15th Annual Symposium

Fifteenth Annual Symposium, Fashion is Fire, April 4, 2025, next to image of a phoenix with the Fashion Law Institute needle-and-spool of thread gavel logo

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!

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