Companies face growing scrutiny around trade fraud and tariff evasion, and the creation of the DOJ-DHS cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force marks a significant escalation in criminal and civil trade enforcement, with meaningful implications for importers, manufacturers and global supply chains. Drawing on his experience as a former senior prosecutor and supervisor in the DOJ’s Criminal Fraud Section (which is taking a lead role in the Task Force), Akin partner Gerry Moody will examine the Task Force’s emerging priorities, early impact and future direction.

This session will cover criminal and civil enforcement expectations concerning trade fraud and tariff evasion, practical considerations for managing risk and what companies should anticipate as trade fraud enforcement continues to grow and evolve.

In this interactive live simulation, participants will experience a high-pressure scenario where a cosmetic brand faces a sudden public relations crisis triggered by activist lab findings.

False advertising risk in the cosmetics industry is no longer limited to traditional performance claims. Today, brands face heightened scrutiny around a widening range of marketing statements—from sustainability and environmental impact to efficacy, protection, and social responsibility. Claims related to recyclability, carbon footprint, biodegradability, cruelty free status, and “reef safe” formulations are increasingly challenged alongside more familiar issues such as SPF values, wear time claims, and ingredient performance.

Will Wagner, Nilda Isidro, and Justin Prochnow of Greenberg Traurig will explore how these evolving trends are reshaping false advertising exposure for beauty and personal care companies. The discussion will examine where greenwashing allegations intersect with traditional advertising law, how regulators and plaintiffs are evaluating claims like SPF ratings and environmental benefits, and what companies can do to responsibly communicate innovation without overstating results. The session will focus on practical, forward looking strategies for claim substantiation, internal review, and brand protection in a rapidly changing enforcement landscape.

The era of the single-regulator investigation is over. Companies with significant sustainability and ESG exposure increasingly face coordinated or concurrent scrutiny from state attorneys general, the FTC, the SEC, the DOJ, and congressional investigators—often simultaneously and with overlapping document demands. For in-house counsel, this is no longer a hypothetical. It is a management crisis that lands on your desk with little warning and no clear roadmap.

Antonio “Tony” Dias and Courtney Lyons Snyder of Jones Day’s State Attorney General Enforcement, Investigations & Litigation Practice, will provide a rare practitioner’s view of the ethical terrain inside a multi-front regulatory fight. Particular attention is given to the role of in‑house counsel as ethical gatekeeper, responsible for coordinating multiple outside counsel teams while maintaining a coherent, ethically sound enterprise‑wide strategy. Grounded in the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the session focuses on conflicts of interest, confidentiality and privilege management, candor toward regulators, and counsel’s duty to exercise independent professional judgment amid intense business pressure.

The Legal Steering Committee (LEX) Meeting will be held in-person at the conference venue.

This meeting is by invite only.

The International Committee (IC) Meeting is now full.