Category: Conferences & Seminars

  • Shook Attorneys to Join Panel on Food Litigation Trends at ABA Conference

    Shook Partner Greg Wu will join “Recent Trends in Food and Beverage Labeling Litigation,” a panel moderated by Partner Amir Nassihi, at the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Hot Topics in Toxic Torts and Environmental Law conference in Coronado, California, on April 6, 2019. The panelists will “take a broad look at the types of cases…

  • NIAA Conference to Focus on Consumer Role in Food Production, Food Supply and Food Safety

    The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) has scheduled its annual conference for April 11-14, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas. Titled “Consumers’ Stake in Today’s Food Production: Meeting Growing Demands with Integrity,” the event will include presentations on food supply and food safety issues. Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Co-Chair Mark Anstoetter…

  • Shook Partner to Address 2010 GMA Consumer Complaints Conference

    Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Co-Chair Madeleine McDonough will discuss “Pre-Litigation Risk Management Strategies” at the GMA Consumer Complaints Conference slated for April 7-9, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The conference is designed specifically for food industry staff working in the areas of consumer affairs, call center management, consumer complaints, product liability claims,…

  • SHB Partners to Address GMA Food Claims and Litigation Conference

    GMA will conduct a conference in Austin, Texas, February 23-25, 2010, titled “2010 Food Claims & Litigation Conference: Emerging Issues in Food-Related Litigation.” Among those scheduled to speak are Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partners Amy Crouch, Greg Fowler, Paul La Scala, and Frank Rothrock. Crouch and Fowler will discuss “Trends in Global Food Litigation: Class…

  • Shook Partner to Speak During Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Conference

    Shook, Hardy & Bacon Corporate Law Partner Nate Muyskens will join a panel of distinguished speakers in Washington, D.C. at a Legal iQ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) conference, September 21-23, 2009. Co-sponsored by Shook, the conference brings together counsel from global corporations and federal enforcement agencies to address FCPA issues with a specific focus on “Defining New…

  • McDonough to Address Risks Related to Food Imports at Food-Borne Illness Litigation Forum

    Shook Agribusiness and Food Safety Practice Co-Chair Madeleine McDonough will serve on a panel during the American Conference Institute’s “3rd National Forum on FoodBorne Illness Litigation, Advanced Strategies for Assessing, Managing & Defending Food Contamination Claims,” to be held October 26-27, 2009, in Chicago. McDonough joins a faculty that includes federal regulators and in-house counsel…

  • GMA Announces 2009 Consumer Complaints Conference

    The Grocery Manufactures Association has announced its 2009 Consumer Complaints Conference, Modern Management of Consumer Complaints: Unlocking the Secrets of Great Service, slated for May 6-8, 2009, in New Orleans, Louisiana. SHB Partner Paul La Scala will present a May 7 session on “Electronic Document Preparation, Management and Retention in the Claims Process.”