Upcoming Webinars, Conferences and
Speaking Engagements
Details below on Firmex-sponsored events, including webinars by industry thought leaders.
Current Webinars
The Canada-US Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) - What is it and How is it Changing Cross-Border Business?
Feb 29th, 1pm Eastern
In December 2011, U.S. President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled two initiatives with the aim of promoting and pursuing common interests in trade and security and in aligning the regulatory approaches of the two countries. These two initiatives - the Beyond the Border Action Plan and the Regulatory Cooperation Council Action Plan - promise to ease the flow of trade, lower production costs for manufacturers, and increase harmonization between the regulatory requirements applicable to industries such as agriculture & food, health and personal care products and the automotive industry.
This webinar will provide a high level overview of the Beyond the Border and Regulatory Cooperation Action Plans and focus on the opportunities regulatory harmonization could represent for industry.
About the Speaker: Emily Larose, Partner - Advocacy Group at Cassels Brock
Emily is a partner in Cassels Brock’s Advocacy Group. She provides advice and representation to stakeholders in various regulated industries, with specific expertise working with Health Canada-regulated clients. She has experience advising on all manner of regulatory issues, risk management and policy matters and applies her regulatory expertise to product liability and class action litigation.
Among other things, Emily has worked with clients:
- Providing advice to pharmaceutical, medical device, food and natural health product manufacturers on marketing compliance, labelling, licensing and mandatory problem and adverse event reporting.
- Providing strategic counsel in the face of actual and suspected contaminated or defective product issues, including recall management and related litigation.
- Outlining the potential implications of legislative change in areas such as health information privacy, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and the Ontario Drug Benefit Program.
- Making and responding to federal and provincial access to information requests.
- Advising on product liability issues including managing product complaints and risk management issues as well as defending product liability and class action claims.
As a member of the firm’s Risk Management Committee, Emily is well versed in developing practical and proactive solutions to manage and prevent risk exposure through policy development, implementation of best practices and maximizing the use of technologies.