Sponsored by the American Conference Institute
January 19 - 20, 2006
ORLANDO, FL -- This conference addressed current and expected regulatory and litigation developments effecting food and dietary supplement manufacturers, retailers and restaurants in today's fast-changing national and international regulatory environment. The audience, comprised of in-house counsel, regulatory officers, and marketing and business executives attended lectures which outlined need-to-know regulatory and litigation strategies. JMF Partner Peter A. Cross spoke on the following topic:
Litigating Class Claims in Food and Taking Advantage of a Gift to the Defense Bar - The Class Action Fairness Act
and gave a presentation prepared with JMF Partner Keelin Kavanagh on the following topics:
International Regulatory and Litigation Strategies:
Litigation Concerns:
- Potential international effects of pending class action litigation
bills in England, France & the Netherlands and their applicability
to the food industry
- Litigating against the foreign plaintiff who files in the US
- Is the plaintiff's bar becoming a litigation export business?
- Reconciling the expense of litigating foreign claims in the US -- is it
worth it?
JMF has extensive experience in dispute resolution and litigation involving consumer class action claims. For further information contact Peter A. Cross or Keelin Kavanagh.
