2026 Speakers
Speaker Line-Up
A look at the legal leaders who will shape this year's Retail Law Conference.
Alexandria Schroeder
Director Counsel, Financial Products & Payments
Alexandria (Alex) Reyes Schroeder is Director Counsel at Target Corporation in Minneapolis, MN, where she provides legal and regulatory guidance to the retailer related to financial products and payments, loyalty programs, subscriptions, and marketing. In addition to her work at Target, Alex serves on drafting committee for the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| Navigating Credit Card Costs, Compliance, and Co-Brand Renewals
Alexis Buese
Partner
Alexis Buese is a partner in Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s Tampa office where she focuses on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on consumer-facing industries and retail brands. She defends retailers and consumer product companies in high-stakes class actions involving advertising practices, pricing claims, product defects, and data privacy issues. Alexis also counsels brands on litigation risk stemming from advertising, branding, consumer engagement strategies, and regulatory frameworks impacting retail and online platforms.
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Retail Class Action Situation Room: Real-Time Risk Decisions for In-House Counsel
Allyson Maltas
Deputy Chief Trial Counsel, Bureau of Competition
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| Loyalty on Trial: The Antitrust and Consumer Litigation Reckoning for Rewards
Amy Howe
Founder
Thursday October 15, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
| A Changing Court: The Supreme Court Today
Amy Mudge
Partner
Amy Ralph Mudge, the leader of BakerHostetler’s Advertising, Marketing and Digital Media team, has successfully counseled major advertisers through bet-the-company enforcement investigations and competitor challenges for more than 20 years. She is a Band One Chambers USA-ranked advertising regulatory and NAD lawyer, and a respected thought leader in the advertising law field.
Amy routinely represents top-tier companies before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the National Advertising Division (NAD) and the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), as well as in private, federal and state class action defense, consumer protection and antitrust litigation. From the nation’s best-known food brands, major toy manufacturers and health and wellness names to digital media influencers, cutting-edge Internet companies and consumer products giants, the range of industries in which Amy counsels reflects the strength and breadth of her practice.
A comprehensive counsel, Amy is also skilled at establishing effective compliance programs as well as providing antitrust and marketing law training. Her work includes counseling in all manner of endorsements, including native advertising, influencers, consumer reviews and review websites; the emerging use of AI in advertising; the advertising of NFTs; loyalty programs; e-commerce website and app design, including avoiding dark patterns; subscription marketing; social media marketing; green marketing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments; marketing to children; “Made in USA,” health claim substantiation and other claim support requiring competent and reliable scientific evidence; comparative advertising; pricing claims; and email and text message marketing.
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| The *Dynamic* Price is Right!
Ana Tagvoryan
Partner
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Beyond the Algorithm: Defending the Next Wave of Pricing Transparency Litigation
Andrea Lucas
Chair
Friday October 16, 2026
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM
| Inside the EEOC: A Conversation with Chair Andrea Lucas
Angela Liberto
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Private Label Legal Risks: Building and Protecting Your In-House Brand
Asha Allam
Special Counsel
Asha’s practice focuses on enforcement and litigation issues involving consumer product safety law, regulatory compliance and risk management, administrative law, and unfair competition claims. Building on 15+ years of experience in trial advocacy centered on product engineering and intellectual property issues, she helps companies transform technical data and market insights into nuanced legal strategies, navigating complex, high-stakes or multijurisdictional disputes with holistic, business-oriented solutions.
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| EPR Advice Your C-Suite Will Actually Use
Brittany Adams
Vice President, Labor and Employment Law
Friday October 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
| Keeping OSHA Out of Your Aisles: Strategies for Large Retailers
Carl Frazier-Sparks
Senior Lead Counsel for Commercial and Consumer Litigation | Group Director
Friday October 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
| Fighting Back Against the Plaintiff’s Bar: A Defense-Side Playbook on Offensive Tactics
Cassidy Sehgal-Kolbet
Chief Regulatory and Privacy Officer
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| AI in the Hot Seat: A Live Hypothetical on Privacy, Advertising & Youth Marketing
Chanell Bracey-Davis
Human Relations Business Partner and Labor Strategies Leader
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| Worker Activism, Unionization, and the NLRB – 2026 and Beyond
Christina MacDonald
Associate General Counsel
Friday October 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
| Placing Ads in AI Chatbots
Christine Reilly
Partner
Christine Reilly heads the firm’s consumer protection, advertising and competition practice. She defends companies in consumer class actions and other major civil litigation in various areas, including consumer protection, unfair competition, and false and deceptive advertising. She also represents clients facing investigations and proceedings initiated by the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission and other federal and state regulatory agencies.
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Beyond the Algorithm: Defending the Next Wave of Pricing Transparency Litigation
Colleen Devanney
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| In-House Legal Teams are the Secret to eCommerce Revenue and Profitability
Collin Vierra
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
| Fighting Back Against the Plaintiff’s Bar: A Defense-Side Playbook on Offensive Tactics
Corie Barry
CEO
Wednesday October 14, 2026
3:20 PM - 4:00 PM
| The CEO-CLO Partnership: Trust, Judgment, and Enterprise Leadership
Courtney Malveaux
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
| Keeping OSHA Out of Your Aisles: Strategies for Large Retailers
Craig Cardon
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| Laying It All Out There: A Law Firm's AI Evolution
Crystal Kaldjob
Partner
A partner in Goodwin’s Financial Industry group, Crystal focuses her practice on advising financial services clients on a wide range of issues in regulatory and transactional contexts. Crystal provides practical, solution-oriented regulatory and transactional assistance to merchants, emerging companies, fintech companies, banks and other financial institutions on strategic partnerships, including structuring and negotiating private label, co-brand credit card and point-of-sale financing partnerships, asset purchases, and loan portfolio sales and acquisitions. Her regulatory experience involves advising fintechs, financial institutions and merchants on compliance with consumer and retail banking laws, including laws related to the offering and operation of consumer credit, deposit, payments and other financial products and services.
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| Navigating Credit Card Costs, Compliance, and Co-Brand Renewals
Daniel Campbell
Partner
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| IEEPA 2.0: Navigating the Current U.S. Tariff Landscape
Danielle Hohos
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| California Employment Litigation Trends for Retailers: What’s Changed, What’s Trending, and What to Do Now
Daren Garcia
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| In-House Legal Teams are the Secret to eCommerce Revenue and Profitability
David Benck
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Currently serves as North American General Counsel for JD Sports Fashion which includes approximately 2,600 JD Sports, Hibbett Sports, Shoe Palace, DTLR, Finish Line, and City Gear stores. Also serves on the Court appointed Oversight Committee In re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Nationwide Antitrust Litigation; and has previously served on the Boards of Directors for the American Arbitration Association (New York), Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank (Atlanta), The World Games 2022 (Birmingham), and USA Gymnastics (Indianapolis).
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Beyond the Algorithm: Defending the Next Wave of Pricing Transparency Litigation
David Kastin
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
David M. Kastin is Executive Vice President, General Counsel of The Vitamin Shoppe, having previously served as chief legal officer for leading consumer-facing companies, including Bed Bath & Beyond. A public and private company General Counsel and executive leadership team member, he has guided and advised leading consumer-facing companies through complex transactions such as IPOs, M&A, financings and restructurings. He also serves as an independent director of Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company. Mr. Kastin holds a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a B.B.A. in Finance from The George Washington University.
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Turning the Tide: Tactical Blueprints for Shipping Act Litigation
David Keeling
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Friday October 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
| Keeping OSHA Out of Your Aisles: Strategies for Large Retailers
David Orensten
Director, Corporate Counsel
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Beyond the Fine Print: Strategic Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy Disclosures to Mitigate Class Action and Mass Arbitration Risk
David Zetoony
Shareholder
David Zetoony is a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig and Co-Chair of the firm’s US Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice – he has been ranked by Chambers USA and Global Guides, listed in The Best Lawyers in America, named a BTI Client Service All-Star multiple times, and was selected by Lawdragon as one of the “500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers.” His practice focuses heavily on the retail sector and the intersection between data privacy and advertising. While he has a background defending companies in regulatory investigations and class actions, he primarily helps companies build privacy compliance programs designed to avoid regulatory and litigation risk.
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Targeted Advertising: Cookies & Pixels Were Just the Beginning …
David Zins
Partner
David Zins is a leader in employment class action litigation. He represents a wide array of California employers, with a focus on defending leading retailers, manufacturers, financial institutions, and tech companies in high-stakes disputes over wage-and-hour matters. He has a long track record of defeating putative class actions, PAGA representative actions, and FLSA collective actions. He also has significant experience defending employers against claims of wrongful termination, employment discrimination, retaliation, and other kinds of employment liability.
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| California Employment Litigation Trends for Retailers: What’s Changed, What’s Trending, and What to Do Now
Elaine Lester
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Employment & Litigation
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Retail Class Action Situation Room: Real-Time Risk Decisions for In-House Counsel
Elizabeth Hill
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Elizabeth Hill is the Vice President and Associate General Counsel at JD Group North America, overseeing legal operations for top sports fashion retailers like JD Finish Line, Hibbett, DTLR, and Shoe Palace. She advises HR, Operations, and leadership on employment law and compliance, manages investigations, employee relations, litigation, and disputes, and provides actionable legal guidance to support the company's fast-paced retail growth. Elizabeth plays a crucial role in impacting JD Group's expansive network of 2,500+ stores and 40,000+ employees across North America, with a commitment to passion, growth, and opportunity.
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Retail Class Action Situation Room: Real-Time Risk Decisions for In-House Counsel
Ephraim McDowell
Partner
Eric Stahl
Associate General Counsel, Safety and Litigation
Eric Stahl serves as the Associate General Counsel for Safety and Litigation at IKEA U.S. Eric manages all product and consumer litigation in the U.S and oversees compliance with federal and state product requirements, including CPSC, FDA, USDA, and FTC regulations. Charged with safeguarding IKEA’s commitment to consumer trust and safety, Eric works directly with designers, regulators, advocates, and industry leaders. With a network of partnerships across the global IKEA supply chain, Eric provides strategic counsel to navigate the complex U.S. legal landscape while fulfilling IKEA’s mission to provide inspired products to “the many people.” Eric is, in fact, the type of person who enjoys assembling IKEA furniture in his free time and he always has his trusty Allen wrench close at hand.
Prior to joining IKEA, Eric was an associate at an international law firm, representing clients from the consumer products, pharmaceutical, medical device, food, and transportation industries.
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| EPR Advice Your C-Suite Will Actually Use
Erin Illman
Partner
Erin Illman, a Board-Certified Specialist in Privacy and Information Security Law, co-chairs the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Group and leads the Fintech team at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. She advises retailers and B2C companies on privacy issues, cybersecurity threats, and compliance with regulations such as State Privacy Laws, GLBA, HIPAA, and global data protection laws. Erin is skilled in managing privacy-related enforcement actions and litigation, and provides proactive counsel on digital products, security policies, and risk assessments related to sensitive data handling.
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Retail Class Action Situation Room: Real-Time Risk Decisions for In-House Counsel
Erin Kobler
EVP, Chief Legal Officer
Thursday October 15, 2026
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
| The Modern Retail CLO
Evan Friedler
Director, Regulatory & Government Affairs
Friday October 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
| Placing Ads in AI Chatbots
Gizem Tunca
Associate
Gizem is an associate in the firm's Antitrust & Trade Regulation Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on the defense of complex antitrust class action litigation, including her recent representation of a beef packing defendant in the In re Cattle & Beef Antitrust Litigation. She also brings experience representing third-party interests in significant government enforcement proceedings, including the Federal Trade Commission's action against Syngenta and Corteva concerning their loyalty programs.
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| Loyalty on Trial: The Antitrust and Consumer Litigation Reckoning for Rewards
Jaime Santos
Partner
Thursday October 15, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
| A Changing Court: The Supreme Court Today
James Denvil
Partner
Throughout the lifecycles of data-driven initiatives and offerings, James helps clients to identify, assess, and mitigate privacy and cybersecurity risks. As a trusted advisor to clients in the automotive, consumer, technology, and financial sectors he assesses and helps shape emerging regulatory frameworks; he supports the development of practical compliance approaches that align with organizational objectives and cultures; he helps clients navigate the challenges raised by privacy and cybersecurity incidents; and he supports interactions with regulators and policymakers.
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| Here Come the Bots: Retail Considerations for Agentic AI
Jane Ann Neiswender
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Turning the Tide: Tactical Blueprints for Shipping Act Litigation
Jason Schwartz
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM
| Inside the EEOC: A Conversation with Chair Andrea Lucas
Jason Yearout
Assistant General Counsel
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| EPR Advice Your C-Suite Will Actually Use
Jay Ramsey
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| Laying It All Out There: A Law Firm's AI Evolution
Jillian Cho
VP, General Counsel
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| AI in the Hot Seat: A Live Hypothetical on Privacy, Advertising & Youth Marketing
John Brew
Partner
When governments impose barriers to trade that restrict global supply chains, John Brew provides businesses timely, practical, and creative solutions through legal, political, and economic strategies to eliminate obstacles, reduce costs, and minimize the harm caused.
As the former chair of Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group and a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, John has extensive experience in import and export trade regulation, collaborating with corporations, trade associations, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations on customs administration, enforcement, compliance litigation, legislation, and policy matters. He represents clients in proceedings at the administrative and judicial levels as well as before Congress and the international bureaucracies that handle customs and trade matters. John advises clients on all substantive import regulatory issues handled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, such as classification, valuation, origin, marking, tariff preference programs, other agency regulations, admissibility, customs brokerage, Section 321, drawback, foreign trade zones, duty recovery programs, import restrictions, quotas, audits, prior disclosures, penalties, investigations, Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism and trade compliance programs, importations under bond, the Jones Act, and vessel repairs.
John has been at the forefront in assisting clients challenge the onslaught of additional tariffs (e.g., IEEPA) and recovering tariffs paid through successful litigation. He has assisted clients in a broad array of industries (automotive, aerospace, chemical, e-commerce, energy, pharmaceutical, petroleum, textile, apparel and footwear, food and beverage, agricultural, machinery, equipment, electronics, and household goods), providing creative solutions that enable clients to obtain significant duty savings and mitigate draconian customs penalties.
John’s practice also includes representation of clients in other international trade areas, such as human rights (forced labor, withhold release orders, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, modern slavery, and supply chain due diligence); export controls; sanctions; market access; World Trade Organization–related matters; bilateral, multilateral, and regional trade agreements; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; anti-boycott, anti-dumping, and countervailing duty actions; short supply proceedings; Sections 122, 201, 232, 301, and 337; and other import relief actions.
John has been recognized by Chambers USA in the area of International Trade: Customs; Chambers Global in the area of International Trade, U.S.; The Best Lawyers in America in the area of International Trade and Finance Law; Lexology Index in the area of Trade & Customs; and Super Lawyers in the area of International, and he won the 2020 Client Choice Award for International Trade in the United States.
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| IEEPA 2.0: Navigating the Current U.S. Tariff Landscape
John Richards
Shareholder
John Richards is a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig (GT) and Global Chair of the firm’s Retail Industry practice—ranked Band 1 by Chambers USA Nationwide every year since 2007. He also serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Labor & Employment practice. As an established player in the Retail Industry, fashion houses and retailers turn to John and GT’s vast Retail industry experience and global platform to address their legal needs efficiently and seamlessly; meet business objectives; design and implement compliance programs; respond to enforcement actions; and to manage their litigation.
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Targeted Advertising: Cookies & Pixels Were Just the Beginning …
Justin Murphy
Partner
Justin Murphy serves as leader of BakerHostetler’s Antitrust and Competition team. Justin focuses his practice on government enforcement of complex antitrust, fraud and white collar criminal matters and defending against complex civil business litigation. A former federal prosecutor, he represents clients in all aspects of global and domestic antitrust, competition and business-related matters, including grand jury investigations; other government investigations with the DOJ, FTC or State Attorneys’ General offices; nationwide bet-the-company class actions; and other complex criminal and civil litigations. Justin represents clients across a broad range of industries and topics, including bid-rigging, price fixing, procurement fraud, labor market practices, no-poach, pricing algorithms and other AI tools, and monopolization. Justin provides practical and common-sense advice to clients and his experience acting as a first-chair trial attorney makes him a valuable asset to clients in investigations and litigation. He also has extensive experience with internal investigations, corporate governance and regulatory compliance and policies, follow-on civil litigation actions to cartel investigations, and trials and appeals.
Justin previously served as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice, Criminal Antitrust Division, where he investigated and prosecuted domestic and international cartel cases, procurement fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud and obstruction matters. He was selected as one of the few prosecutors to lead the DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) and was also a CHIP (Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property) prosecutor, assisting and advising Antitrust Division attorneys on complex digital evidence and data privacy issues. Justin also has considerable experience working with corporate leniency applicants, including some of the largest and most recent criminal investigations. During his time at DOJ, Justin worked with, advised and trained antitrust enforcement agencies across the globe, including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Israel, Canada, the United Kingdom, Romania and throughout Europe.
Justin is experienced in e-discovery and privacy-related issues in government investigations and criminal matters, including electronic discovery issues, the use of data analytics and computer forensics as investigative tools and negotiating with government investigators. Justin also serves as leader of the firm's Cartel and Government Antitrust Investigations Task Force.
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| The *Dynamic* Price is Right!
Kacy Goebel
Assistant General Counsel
Kacy Goebel is an Assistant General Counsel at The Home Depot, where she manages the company’s commercial class actions, real estate and construction litigation, antitrust litigation, and oversees the customer litigation group. Prior to joining Home Depot in 2015, she was a member of Jones Day’s Business and Tort Litigation group. She is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School and the University of South Carolina Honors College. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, stepchildren, and yellow lab.
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| Leave Your Wallet at Home: Best Practices for Having Suppliers Live Up to Their Indemnity Obligations
Karl Huth
Partner
Karl Huth is a partner and the founder of Huth Reynolds LLP. An accomplished trial lawyer and litigator, Karl has extensive experience in maritime, complex commercial litigation, arbitration, antitrust, securities, patent, and regulatory matters. Harvard College, A.B.; Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Turning the Tide: Tactical Blueprints for Shipping Act Litigation
Kelly Alto
VP, Legal – Marketing, Privacy and Retail Operations
Kelly M. Alto is Vice President, Legal at Victoria’s Secret & Co., a global specialty retailer of intimates, lingerie, apparel, and fragrances. At VS&Co, Kelly oversees the global privacy, marketing & retail operations team, as well as the employment and legal strategy & operations teams. With over a decade of in-house retail experience, Kelly is known for her collaborative approach and ability to build strong business partnerships to deliver creative legal solutions for business-driving initiatives. Prior to joining Victoria’s Secret & Co. in 2021, Kelly served as legal counsel at Abercrombie & Fitch and led Cardinal Health’s global privacy program.
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Targeted Advertising: Cookies & Pixels Were Just the Beginning …
Keri Bruce
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| AI in the Hot Seat: A Live Hypothetical on Privacy, Advertising & Youth Marketing
Larry Spiegel
Partner and General Counsel
Friday October 16, 2026
11:25 AM - 12:30 PM
| Ethics and Professional Responsibility for In-House Counsel
Laura Pierson-Scheinberg
Principal
Laura A. Pierson-Scheinberg is a principal in the San Francisco, California, and Baltimore, Maryland, offices of Jackson Lewis P.C., co-leader of the firm’s Labor Relations practice group and co-leader of the Retail industry group. Laura represents employers in labor and employment matters, with a particular focus on traditional labor issues, union elections and unfair labor practice charges. Laura's background includes bargaining for both large and small clients from a local to a national level in a wide range of industries, including, but not limited to, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| Worker Activism, Unionization, and the NLRB – 2026 and Beyond
Maimouna Goudiaby
Counsel, Global Regulatory
Maïmouna Goudiaby is a French commercial and regulatory lawyer advising clients on complex legal and compliance matters, with a particular focus on retail, e-commerce, and consumer-facing businesses. She has significant experience supporting companies across the full product lifecycle, from development to market launch, including structuring distribution models, supply chains, and logistics frameworks.
Maïmouna regularly assists clients in navigating regulatory requirements affecting product compliance, consumer law, advertising, and supply chain traceability across multiple jurisdictions. Drawing on her in-house experience with a leading U.S. multinational organization, she has developed strong expertise in managing cross-border legal and operational challenges and in designing pragmatic, business-oriented compliance solutions.
Her international experience across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa enables her to advise global retailers on how to address regulatory fragmentation and align legal, compliance, and business teams in complex, fast-evolving environments. She is also an editor for Panoramic - Luxury and Fashion.
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| Here Come the Bots: Retail Considerations for Agentic AI
Maneesha Mithal
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
| Placing Ads in AI Chatbots
Maria Leggett
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| IEEPA 2.0: Navigating the Current U.S. Tariff Landscape
Marvin Kaplan
Principal
Marvin Kaplan is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Marvin, a former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), advises clients on labor and employment issues, focusing on union organizing and labor-management relations. Over his eight years on the NLRB, Marvin participated in over 900 decisions, including decisions addressing the lawfulness of captive audience speeches and work rules, and the standards for determining the composition of a bargaining unit and whether an individual is an independent contractor, and several rulemakings, defining a joint-employer and laying out procedures governing representation elections.
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| Worker Activism, Unionization, and the NLRB – 2026 and Beyond
Mary Topfer
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate and Governance
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Private Label Legal Risks: Building and Protecting Your In-House Brand
Matt Howsare
Partner
Matt is the chair of Cooley’s North American product safety practice and a leading global consumer product safety and compliance lawyer who counsels manufacturers, retailers, distributors, trade associations and consumer product companies on issues within all aspects of a product’s life cycle. From preventative counseling incorporated before a product launch, to manufacturing and defect management, and recall strategies and governmental compliance adherence, Matt’s experience spans the most challenging product related issues faced by companies around the world.
Specifically, Matt helps clients find solutions in response to concerns surrounding product safety reporting, recalls, defect investigations, civil penalties, inspections, import seizures, internal compliance programs, compliance safety, as well as civil and criminal litigation resulting from product compliance and safety related incidents. Matt advises clients in highly regulated industries such as apparel, children’s toys, fitness equipment, office supplies, household furniture, products requiring child resistant packaging, arts & crafts materials, books, recreational and sporting equipment, appliances, lighters, heating and cooling equipment, home decorations, promotional products, household cleaners and many other types of consumer products.
Matt previously served as the chair of the consumer safety product practice at Mintz and as the chief of staff at the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Matt is also actively involved in the national and international product safety community. He has served on the board of directors of the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization since 2016 and was recently elected president of the organization.
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| EPR Advice Your C-Suite Will Actually Use
Matthew Reynolds
Partner
Huth Reynolds LLP partner and co-founder Matthew Reynolds has over 20 years of experience in complex litigation, arbitration, and investigations, with antitrust, maritime, class actions, and multi-jurisdictional matters as areas of particular focus. A graduate of Columbia University School of Law, he previously served as law clerk to U.S. District Judges Mark S. Davis and Jerome B. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and worked at international law firms in New York, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Frankfurt, Germany. A long-time member of leadership in the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law, Matthew also served as a regular co-host of its weekly podcast, Our Curious Amalgam.
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Turning the Tide: Tactical Blueprints for Shipping Act Litigation
Matthew Scott
Vice President, Legal and General Counsel - The Americas
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| In-House Legal Teams are the Secret to eCommerce Revenue and Profitability
Meredith Slawe
Partner
Meredith Slawe is co-leader of Skadden’s consumer class action and mass arbitration practice. She is one of the country's premier class action defense lawyers and represents leading companies across industries in their most significant consumer-facing matters. She has been the architect of creative strategies that have led to the dismissal of significant matters and has never had a contested class certified in any case. Meredith is a recognized thought leader on mass arbitration trends and defense strategies. Meredith graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Beyond the Fine Print: Strategic Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy Disclosures to Mitigate Class Action and Mass Arbitration Risk
Michelle Kim Vaughan
DVP, Deputy General Counsel - Litigation and Compliance
Michelle has almost 20 years of experience in the legal field dealing with constitutional, political, employment, regulatory, and commercial law. She has worked for federal agencies, law firms, and the federal judiciary. In her roles she has litigated, written regulations, and provided counsel to various corporations, nonprofit organizations, and state and federal entities on issues involving contracts, compliance, legislation, risk, and policy. Michelle Vaughan currently serves as Deputy General Counsel at REI, where she is reinventing the Co-op's enterprise compliance program, collaborating closely with REI’s internal and external brand partners, and defending REI in the many types of litigation that retailers face in our current environment. In addition to working with cross-divisional partners on various Co-op wide compliance initiatives, she also partners with Trade Compliance, Sustainability, and Supply Chain on various trade and forced labor issues."
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| IEEPA 2.0: Navigating the Current U.S. Tariff Landscape
Michelle Lawson
Assistant General Counsel, Merchandising and Marketing
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| The *Dynamic* Price is Right!
Mike McTigue
Partner
Mike McTigue, a co-leader of Skadden’s consumer class action and mass arbitration practice, is one of the country’s preeminent class action defense litigators and is widely regarded for his work representing companies in high-stakes litigation and mass arbitration matters. Mr. McTigue has a successful record of obtaining early dismissals and plaintiffs’ voluntarily dismissal of claims, defending cases on the merits, defeating class certification, negotiating favorable individual settlements and curtailing the efforts of professional litigants. Mike graduated from University of Pennsylvania and the Boston University School of Law.
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Beyond the Fine Print: Strategic Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy Disclosures to Mitigate Class Action and Mass Arbitration Risk
Monique Britton
Group Vice President, Associate General Counsel
Monique Britton is Group Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Abercrombie & Fitch Co., a leading, global, omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories for men, women and kids, which operates retail stores in 46 U.S. states, and 15 countries around the world. At Abercrombie & Fitch, Monique leads the global data privacy and labor and employment teams. She created the first ever privacy program at Abercrombie & Fitch and has continued to manage the program for over 10 years. Monique has 18+ years as in-house legal counsel for retail and consumer goods companies.
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Targeted Advertising: Cookies & Pixels Were Just the Beginning …
Nick Hoffman
Partner
Nick Hoffman is a trial attorney who handles complex, high-stakes disputes. Nick has a national practice counseling and representing clients in major litigation in a wide range of industries, including consumer products, technology, biotechnology, medicine, software, food and beverage, apparel, entertainment, sports, and media. In 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, Nick was named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine. Regularly acting as lead counsel for billion-dollar companies, Nick is sought after for his creative strategies, business-oriented vision, and track record of outstanding results. Nick is a graduate of UCLA School of Law, where he was an editor for the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology. Prior to law school, he earned a B.S. in Biochemistry from UCLA and worked at a biotechnology company developing blood diagnostics tests. A full professional profile can be found here.
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| Loyalty on Trial: The Antitrust and Consumer Litigation Reckoning for Rewards
Nicolette Hudson
VP, Legal - Global Head of Intellectual Property and Brand Protection
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| In-House Legal Teams are the Secret to eCommerce Revenue and Profitability
Rachel Hudson
Senior Counsel, Privacy Legal
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| Laying It All Out There: A Law Firm's AI Evolution
Rene G. Casares
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Thursday October 15, 2026
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
| The Modern Retail CLO
Ryan Douglas
Principal
Ryan has worked in payments consulting for nearly 20 years with previous roles at First Annapolis and Accenture Payments. He has had the privilege of working with many of the largest merchants, banks, and card networks in North America, partnering to bring innovative payment products to market. Over the past decade, Ryan has led some of the credit card industry’s largest M&A and RFP engagements, spanning a wide range of product types—from private label and co-brand credit cards to sales financing and buy now, pay later solutions. He also brings a distinctive skill set through his leadership of Gate One’s implementation and launch support engagements, drawing on experience designing and deploying payment platforms for leading banks and FinTech firms.
Thursday October 15, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
| Navigating Credit Card Costs, Compliance, and Co-Brand Renewals
Samantha Custard
Senior Director, Associate General Counsel
Thursday October 15, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
| Private Label Legal Risks: Building and Protecting Your In-House Brand
Sarah Bruno
Partner
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| AI in the Hot Seat: A Live Hypothetical on Privacy, Advertising & Youth Marketing
Sean Daru
Vice President and Associate General Counsel – Real Estate, Construction, LP, and Store Litigation
Thursday October 15, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
| Beyond the Fine Print: Strategic Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy Disclosures to Mitigate Class Action and Mass Arbitration Risk
Stacey Keegan
Chief Privacy Officer and Associate General Counsel
Stacey Keegan is Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at The Home Depot, where she leads a multidisciplinary team of senior legal, privacy, and data governance professionals and oversees a broad legal portfolio spanning privacy and data governance, technology transactions, e-commerce, and payments/credit. She chairs the company's Privacy and Data Governance Committee and plays a leadership role in Responsible AI, cybersecurity, technology risk, and incident-response governance. Stacey holds the CIPP/US, CIPP/C, and CIPM certifications, serves on RILA's Privacy Leaders Council, and earned her J.D. from Emory University School of Law.
Wednesday October 14, 2026
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
| Here Come the Bots: Retail Considerations for Agentic AI
Steve Vladeck
Professor of Federal Courts
Thursday October 15, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
| A Changing Court: The Supreme Court Today
Tarah Powell-Chen
Associate General Counsel and Director - Privacy, Cyber Security and Marketing
Friday October 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| Laying It All Out There: A Law Firm's AI Evolution
Todd Hartman
EVP, Chief Legal and Risk Officer
Todd Hartman is the executive vice president and chief legal and risk officer for Best Buy Co. Inc. He is responsible for the company’s legal, global risk and compliance functions, as well as serving as corporate secretary.
Todd joined Best Buy in 2006 and has held a number of leadership roles within the company, including as deputy general counsel, chief compliance officer and vice president of strategic alliances.
Before joining Best Buy, Todd was a partner at Minneapolis law firm Robins Kaplan. A Minnesota native, he worked for several years as a telecommunications and technology attorney in Washington, D.C., before returning to Minneapolis.
He serves as chair of the Best Buy Foundation and is on the board of the Guthrie Theater. He also serves on the Board of the Retail Litigation Center and as adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Todd received his bachelor’s degree in communications from Northwestern University and his law degree from Harvard Law School.
Wednesday October 14, 2026
3:20 PM - 4:00 PM
| The CEO-CLO Partnership: Trust, Judgment, and Enterprise Leadership
Tomi Oshita
Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| Loyalty on Trial: The Antitrust and Consumer Litigation Reckoning for Rewards
Tritia Murata
Partner
Tritia Murata is a seasoned California litigator who defends businesses against employment class actions and other complex lawsuits, specializing in wage-and-hour cases. Recognized as an "Employment MVP" (Law360) and a "trailblazer" in employment litigation (National Law Journal), Tritia is the go-to attorney for employers seeking to defeat class certification as well as high-exposure actions brought under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Widely regarded as an expert on PAGA actions, Tritia led the team that secured a complete defense win for a retail grocery client in a seminal PAGA suitable seating trial. This trial win was upheld in a landmark California appellate decision confirming that PAGA actions are equitable and triable to the court, not a jury. Tritia is also a trusted advisor outside of the courtroom, providing practical labor and employment advice tailored to specific clients across various industries – from the technology, healthcare, and financial services sectors to restaurants and retail.
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| California Employment Litigation Trends for Retailers: What’s Changed, What’s Trending, and What to Do Now
Will Barnette
Partner
Will Barnette is a partner in the Atlanta office of King & Spalding, where he is a member of the firm’s business litigation practice and class action defense group. During his 30-year career, Will has consistently led clients to successful outcomes in their most sensitive and high exposure class action, MDL, and related regulatory matters. From litigating high-stakes tobacco class actions at the turn of the century, to defending massive data breach litigation in the last decade, and winning several lucrative antitrust opt-out settlements more recently, Will has played a key role in much of the leading complex litigation of the era and led clients to tremendous success on both sides of the “v.”
Thursday October 15, 2026
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
| Leave Your Wallet at Home: Best Practices for Having Suppliers Live Up to Their Indemnity Obligations
