Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, March 26, 2014
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Gayle M. Blatt, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP, San Diego
Timothy G. Blood, Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, San Diego
8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Overview of Data Breach Cases - What Makes a Good Data Breach Case?
• Is There Value in Your Private Information?
• Standing
• Cognizable Injury
Timothy G. Blood, Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, San Diego
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Update on the Target Data Breach Litigation
• Factual Background – What Happened and How Did It Happen?
• Target’s Response
• Congressional Hearing Testimony Overview
• Current State of the Litigation
• How Does Target Compare to Other Data Breaches?
• What’s Ahead
Matthew B. George, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco
W. Daniel Miles III, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Recent Developments, Issues in Data Breach Litigation
Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Keller Rohrback Law Offices, Seattle
Michael Ram, Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski, San Francisco
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Surviving Motions to Dismiss
Thomas E. Loeser, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle
Beth Terrell, Terrell Marshall Daudt & Willie PLLC, Seattle
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
An Overview of Derivative Litigation and the Target Case
Felipe J. Arroyo, Robbins Arroyo, LLP, San Diego
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Tips for Getting What You Need: Discovery/ESI Issues in Data Breach Cases
Thomas J. O’Reardon II, Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, San Diego
Jeffrey Jacobs, Associate General Counsel and Senior Consultant, DTI LLC, Washington, DC
Jennifer M. Feldman, DLA Piper, San Diego
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Is Class Certification a Sure Thing?
Robert M. Rothman, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY
John A. Yanchunis, Morgan and Morgan, PA, Tampa, FL
Steven L. Caponi, Blank Rome, LLP, Wilmington, DE
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Settlement of a Data Breach Case
Ben Barnow, Barnow and Associates, P.C., Chicago
Paul Bond, Reed Smith LLP, Princeton, NJ
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Neiman Marcus and Michael’s Data Breach Cases and the Future of Data Breach Cases
Tina Wolfson, Ahdoot & Wolfson, P.C., West Hollywood, CA
Todd D. Muhlstock, Baker Sanders LLC, Garden City, New York
Brian H. Brick, Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, New York
5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Class Action Claims Administration and Technology
Cameron Azari, Esq., Director, Legal Notice, Hilsoft Notifications/Epiq Systems, Beaverton, OR
