2026 Consumer Brands CPG Legal Forum

The Consumer Brands CPG Legal Forum is the premier gathering for senior legal professionals in the consumer packaged goods industry from household and personal care to food and beverage products.  

Join us for an unparalleled educational and networking experience as you connect with peers facing similar challenges, discuss how legal departments can leverage their acumen in confronting risk and supporting innovation and walk away with real-world insights from top industry minds, all while earning up to 14.5 CLE credits, including 2.5 credits in Legal Ethics/Professionalism.

Antitrust partner Meghan Rissmiller will participate in “What’s the Deal with Competition? Getting Real on Deals and Antitrust Intel from DOJ and FTC” at 11:00 am CST on Thursday February 19, 2026. This session will cover the deregulatory timeline of FTC, current commissioner composition and how the current administration has swung in terms of merger enforcement. Speakers will also cover strategies for merger clearance and battle-tested lessons learned from litigation related to mergers.

Sanctions partner Stephanie Brown Cripps will be presenting “Tariff-ied Yet? Untangling Legal Links in the Supply Chain from Ports to Courts” at 2:00 pm CST on Thursday February 19, 2026. This session will tackle the latest tariff and trade developments; assessing legal and operational challenges with unavailable natural resources; how brands can structure contracts at various links in their supply chain; and the need to monitor supplier activity to ensure detection of contaminants, distribution agreements and purchase orders are shaping in-house dynamics as well as export controls.