Overview
Significant class action cases involving different types of FDA-regulated products have been prevalent in the past several years. This webinar will discuss recent trends in class action litigation, including jurisdictions in which actions are most frequently filed, common claims theories, and settlement strategies. Speakers will also discuss how recent amendments to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure could affect litigation strategy, the evolving standard of ascertainability in addressing class certification, and damages models. Finally, we will look at the future of class actions for FDA-regulated products.
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Speakers
Anthony Anscombe, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
August Horvath, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
William Janssen, Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law
Glenn Lammi, Chief Counsel, Legal Studies Division, Washington Legal Foundation
ANTHONY ANSCOMBE is a partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP. His practice centers on the intersection between civil litigation and the pervasive regulatory schemes that govern the food and beverage, life science, cosmetic, retail, and automotive industries. He devotes most of his time to the defense of class actions involving allegations of consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices, breach of warranty, and violations of consumer protection statutes. For his food and beverage, life science, personal care, and retail clients, Anthony provides counsel on advertising compliance, risk management, and a wide range of commercial practices. Anthony currently serves as a member of the editorial board of the Food and Drug Law Journal. He is a member of the Chicago Section of the Institute of Food Technologists. He regularly speaks and writes on topics of interest to the food and beverage industry. He is a member of the state bars of California and Illinois and is admitted to practice before federal courts around the country. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his law degree from the University of Virginia.
AUGUST HORVATH, a partner in Foley Hoag’s Advertising & Marketing practice, is a noted advertising and antitrust attorney. He counsels clients on how to substantiate and defend marketing claims they wish to make for their products and services, helps them challenge false and disparaging advertising by their competitors, and assists them in managing relationships with competitors, customers and suppliers without running afoul of antitrust laws.
William M. Janssen is a professor of law at the Charleston School of Law, in Charleston, South Carolina, where he teaches products liability litigation, mass torts, civil procedure, and first amendment (church/state) law. He has published and spoken widely on the legal environment impacting the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biologics communities, as well as on federal civil practice and procedure. Before his appointment to the Charleston faculty, Professor Janssen was a litigation partner in a midAtlantic AmLaw 200 law firm where he served as Chair of his firm’s Life Sciences interdisciplinary practice group. He has been named a “Key Author” by West Publishing Company, is “AV”-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and was four times honored by the students of this law school as their “professor-of-the-year”. 
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