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Register Now! H2 2025: What Retailers/E-Commerce Need to Know Webinar

By Joanna Rosen Forster, Cheryl A. Falvey, Clay Marquez, Meghan McMeel, Stefan M. Meisner & Shauneida Navarrete on July 23, 2025
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Register now to join Crowell & Moring partners Joanna Forster, Cheri Falvey, Clay Marquez, Meghan McMeel, Stefan Meisner, and counsel Shauneida Navarrete as they discuss significant legal changes in the first half of 2025 that impact retailers/e-commerce in the United States. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET.

In this webinar, Crowell & Moring partners and counsel will discuss:

  • Changes to Online Sign-Ups and Terms & Conditions Consent;
  • Recent California Prop 65 Actions on Thermal Receipts, Stickers, and Labels;
  • Managing Gift Card Fraud;
  • CPSC Product Safety Updates; and
  • Antitrust Concerns Amid Tariff Pressures

Speakers:

  • Joanna Forster, Partner, San Francisco
  • Cheri Falvey, Partner, Washington, D.C.
  • Clay Marquez, Partner, San Francisco
  • Meghan McMeel, Partner, San Francisco
  • Stefan Meisner, Partner, Washington, D.C.
  • Shauneida Navarrete, Counsel, New York

Continuing Legal Education — This program is pending CLE credit in CA, CO, IL and NY. Credit hours are estimated and subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules. We will apply to have this program accredited in other jurisdictions upon request.

Photo of Joanna Rosen Forster Joanna Rosen Forster

Joanna Forster’s multifaceted background positions her to effectively manage conflicts across the legal spectrum and across the globe. In her prior roles as general counsel (representing both plaintiffs and defendants) and as government prosecutor/enforcer, Joanna handled nearly every type of matter, ranging from

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Joanna Forster’s multifaceted background positions her to effectively manage conflicts across the legal spectrum and across the globe. In her prior roles as general counsel (representing both plaintiffs and defendants) and as government prosecutor/enforcer, Joanna handled nearly every type of matter, ranging from complex commercial and white collar matters in areas such as employment, intellectual property, securities and antitrust law, to internal investigations and corporate and M&A transactions. She views her role as both a conflict manager, dispensing advice to avoid adversarial action, and as a tech and business litigator, resolving disputes with her client’s business goals in mind.

Having served as the general counsel and compliance officer of a publicly traded ecommerce platform operating in over 60 countries, Joanna has an appreciation of strategic dispute resolution, investigations, and compliance from a general counsel’s perspective. By understanding how business leaders combine the input of in-house and outside counsel to make decisions, Joanna is able to provide her clients with decisive and efficient legal guidance.

Her practice includes litigating domestic and cross-border complex commercial disputes and advising technology and ecommerce companies on matters related to internet platforms, product launches, market campaigns, and new vertical lines of business, all while advising on foreign and domestic laws that regulate online content, physical products, and the companies that bring them to market. Drawing on her experience as the General Counsel of an online e-commerce marketplace, Joanna also regularly advises and counsels clients on California’s Proposition 65, from prevention and compliance to remediation. Joanna is well-versed in key regulations that impact ecommerce companies, including the EU’s Digital Services Act, the U.S. INFORM Act, and the proposed SHOP SAFE Act, as well as laws and regulations that govern online speech such as the Communications Decency Act, Section 230.

Prior to going in-house, Joanna was the deputy attorney general, Corporate Fraud Section of the California Department of Justice. In this capacity, she led large, complex civil matters alleging violations of California’s False Claims Act, Securities Law, Section 17200, Cartwright Act, and other deceptive business practices. She also maintained her own investigations and litigation docket.

Before joining the California Department of Justice, Joanna spent nearly a decade in private practice, where she focused on civil and criminal antitrust and commercial litigation. She also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall in the U.S. District Court for the Central District Court of California.

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Photo of Cheryl A. Falvey Cheryl A. Falvey

Cheryl A. Falvey helps clients launch innovative new products while protecting their brand and reputation, avoiding and defending liability in the marketing of their products, building safety and security into their products with science-based risk assessment, and successfully navigating product safety challenges with…

Cheryl A. Falvey helps clients launch innovative new products while protecting their brand and reputation, avoiding and defending liability in the marketing of their products, building safety and security into their products with science-based risk assessment, and successfully navigating product safety challenges with rapid response.

An experienced trial lawyer, and a former general counsel of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Cheri defends class actions, unfair competition, product liability and other mass tort claims arising out of consumer, occupational, and environmental exposures. She also provides brand and consumer protection counseling services, with a focus on product safety and security, including the Internet of Things; privacy; anti-counterfeiting; and digital media. Cheri represents a wide range of clients, from emerging companies to multinational Fortune 500 conglomerates.

Cheri is widely recognized as a leader in her field. She is one of an elite group of attorneys to be ranked in Chambers USA, Band 1 for Product Liability: Regulatory. She is highly regarded for her considerable experience advising clients on regulatory issues, including risk assessments, product recalls and CPSC investigations.

She represents clients on litigation and counseling matters regarding:

  • Compliance with statutes and regulations enforced by the CPSC, FDA, NHTSA, and the FTC.
  • Handles product recalls conducted in cooperation with NHTSA, CPSC, and FDA, and defends clients in agency enforcement actions seeking civil and criminal penalties.
  • Advises manufacturers faced with the potential release of unfair and inaccurate information by the government.
  • Counsels and defends clients on the sale and marketing of consumer products on the Internet, including compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the FTC’s Green Guides, and state and federal privacy laws.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Cheri served as the general counsel of the CPSC. In that capacity, she oversaw all federal court litigation, including civil and criminal cases referred by the Commission to the Department of Justice. Her tenure at the CPSC included advising the agency on the implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, a sweeping change to its statutes that had an impact across diverse industry sectors.

Cheri serves as Vice -chair of the American Bar Association’s Consumer Products Regulation Committee, Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Section. She was named to the National Law Journal’s 2014 list of Governance, Risk & Compliance Trailblazers & Pioneers. Prior to joining the CPSC, Cheri had over 20 years of private practice experience as a partner with another international law firm where she chaired the firm’s D.C. litigation practice. Cheri is also a former member of Crowell & Moring’s Management Board.

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Photo of Clay Marquez Clay Marquez

Clay Marquez brings a unique combination of product safety and litigation experience to advise clients on compliance with statutes and regulations enforced by the CPSC, FDA, EPA, and USDA. He is an accomplished litigator recognized for his successful representation of major corporations in

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Clay Marquez brings a unique combination of product safety and litigation experience to advise clients on compliance with statutes and regulations enforced by the CPSC, FDA, EPA, and USDA. He is an accomplished litigator recognized for his successful representation of major corporations in high-stakes legal disputes across various sectors, including retail, technology, and financial services. Clay has experience handling securities and consumer class actions, internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, and enforcement actions. He has represented a wide range of clients in both state and federal courts, from Fortune 100 companies to privately held tech companies and start-ups.

With a strong background as vice president and counsel at two leading retail and consumer companies, Clay brings a unique blend of industry insight and legal insight to his practice. Clay is regularly called upon to evaluate, manage, and fix complex, high-risk situations. He strategically navigates business problems by assessing obstacles, determining best outcomes, and presenting his clients with creative solutions and alternative approaches tailored to their risk tolerance.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Clay served as senior corporate counsel at Amazon leading the Regulatory Intelligence Safety & Compliance Legal Team in supporting product safety and compliance efforts in North America. In this role, Clay acted as Amazon’s principal point of contact for the CPSC and was responsible for developing comprehensive worldwide product safety and compliance strategies with a focus on Amazon’s CPSC relationship and related business, policy, and legal objectives. Prior to Amazon, Clay served as vice president and senior counsel for product and vendor compliance at Restoration Hardware, where he similarly led the team responsible for company-wide product testing and vendor validation, product incident investigations and failure analyses, evaluation of reporting obligations, and coordination of public recall efforts. Prior to working in-house, Clay worked as an associate and counsel for more than 10 years at two different AmLaw 50 litigation firms.

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Photo of Meghan McMeel Meghan McMeel

Meghan McMeel provides strategic guidance to help businesses navigate complex regulatory landscapes, with a focus on product safety and compliance. Meghan has represented a wide range of clients in civil litigation in state and federal courts nationwide, including serving as national counsel.

Meghan’s

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Meghan McMeel provides strategic guidance to help businesses navigate complex regulatory landscapes, with a focus on product safety and compliance. Meghan has represented a wide range of clients in civil litigation in state and federal courts nationwide, including serving as national counsel.

Meghan’s experience includes serving as senior corporate counsel at AmazonLab126, where she supported multiple global business lines.  She advised on compliance strategies related to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Federal Drug Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and international counterparts. Meghan further advised on hardware compliance, quality, and manufacturing risks for national and international expansion initiatives. Meghan was an adjunct professor at the University of California College of Law (formerly UC Hastings) where she taught Pre-trial Civil Litigation. Meghan also brings a wealth of experience from her tenure as partner at a law firm, where she specialized in civil litigation, guiding clients through litigation oversight, mediation, settlements, and regulatory matters. In addition to her civil litigation experience Meghan led white collar cases including compliance investigations including negotiating with federal and international justice departments.

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Photo of Stefan M. Meisner Stefan M. Meisner

Over the past two decades, when companies have faced difficult global cartel investigations, United States Department of Justice antitrust investigations, antitrust class actions, and complex antitrust cases at the intersection of antitrust and patent law, Stefan M. Meisner has guided clients through their

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Over the past two decades, when companies have faced difficult global cartel investigations, United States Department of Justice antitrust investigations, antitrust class actions, and complex antitrust cases at the intersection of antitrust and patent law, Stefan M. Meisner has guided clients through their most challenging legal issues. In all these situations, Stefan has assisted clients in developing clear strategies with practical steps to ensure clients achieve results consistent with their priorities.

Stefan serves clients in a variety of industries, including heavy manufacturing, health care, consumer products, defense and aerospace, high tech, semiconductors, hospitals, alcoholic beverages, steel, mining, and aggregates.

Stefan has extensive experience practicing before the DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission in a variety of criminal, civil, and merger investigations. In addition, he has managed matters before international agencies, such as the European Commission, the Canadian Competition Bureau, the South African Competition Tribunal, the Japan Fair Trade Commission, Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense, and others. Stefan has coordinated the global strategy for clients defending multijurisdictional cartel investigations.

Stefan has extensive experience defending clients in private civil litigation as well, representing them in multidistrict litigation in antitrust class action matters at trial and appellate courts throughout the United States. He also represents clients defending antitrust and competition cases brought by competitors and other individual plaintiffs.

Applying his understanding of clients’ business and legal priorities, Stefan also provides tailored compliance counseling and helps clients proactively address potential risk areas when designing comprehensive compliance programs.

To develop efficient and effective solutions for businesses facing issues with electronic discovery and the management of electronically stored information, Stefan advises clients on e-discovery issues in the litigation and regulatory arenas. He counsels clients on developing effective strategies for managing electronic records in light of evolving standards on the preservation and production of electronic documents and data under the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Stefan also has extensive experience with investigations that involve forensic examination of electronic media and data.

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Photo of Shauneida Navarrete Shauneida Navarrete

Shauneida Navarrete’s practice focuses on employment and general commercial litigation disputes in state and federal courts, as well as domestic arbitration forums. In all matters, she partners with clients to help ensure a reasonable resolution for their disputes— whether the resolutions require general

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Shauneida Navarrete’s practice focuses on employment and general commercial litigation disputes in state and federal courts, as well as domestic arbitration forums. In all matters, she partners with clients to help ensure a reasonable resolution for their disputes— whether the resolutions require general advice, mediation, or litigation.

Her employment experience includes cases arising out of employment discrimination disputes. Shauneida also advises employers and employees on employment agreements, severance agreements, and general releases.

Within her general commercial litigation practice, she handles disputes ranging from breach of contract to shareholder disputes concerning tender offers. She also has experience with civil RICO claims, Attorney General investigations involving allegations of false advertising and deceptive marketing, SEC and DOJ investigations, indemnification, legal malpractice, legal fee disputes, and election law disputes.

In additional to employment and commercial litigation matters, Shauneida has litigated real estate issues involving breaches of lease agreement and landlord-tenant disputes on behalf of commercial tenants

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