February 26-28, 2025 | Loews Coronado Bay Resort | San Diego, CA

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    Agenda at a Glance

    • Monday, February 26
    • Tuesday, February 27
    • Wednesday, February 28
    12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

    Event Check-In Open

    1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

    Legal Affairs Council Meeting

    By invitation only.

    3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

    Ethics Session: Crisis De Jure: Ethical Considerations for In-House Counsel in Product Recall Situations

    Sponsored by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

    Speaking: Jane Metcalf, Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
    Jason Vitullo, Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
    Steve Zalesin, Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

    5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

    Welcome Reception

    Sponsored by DTO Law and Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

    7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

    Private Dinners

    By invitation only.

    7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

    Event Check-In 

    7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.

    Breakfast

    Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP

    7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.

    General Counsel Breakfast

    By invitation only.

    8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

    Opening Remarks 

    Speaking: Stacy Papadopoulos, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Consumer Brands Association

    8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

    General Session

    A view from the Top: Courtside with Neal Katyal

    Speaking: Neal Katyal, Paul Saunders Professor at Georgetown University, and former Acting Solicitor General of the United States and Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP

    9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

    General Session

    Appellate and Supreme Court Landscape Panel

    Speaking: Mark Perry, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

    Break

    Location: Point Foyer

    Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP

    10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Business: E-Commerce and CPG: Brand Integrity Challenges for the Cloud, Consumers and the Courts

    Sponsored by BakerHostetler

    Moderated by: Martha Motley, Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
    Allison Buchner, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
    Colleen Devanney, Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
    Joe Wheatley, Senior Corporate Counsel,
    Amazon Services LLC

    Litigation: Playground or Battleground: Examining Jurisdictional Trends in CPG Litigation

    Sponsored by Alston & Bird LLP

    Moderated by: Sarah Langstedt, Senior Counsel, Litigation,
    Mondelēz International
    Rebecca Johns, Senior Associate, King & Spalding LLP
    Jane Metcalf, Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
    Tyler Young, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

    Regulatory & Legislation: Supply Chain Transparency: Beyond the Food Traceability Rule

    Sponsored by Hogan Lovells LLP

    Moderated by: Meredith Olearchik, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel – Intellectual Property, Marketing, Privacy and Food Law, Campbell Soup Company
    Sharon Mayl, Partner, DLA Piper US
    Jessica O’Connell, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
    Brian Sylvester, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

    10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

    Break

    Location: Point Foyer

    Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP

    11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Business: Advertising and Marketing Claims Vetting

    Sponsored by BakerHostetler

    Moderated by: Kelly Foos, Associate General Counsel, Post Holdings
    Jeffrey Greenbaum, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
    Miriam Guggenheim, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

    Litigation: Being Resolute at Pre-Suit

    Sponsored by Alston & Bird LLP

    Speaking: Cortlin Lannin, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
    Matt Orr, Partner, Amin Talati Wasserman, LLP
    Ron Rothstein, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
    Erik Swanholt, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

    Regulatory & Legislation: Consumer Protection Issues for the CPG Industry

    Sponsored by Hogan Lovells LLP

    Speaking: Gus Eyler, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    Daniel Kaufman, Partner, BakerHostetler
    Christopher Leach, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
    Andrew Smith, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

    11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

    Networking Lunch

    Sponsored by Venable LLP

    1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

    General Session

    A Fireside Chat with Rachel Brand: Leveraging Legal Acumen for Leadership

    Speaking: Rachel Brand, Executive Vice President of Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Walmart Inc.

    Moderated by: Karen Wilson Thissen, General Counsel and Secretary, General Mills, Inc.

    1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

    Break

    Location: Point Foyer

    Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP

    2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Business: A Chat on Cyber, Privacy & AI

    Sponsored by BakerHostetler

    Moderated by: Mark Danis, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, The Clorox Company
    Jonathan Cohen, Partner, K&L Gates LLP
    David Saunders, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
    Andy Serwin, Partner, DLA Piper US

    Litigation: Tools of the Trade: Leveraging Theory for Practice with Standing, Primary Jurisdiction and Preemption

    Sponsored by Alston & Bird LLP

    Moderated by: Georgia Man, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Kodiak Cakes
    Steve Blonder, Principal, Much Shelist, P.C.
    Dale Giali, Partner, King & Spalding LLP
    Jasmine Wetherell, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

    Regulatory & Legislation: The Periodic Table of Risk

    Sponsored by Hogan Lovells LLP

    Moderated by: Mara Burr, Vice President, Regulatory and Technical Affairs, Consumer Brands Association
    Martin Hahn, Partner, Global Regulatory, Hogan Lovells LLP
    Lori Leskin, Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
    Kate Spelman, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP

    2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

    Break

    Location: Point Foyer

    Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP

    3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Business: Antitrust & The CPG Industry: Is Winter Coming?

    Sponsored by BakerHostetler

    Speaking: Rachel Adcox, Partner, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
    Bill Stallings, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
    Ryan Tisch, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

    Litigation: UDAP Gotta be Kidding: Trends on the Reasonable Consumer Standard

    Sponsored by Alston & Bird LLP

    Speaking: Bethany Lukitsch, Partner, BakerHostetler
    Steven Swaney, Partner, Venable LLP
    Trent Taylor, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
    Claudia Vetesi, Partner, Morrison Foerster LLP

    Regulatory & Legislation: State Action: Complying with a New Environment of Packaging and Chemical Laws

    Sponsored by Hogan Lovells LLP

    Moderated by: John Hewitt, Vice President, Packing Sustainability, Consumer Brands Association
    Pete DePasquale, Vice President of Government Affairs,
    Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc.
    Kristine Kruger, Senior Counsel, Perkins Coie LLP
    Meshach Rhoades, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

    3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

    Break

    Location: Point Foyer

    Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP

    4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

    General Session

    Motivating Optimal Performance with Risa Mish

    Speaking: Risa Mish, Professor of the Practice of Management at Cornell University

    5:00 p.m. -5:15 p.m.

    Break

    Location: Point Foyer

    Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP

    5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

    Happy Hour Roundtables

    7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

    Reception & Dinner

    Sponsored by Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
    Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC,
    McGuireWoods LLP,
    Norton Rose Fullbright US LLP,
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

    Breakfast

    Sponsored by Morrison & Foerster LLP

    8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

    General Session

    Effective Governance: Increasing Board Awareness of Compliance Matters in a Business Never-as-Usual Environment

    Speaking: Lillian Hardy, Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP
    Jill Louis, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
    Kristy Meringolo, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, The Hain Celestial Group
    Stacy Papadopoulos, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Consumer Brands Association

    9:25 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

    General Session

    CPG and The Golden State: Prop 65

    Moderated by: Jackie Welch, Vice President, Litigation,
    The J.M. Smucker Company
    Jeff Margulies, Partner, Norton Rose Fullbright US LLP
    Trent Norris, Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP
    Will Wagner, Counsel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
    Jasmine Wetherell, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

    10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

    Break

    Location: Marineland Foyer

    Sponsored by Morrison & Foerster LLP

    10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

    General Session

    A Sustainable Path for CPG Green Claims

    Moderated by: Joseph Aquilina, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel, Consumer Brands Association
    William Cole, Partner, Amin Talati Wasserman, LLP
    Perlette Jura, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    Laura Kim, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
    Arianna Scavetti, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

    General Session

    In the Crosshairs: The CPG Litigation Review

    Moderated by: Ani Gulati, Chief Litigation Counsel, General Mills, Inc.
    Cortlin Lannin, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
    Dean Panos, Partner, Jenner and Block LLP
    Charles Sipos, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
    Angela Spivey, Partner, Alston and Bird LLP

    12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

    Networking Lunch

    Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    *Pacific Standard Time (PST)