Daniel Sommers, a partner in our Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, has been invited to speak at the ABA Business Law Section Business Law Spring Meeting on April 18, 2026 at 10 am at the Hilton Atlanta. Dan’s panel, Market Volatility, AI, Crypto, Short Selling, and Emerging Securities Litigation Risks, will discuss current patterns in SEC enforcement, securities class action lawsuits, and market manipulation related to financial misconduct.

Key focus areas include investor losses tied to market volatility in artificial intelligence, retail trading irregularities, cryptocurrency-related issues, and legal actions involving Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). The session highlights how these developments are shaping regulatory priorities and litigation patterns. 

Moderator 

  • Haroon Hameed, ABA BLS LSC, Washington D.C. 

Panelists 

  • Daniel Sommers, Cohen Milstein, Washington D.C. 
  • David Carter, U.S. District Ct. Judge, C.D. Cal 
  • Jay Dubow, Troutman Pepper Locke, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 
  • Nekia Hackworth, Jones Day, Atlanta Georgia 

Register for the ABA Business Law Spring Meeting.

Agnieszka Fryszman, chair of Cohen Milstein’s Human Rights practice, will speak at New York University School of Law on April 17, 2026, at 1 pm.

Her panel on “Can US Courts Provide Remedies for Forced Labor in Asia?” will discuss recent cases brought under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) concerning forced labor camps across Asia. Survivors of human trafficking and forced labor have used TVPRA since 2003 to sue companies that participated in or profited from their exploitation. Over the past two decades, labor advocates have used this provision to bring lawsuits against U.S. companies connected to forced labor both domestically and abroad—including abuses involving Chinese migrant workers, Cambodian shrimp peelers in Thailand, Indonesian fishermen, and goods produced in Chinese prisons.

Agnieszka and three experts will discuss ongoing legal cases in U.S. federal courts about whether the law’s civil liability provisions can extend to misconduct occurring outside the United States.

Speakers: 

  • Agnieszka Fryszman, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Washington D.C. 
  • William S. Dodge, George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C. 
  • Aaron Halegua, Aaron Halegua PLLC, New York NY 

Register for the panel discussion at NYU Law.

Christine Webber, co-chair of our Civil Rights & Employment practice, will be speaking at a virtual webinar hosted by the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers on April 9, 2026 at 12 pm.

Her panel “EEOC and DOL Priorities” will explore the how the government’s approach to workplace civil rights, workplace discrimination, and pay equity impacts employees and workers. Christine and the nation’s top labor and employment officials will discuss the enforcement and policy priorities of the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Moderator: Scott Oswald, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Washington D.C. 

Register at the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Rebecca Ojserkis, an associate in our Civil Rights & Employment practice, will teach a BARBRI professional development webinar on the, Tuesday April 21, 2026 at 1 pm.

The course titled “Named Plaintiff Depositions in Employment Class Actions: Best Practices for Plaintiff and Defense Counsel”, will outline practical techniques for employee litigators to defend depositions, prepare witnesses, and respond to objections.  

This CLE course will train employment litigators on how to effectively take and defend depositions of named plaintiffs in employment class and collective actions. The webinar covers strategies for preparing plaintiffs for deposition, and ways to use deposition testimony during class certification, settlement negotiations, and trial. This webinar is eligible for 1.5 continuing legal education credits. 

Presenters 

  • Rebecca Ojserkis, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Washington DC 
  • John Houston Pope, Epstein Becker & Green PC, Tampa, FL  

Register for this professional development webinar with BARBRI

Joe Sellers, co-chair of our Civil Rights & Employment practice, has been invited to speak at the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Center for Labor & Employment Law at NYU School of Law sponsored conference, “Employment Arbitration and Mediation Today,” at NYU School of Law on March 16, 2026.

Joe’s panel program, Mass Employment Arbitration, starts at 1:30 p.m.

Moderated by Adam Shoneck, vice president of AAA, the panel will discuss the considerations and challenges for both management and employees in arbitrating multi-plaintiff or respondent and class action arbitrations, and the AAA Supplemental Mass Arbitration Rule.

Moderator:
Adam Shoneck, Vice President, AAA

Faculty:
Anne-Elizabeth Ostrager, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
Charles Moxley, AAA Arbitrator
Joseph Sellers, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

This continuing legal education (CLE) conference is geared to practitioners, corporate counsel, neutrals, and academics.

To register and for more information go to Center for Labor & Employment Law at NYU School of Law.

Rachael Flanagan, an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Complex Tort practice, will teach a live webinar hosted by the National Business Institute on Thursday, March 26 at 2:30 pm. The seminar is eligible for 7 continuing legal education credits.

Rachael’s section, “E-Discovery Insights: Proportionality and Electronic Medical Records in Focus” will evaluate evolving standards for establishing foundational evidence. Rachael and the other faculty presenters will share their expert commentary on the latest developments impacting personal injury law in Florida. 

Faculty Presenters: 

  • Jed Kurzban, Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt, Miami FL 
  • Nikki Hawkins, Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, Jacksonville FL 
  • Catherine M. Hedglon, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Fort Lauderdale FL 
  • Evan M. Holober, Cozon O’Connor, Washington DC 
  • Rachael Flanagan, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Washington D.C. 
  • Carly F. McAllister, Dakota Wealth Management, West Palm Beach FL 

Register at the National Business Institute

Aaron Marks, an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, will be speaking at a panel organized by Harvard Law School’s Office of Public Interest Advising on March 12, 2026, at 9 am. Aaron will discuss pursuing public interest careers after working in Big Law. Aaron brings his expertise as the only plaintiffs’ lawyer on the OPIA panel.

The Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising is Harvard Law School’s career services office that provides vast resources to connect students and alumni with attorney advisors and to support public interest career planning.

Molly J. Bowen, a partner in Cohen Milstein’s the Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, will speak at the Women in Securities Litigation Network panel on March 4, 2026. Molly offers her expert perspective from being a leader in enforcement and litigation from the plaintiffs’ bar. The panelists will discuss new research on securities filings and examine current litigation trends. 

Panelists:
 
• Molly Bowen, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington D.C.  
 
• Kate St. Romain, Fried Frank, Washington D.C. 
 
• Jennifer Marietta-Westberg, Cornerstone Research, Washington D.C. 

Douglas McNamara, a partner of the firm’s Consumer Protection practice will be presenting the course, “Rule 23(c)(4) Issue Certification: Reconciling the Conflict With Rule 23(b)(3)’s Predominance Requirement”, on March 5, 2026 at 1 pm ET. The 90-minute webinar is eligible for 1.5 continuing legal education credits.

Class actions seeking monetary damages are often difficult to certify because common issues do not predominate over individualized issues as required by Rule 23(b)(3). Rule 23(c)(4) allows a court to certify a class “with respect to particular issues” when appropriate.

This CLE course examines limited issue class certification under Rule 23(c)(4) and the differing ways federal appellate circuits interpret and apply the rule. Because proposed damages class actions often fail Rule 23(b)(3)’s predominance requirement, plaintiffs increasingly turn to Rule 23(c)(4) to certify specific issues—often liability—while leaving individualized issues like injury, reliance, or causation for later individual proceedings.

The course reviews how Wal-Mart v. Dukes revived attention to Rule 23(c)(4), enabling plaintiffs to seek certification in cases that might otherwise fail predominance. However, the federal circuits remain split on whether issue certification can bypass predominance entirely or must be evaluated within the predominance framework.

Douglas will analyze current circuit positions, share practical strategies for litigating Rule 23(c)(4) certifications, and review recent case law implications for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Presenters

  • Michael Hamburger, FBT Gibbons, New York NY 
  • Douglas McNamara, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington D.C 

Katie Wolfe, of counsel in Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice, will speak at the ABA National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law at the Loews New Orleans on Wednesday, March 18th. 

Katie’s panel, “From the Inside Out: An Analysis of Current Legal Trends by Former Government Practitioners” will take place from 3:30 to 4:45 pm EST. 

Katie, a former senior attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, joins other former senior ranking members of the of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, and the National Labor Relations Board, for what should be a compelling discussion on the current administration’s enforcement efforts and impact on Equal Employment Opportunity laws and other agencies that regulate the workplace.   They will also share their thoughts on relevant executive orders, directives, and guidance applicable to enforcement of EEO laws; and examine trends they are seeing or anticipating in legal challenges to federal enforcement efforts.