This hands-on session will test your litigation savvy through a series of complex, hypothetical scenarios which may arise in an FDA-regulated consumer product class action. Using audience polling, you will discover how your approach to mounting and tackling a class action defense compares to your peers. Benefit from a practical discussion of the polling results and walk away with winning strategies for all phases of a class action litigation, including:

• Designing thorough internal class action preparedness protocols
• Forging pre-suit defense strategies
• Establishing document hold and retention policies
• Pre-suit demand letter protocols
• Considerations for budgeting and forecasting of litigation costs
• Building joint litigation agreements
• Class formation challenges
• Discovery challenges
• Knowing when going to trial is the right thing to do
• Understanding when settlement is your best option