Join four Gibson Dunn lawyers--including the lead counsel for Wal-Mart who argued this landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court--for a 90-minute online presentation as they discuss the scope of this decision and its impact on future class actions. The presentation explores a number of the significant issues of class action procedure that were resolved or raised by the Supreme Court's decision, survey reactions to the decision from the lower courts, and identify trends that will affect class certification proceedings in other cases.

Gibson Dunn Speakers:

Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr.
Partner, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices
Mr. Boutrous is Co-Chair of the firm's Appellate and Constitutional Law Group, its Media and Entertainment Group, the Crisis Management Group, and the Transnational Litigation and Foreign Judgments Group. He has represented clients in the federal and state appellate courts throughout the nation in a wide spectrum of cases, including punitive damages, class action, securities, employment, environmental, insurance, product liability, antitrust, business torts, privacy, arbitration, criminal and constitutional litigation. Mr. Boutrous is responsible for the nationwide appellate strategy for several major companies, and has successfully persuaded courts to overturn some of the largest jury verdicts and class actions in history. Most recently, he served as lead counsel for Walmart in the Dukes case before the Supreme Court of the United States, successfully challenging an order certifying the largest employment class action in American history. In a landmark decision, the Court ruled in favor of Walmart on June 20, 2011, establishing important principles governing all class actions.

Mark A. Perry
Partner, Washington, D.C. office
Mr. Perry's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. He is an accomplished appellate lawyer who has briefed and argued many cases in the Supreme Court of the United States and the federal courts of appeals. Mr. Perry has served as chief appellate counsel to Fortune 100 companies in significant securities, employment, and patent appeals. He has also played a principal role in appellate litigation involving a wide range of legal issues, including federal preemption and other constitutional constraints on the exercise of government power. He also appears frequently in federal district courts around the country, serving both as lead counsel and as legal strategist in complex commercial cases.

Jason C. Schwartz
Partner, Washington, D.C. office
Mr. Schwartz is a member of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group and its Litigation Department. He also serves in the firm's Office of General Counsel. Mr. Schwartz practices primarily in the areas of labor, employment and trade secret litigation. He was recognized as a recommended lawyer in labor and employment litigation and workplace and employment law counseling by The Legal 500 US. His practice includes the full range of labor and employment matters, including those involving wage-hour and discrimination laws, non-competition agreements and trade secrets, Sarbanes-Oxley and other whistleblower protection laws, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).

Theane Evangelis Kapur
Associate, Los Angeles office
Ms. Kapur is an appellate and general commercial litigator in the firm's Appellate and Constitutional Law, Class Action and Complex Litigation, Securities Litigation, Media and Entertainment, and Crisis Management Practice Groups and serves on the Firm's Hiring Committee. Ms. Kapur joined the firm after serving as a law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (October Term 2004). Before clerking for Justice O'Connor, she was a law clerk to Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Ms. Kapur has played a substantial role in a wide range of employment, consumer, wage-and-hour, and securities class actions, as well as constitutional, media and entertainment, and crisis management matters.

MCLE Credit Information:

This program has been approved for credit in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 1 credit hour, of which 1 credit hour may be applied toward the areas of professional practice requirement.  This course is NOT approved for transitional credit.

California attorneys may claim "self-study" credit for viewing the archived version of this webcast.  No certificate of attendance is required for California "self-study" credit.