ILR Summit 2023 Agenda | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Great Hall

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.

Opening Remarks

  • Harold Kim | President, Institute for Legal Reform & Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President | U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

9:05 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

You Can’t Handle the Truth! Free Enterprise and The Rule of Law at Risk

  • Neil Bradley | Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer and Head of Strategic Advocacy | U.S. Chamber of Commerce

9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Curbing Liability Expansion in the UK and EU

  • Kate Shires | Competition Counsel | Google 
  • Arjan Waayer | Managing Counsel, Global Litigation | Shell International 
  • David Meyerson | Director, State and International Affairs | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform  
  • Carolyn Blake | Director | Carolyn Blake Consulting
  • Moderated by: Ken Daly | Managing Partner, Brussels Office | Sidley Austin LLP 

10:15 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.

Show Me the Money: Third-Party Litigation Funding Trends in the U.S. 

Panel Sponsored by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

  • Deirdre Kole | Assistant General Counsel | Johnson & Johnson 
  • John Beisner | Partner, Litigation | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates 
  • Maya Steinitz | Professor | Boston University School of Law
  • Moderated by: John Abegg | Executive Vice President | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform

10:55 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. 

You Shall Not Pass: Commercial Trucking Under Attack 

  • Prasad Sharma | Partner | Scopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary
  • Lee Parsley | General Counsel, Board of Directors | Texans for Lawsuit Reform 
  • David Battisti | Executive Vice President & General Counsel | Penske 
  • Moderated by: Nathan Morris | Senior Vice President, Legal Reform Advocacy | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform

11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  

I’ll Be Back: Issues Facing the U.S. Supreme Court

  • Shannon Bream | Anchor of Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream | Fox News 
  • Interviewed by: Tara Morrissey | Senior Vice President & Deputy Chief Counsel | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Litigation Center  

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. 

If You Build It, They Will Come: Digital Trial Lawyer Advertising and Lead Generators

  • Oriana Senatore | Senior Vice President, Research & Strategic Development | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform

1:15 p.m.  - 1:55 p.m. 

What, Like It’s Hard? Litigation Best Practices From the Experts 

  • Bill Dodero | General Counsel & Senior Vice President, Law Patents & Compliance | Bayer US
  • Lee Meihls | President and Founder | Trial Partners Inc. 
  • Sean Tarantino | Associate General Counsel, Litigation | Koch Capabilities, LLC
  • Moderated by: Tripp Haston | Partner | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP  

1:55 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

  • Suzanne P. Clark | President & Chief Executive Officer | U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Networking Reception