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Please join us this Friday, April 4, for the highlight of the fashion law calendar – our 15th annual Fashion Law Institute symposium, "FASHION IS FIRE"!

DATE: April 4, 2025
TIME: 9am-6pm
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, 2nd floor
NYS CLE: 6.0 hours total (5.0 professional practice, transitional & non-transitional, and 1.0 diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias)

SCHEDULE:

9:20am
WELCOME: All fired up!

9:30-10:30am
Flamed out: Antitrust law and fashion in the wake of the blocked Tapestry / Capri merger and the Saks / Neiman Marcus acquisition

10:45-11:45am
World on fire: Managing external crises, from political upheaval to natural disasters

12-1pm
LUNCH: (Hopefully not) burnt offerings

1:15-2:15pm
Phoenix rising: Looking ahead to the EU Digital Product Passport, revised FTC Green Guides, and the future of sustainability

2:30-3:30pm
Too hot to handle? “Woke” fashion in the wake of interconnected challenges to DEI, academia, immigration, and drag

3:45-4:45pm
Spark of genius: Protecting IP in the dupe culture era

5-6pm:
RECEPTION: Afterglow

This event will not be livestreamed, but if we are able to record individual panels, we will share the links afterward.

SPEAKERS:

Jana Checa Chong, Louis Vuitton
Bill D'Arienzo, WDA Strategic Brand Marketing
Sindy Ding-Voorhees, Kilpatrick Townsend
Rose D'Orazio, Authentic Brands Group
Ariele Elia, Fashion Law Institute
Avery Fischer, Ralph Lauren Corporation
Mark Fischer, PVH
Laura E. Hansell, Kering
David Horowitz, Media Coalition
Prof. Takashi Ieda, Nanzan University
Kimberly M. Jenkins, The Fashion and Race Database and Artis Solomon Consulting
Hilary Jochmans, Jochmans Consulting
John Maltbie, Louis Vuitton
Olivera Medenica, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller
Susy Mendoza, lululemon
Alice Pang, Ralph Lauren Corporation
Professor Susan Scafidi, Fashion Law Institute
Colette Stanford, SPARC Group
Stacey Foltz Stark, Estée Lauder Companies
Jeff Trexler, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Sara Yood, Jewelers Vigilance Committee
Elnaz Zarrini, Benefit Street Partners

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Inside Out 10

Whether you believe the new president is playing his cards strategically or the jokers are running wild in Washington, the unprecedented flood of executive orders in the first weeks of the administration is affecting many economic sectors and communities, including the fashion industry. From tariffs and trade to immigration, DEI programs, corporate taxes, environmental regulations, and more, the executive branch seems determined to Trump old policies with new ones. How can fashion adapt to these rapid changes and emerge with a winning hand? Join our distinguished panelists as they drop their poker faces and lay their cards on the table for the Fashion Law Institute's 10th annual candid, off-the-record, unrecorded discussion, "Inside Out 10: Fashion's In-House Counsel on Playing the Political Hand We're Dealt."

DATE: Friday, February 7, 2025
TIME: 9:30-10:45 am
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

Speakers:

Angie Byun, AB World
Louise Firestone, LVMH (formerly)
Laura Hansell, Kering
Jeffrey S. Hellman, PVH Corp.
Hayley Macon, Endeavor
Natalia Tenaglia, G-III Apparel Group
Ashley Valdes, Warby Parker
Moderated by Professor Susan Scafidi, Founder & Director, Fashion Law Institute at Fordham

SOLD OUT!

For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.

Happy Year of the Snake!

Happy 2025 from the Fashion Law Institute, with the number 2 in the shape of a curved snake

CLE Materials – Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge Screening and Panel

Protected: CLE Materials: Inside Out 9

Inside Out 9

SOLD OUT!

Join us for our 9th annual panel featuring fashion's in-house counsel!

Washington may be routinely derided as the city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm, but U.S. federal agencies have been quite busy lately with new proposals and regulations that directly affect the fashion industry. We've asked in-house colleagues to join us for a candid, off-the-record discussion of the agency activities that they're watching closely, from the Copyright Office and AI to the DOL and employee misclassification to the SEC and climate change reporting -- and of course, the question on everyone's mind, wtFTC?! We look forward to seeing you during New York Fashion Week for our 9th annual in-house counsel panel, "Inside Out 9: Fashion's in-house counsel on federal agency agendas"! This session will not be recorded.

DATE: Friday, February 9, 2024
TIME: 9:30-10:45 am
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

Speakers:

Ewa Abrams, Kering
Jeffrey Hellman, PVH
Hayley Macon, Endeavor
Alice Pang, Ralph Lauren
Ashley Valdes, Warby Parker
Moderated by Professor Susan Scafidi, Founder & Director, Fashion Law Institute at Fordham

For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.

14th Annual Symposium

REGISTRATION CLOSED - SOLD OUT!

Join us in person on Thursday, October 10, for the 14th annual Fashion Law Institute symposium!

DATE: October 10, 2024
TIME: 9am-6pm
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, 2nd floor
NYS CLE: 6.0 hours total

PANELS:

9am
Coffee

9:20am
Welcome

9:30–10:30am
Power of the purse: Antitrust issues litigation and fashion

10:45–11:45am
Getting a handle on new laws: Legislative and regulatory update

12–1pm
Lunch

1:15–2:15pm
Statement pieces: Dress codes, mask laws, and freedom of speech

2:30–3:30pm
So last season: Intellectual property challenges in the resale market

3:45–4:45pm
Totes and votes: Politics and the gift of garb

5–6pm
Reception

SPEAKERS:

Christina Asbee, Disability Rights New York
Laurie Berke-Weiss, Berke-Weiss Law
Alessandra Biaggi, American politician, attorney, and activist
Jana Checa Chong, Louis Vuitton
Evan Clark, WWD
Jacob Gallagher, New York Times
Douglas Hand, Hand Baldachin & Associates
Beth Haroules, New York Civil Liberties Union
Hilary Jochmans, Jochmans Consulting
Joshua W. Kapelman, Hilldun
John Maltbie, Louis Vuitton
Laura Zaharia Marion, J.Crew
Olivera Medenica, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller
John Owens Jr., New York City Law Department
Mimi Plange, Designer
Norman Siegel, Siegel Teitelbaum & Evans
Ashley Valdes, Warby Parker
Sara Yood, Jewelers Vigilance Committee
Elnaz Zarrini, Benefit Street Partners

Unzipped

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT AND REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
We look forward to seeing you at a future event!

Fashion is a regular subject of editorial critique, whether as art or commerce, but fashion houses and industry professionals who receive negative attention are unlikely to appreciate the media spotlight. In extreme cases, fashion editors -- who rely on invitations, unlike restaurant or theater critics -- have been banned from runway shows. Journalists and social media commenters have also been threatened with defamation and invasion of privacy claims by irate fashion designers, brands, and photographers, both in the U.S. and in other jurisdictions. How do fashion critics balance access and candor, whether covering collections, reporting news, or analyzing the industry? Do anti-defamation lawsuits have a chilling effect on expression? Can anti-SLAPP laws balance free speech concerns? Please join

Award-winning fashion journalist and author Teri Agins;
Lindsey Schuyler and Tony Liu, the duo behind Diet Prada (infamously sued by Dolce & Gabbana);
Italian attorney Marco Amorese;
Jeff Trexler, Fashion Ethics professor at Fordham and an expert on banned books; and
Professor Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute,

for a Fashion Law Institute panel discussion, "Unzipped! Law and the Art of Speaking Truth to Fashion."

DATE: Thursday, November 9, 2023
TIME: 9:30-10:45am (continental breakfast at 9am)
PLACE: Fordham School of Law, 150 W.62nd St., New York, NY. 10023
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.

Fashion Week Panel: Designing Diversity II

Fashion has taken strides toward greater racial diversity – but as we anticipated in our panel discussion last fall, the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively eviscerated affirmative action, a key civil rights tool for over half a century. While the opinion addressed college admissions policies, its reasoning is far broader, and follow-on cases challenging corporate internships and scholarships are already on the horizon. Could a pledge to stock more products from an underrepresented group, a hiring strategy intended to achieve racial or other forms of diversity, or a program of targeted support for minority designers now be considered unconstitutional? How might the decision affect existing diversity, equity, and inclusion programs? And what are the best legal and ethical strategies for collecting the dividends of diversity and promoting the full spectrum of style in light of the Court's decision? Our panel of experts for "Designing Diversity after Affirmative Action, Part II" will discuss these questions and more. Join us at the beginning of New York Fashion Week to celebrate the Fashion Law Institute's 13th anniversary and engage in one of our favorite roles: cutting-edge analysis and constructive problem solving.

DATE: Friday, September 8, 2023
TIME: 9:30-10:45am (breakfast 9am)
PLACE: Fordham Law, 150 W. 62nd St., 2nd floor (Bateman Room)
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours Ethics and Professionalism, transitional and non-transitional

SPEAKERS:
Angie Byun, AB World
Hayley Macon, Endeavor
Jeff Trexler, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Kenya Wiley, Georgetown University

MODERATOR:
Professor Susan Scafidi
Founder & Director, Fashion Law Institute

Due to the social significance of this topic, there is no required registration fee. Voluntary donations are welcome – and tax-deductible!

Register now!