. Wheeler, R. Rex Parris Law Firm.

Agenda
8:30 - 9:00	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:05	Opening remarks and program overview - Program Chairs Alex Wheeler and Rob Herrington.
9:05 - 9:45	Supreme Court Watch: Cases that Will Impact Class Action Litigation  (2015-2016 Term) (Tyson’s, Campbell-Ewald Co., Spokeo, others Derek T. Ho, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C. Emily Henn, Covington & Burling LLP
9:45 -10:45	Current state of the law on Ascertainability and Standing Gretchen Freeman Cappio | Keller Rohrback (plaintiff) Rebecca Weinstein Bacon, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP (defense) Matthew Preusch, | Keller Rohrback (plaintiff) Valerie Goo, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (defense)
11:00 - 12:00	Resolving the Dispute over Injunctive Relief Class Actions - Article III Standing and Consumer Fraud Gillian Wade, MILSTEIN | ADELMAN, LLP (plaintiff) Christopher Chorba, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (defense) Steven D. Atlee, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (defense)
Lunch - on your own
1:15 - 2:00	Rule 23 Subcommittee's Proposals on Revisions to Rule 23 Andre M. Mura, Girard Gibbs, LLP (plaintiff) Rob Herrington, Greenberg Traurig LLP (defense)
2:00 - 2:50	Impact of Comcast on Class Certification Analysis Danielle Oakley, O'Melveny & Myers (defense) Garrett Wotkyns, Schneider Wallace  (plaintiff)
3:00 - 3:45	How to Use and Combat a Presumption of Reliance on Consumer Fraud Class Actions William P. Donovan, Jr., Cooley (defense) Timothy G. Blood, Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP (plaintiff)
3:45 - 4:30	Trying Class Action Cases Robert D. “Bo” Phillips, Jr, Reed Smith (defense) Kitty Szeto, R. Rex Parris Law Firm (plaintiff) Todd Schneider, Schneider Wallace (plaintiff)
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.