Webinar: Product Safety Compliance Programs Under Attack

April 28, 2022
2:00 PM ET to 3:00 PM ET | Online

Audience:

Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.

Description:

Programs to promote compliance with product safety obligations and reporting requirements over potential defects - used by manufacturers, importers, and retailers - have been subject to increased scrutiny in civil penalty actions brought by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and in product liability litigation.

Please join Norton Rose Fulbright and ESi for a discussion of how such companies can fortify a compliance program to minimize these litigation challenges.
 
Attendees of this webinar will learn:
  • How government and private attorney have asserted the inadequacy of companies' compliance programs.
  • How such claims have been resolved in court and in CPSC settlements.
  • Litigation strategies for cases involving allegations of inadequate compliance programs
  • Risk assessment in compliance program design. 
     
Speakers:
Jeff Margulies
Partner-in-Charge, Los Angeles and San Francisco
Norton Rose Fulbright 

Jeff Margulies focuses on litigation, compliance, and regulatory issues regarding consumer products and the companies that manufacture, distribute, and sell them. Jeff defends companies in consumer class action litigation matters relating to false advertising, product compliance and privacy issues. His regulatory practice involves a variety of state, federal and international environmental, product safety, chemical management and related regulatory issues, advertising and labelling requirements, as well as consumer privacy, and encompasses compliance, enforcement and litigation. 

 
D'Lesli M. Davis
US Head of Life Sciences and Healthcare
Norton Rose Fulbright 
D'Lesli's practice focuses on the representation of pharmaceutical and medical device clients in high stakes litigation in state and federal courts across the country, in MDLs and consolidated proceedings, governmental actions, commercial, economic loss, and product liability matters.  Whether it be contentious trial and discovery battles against some of the most highly successful representatives of the plaintiff's bar in some of the country's most difficult jurisdictions, heading up national pharmacovigilance teams defending drug safety decisions, or working on complex resolution programs, D'Lesli brings tireless preparation, outside-the-box thinking and a dynamic approach to her cases. D'Lesli believes strong relationships with in-house counsel ensure not only a fulsome understanding of the client's definition of success, but the strongest foundation from which to best achieve it. https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-US/people/10101.

Joseph Mohorovic
Former CPSC Commissioner, Senior Managing Consultant
ESi

A board-certified product safety expert and former CPSC Commissioner, Joe Mohorovic provides guidance on product safety compliance management, regulatory risk, product liability defense, expert testimony and dispute resolution.

Moderator:
Trisha Dello Iacono
Director, Sustainability
AAFA

Trisha leads AAFA’s sustainability and product safety initiatives and is the chief liaison to AAFA’s Product Safety Council and Environmental Committee. With a proven track record of elevating sustainability, Trisha joins AAFA from the Mom’s Clean Air Force — an environmental grass-roots advocacy group. Trisha spent the past decade working with Members of Congress to advocate for policies that protect children’s health, as it relates to the environment. Her work has been recognized by the New York Times, E&E News, Forbes, and the Philadelphia Inquirer, to name a few, as well as by congressional leaders, such as Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer.

Trisha has a Master of Business Administration and a BS in Marketing. She serves on the board for the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health in NYC and is a member of the Women of EVs global organization, where she is recognized for her previous work in the transportation sector.