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16/10/2023 17/10/2023 America/Toronto Defending FDA-Regulated Consumer Products Class Actions Defending FDA-Regulated Consumer Products Class Actions
October 16 – 17, 2023
New York City Bar Association, New York, NY
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16/10/2023 17/10/2023 America/Toronto Defending FDA-Regulated Consumer Products Class Actions Defending FDA-Regulated Consumer Products Class Actions
October 16 – 17, 2023
New York City Bar Association, New York, NY
Please visit https://www.americanconference.com/class-actions/ for more information and updates. New York City Bar Association, New York, NY true DD/MM/YYYY 1440 use-title -
Understanding How Consumer Protection Groups, and the Plaintiff’s Bar Are Working in Tandem to Police Claims, Labeling, and Other Marketing Practices Leading to Class Actions
Thomas A. Evans
Partner
Alston & Bird
Amy Mudge
Partner and Chair Advertising, Marketing and Digital Media Team
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Claudia Lewis
Partner
Venable
- How is the plaintiff’s bar targeting labeling practices governed by the FDCA and other statutes that do not include a private right of action?
- Understanding the role that consumer protection groups (and third parties that hold themselves out as consumer protection organizations) play in policing claims and labeling practices that springboard into class actions
- Assessing the DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act and precedent allowing third-party consumer protection groups the right to sue for allegedly false or misleading claims
- How can companies defend against third-party lawsuits and reduce the risk of these lawsuits?
- Understanding how industry can work with regulators and consumer protection groups to ensure proper claims and self-police thereby avoiding class actions
- Examining the plaintiff’s bar’s recent attempts to police claims and labeling like government regulators through recent class action activity