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Morrison Foerster is a proud sponsor of the Consumer Brands CPG Legal Forum. The forum is the premier gathering for senior legal...

Morrison Foerster is a proud sponsor of the Consumer Brands CPG Legal Forum. The forum is the premier gathering for senior legal professionals in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, from household and personal care to food and beverage products, taking place at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, California.On Thursday, February 27, Morrison Foerster will participate at a roundtable to discuss “On the Horizon: The Next Class of Chemicals Fueling Intrigue and Risk” at 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. PST, immediately following the general session conclusion at 5:00 p.m. This session will cover the Chemical management issues proliferate in litigation and regulatory requirements involving chemicals, including Prop 65, TSCA, OSHA, FHSA, and the European Union’s REACH and RoHS Directives—presenting a host of issues of which CPG lawyers need to be aware. Our speakers will explore current thinking and look around the corner at emerging chemicals management issues with a horizon scan of inputs from media, research, international organizations, NGOs, and more.Event Details﻿<ul><li>Speaker Arrival: 5:00 p.m. – 5:05 p.m. PST.</li><li>There will be two rotations of approximately 25 to 30 minutes each within the hour timeslot.</li><li>We expect five to12 participants per roundtable rotation.</li><li>Exciting prizes will be raffled off at the end of the second rotation.</li><li>Please feel free to bring handouts relevant to your table’s topic to facilitate discussion and provide additional resources for participants.</li></ul>View <a href="https://consumerbrandsassociation.org/events/cpg-legal-forum/sessions/#roundtable" target="_blank">roundtable sessions </a>for the forum.<hr>

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Drawing on his considerable experience in environmental health, William (Bill) focuses his practice on environmental and consumer protection law, with an emphasis on climate-related goals and claims, hazardous substances, mass torts, and consumer product safety. Bill started his career at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel in San Francisco, and he currently leads the firm’s environmental practice.Bill routinely advises clients in connection with their carbon reduction and climate-related goals and claims (including carbon neutral and net zero carbon commitments) and helps clients substantiate their claims and avoid greenwashing claims. He frequently advises clients in connection with the Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides, state consumer protection statutes, and a broad range of sustainability and chemical disclosure laws. He defends clients in environmental and consumer class action litigation in courts throughout the country and is highly regarded for his ability to coordinate technical, legal, and communications teams to counsel clients through crises. He has tried cases in state and federal courts for a variety of complex and multidistrict litigation matters, including product liability claims and environmental and land use disputes.Bill represents the firm’s clients in nearly every aspect of environmental regulation and supports the firm’s global transactional practices in all areas of U.S. environmental law. He is also a member of the firm’s ESG + Sustainability Steering Committee.<h5>Environmental Litigation and Regulatory</h5>Bill has represented the firm’s clients before a broad range of environmental regulatory agencies in rulemaking proceedings, permit applications, and appeals and enforcement actions. Bill heads MoFo’s environmental due diligence teams and serves as the lead on transactional negotiations involving environmental liability risks, including significant experience in cross-border transactions.<h5>Consumer Class Action, False Advertising, and Product Liability</h5>Bill has broad experience in consumer class action and false advertising litigation, especially concerning claims of health or environmental benefits. He has also advised numerous well known life sciences, technology, and consumer product companies on consumer disclosures and warnings, including compliance with U.S. and European requirements governing product safety.<h5>More About Bill</h5>Before entering private practice, Bill clerked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX Office of Regional Counsel, where he assisted in the prosecution and resolution of cases brought by the U.S. Department of Justice for violation of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.Bill received his J.D. with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center and completed the Law and Public Health program sponsored by Georgetown University and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Through this program, he earned a master’s in public health, as well as specialty certification in environmental health risk assessment from the Johns Hopkins Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute. At Georgetown, he was an executive editor of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Journal and received the CALI Award for Excellence in International Environmental Law. In 2000, he studied law at the Universidad de Mendoza, in Mendoza, Argentina, as an international law fellow. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Consumer Brands CPG Legal Forum

27 Feb 2025