15th Annual Symposium

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
REGISTER NOW!