Pepper Hamilton is a proud sponsor of the 2018 Petroleum Marketing Attorneys’ Meeting taking place in Houston, TX on October 25–26, 2018. This is the conference for attorneys that represent the downstream oil and gas industry. Speakers will provide updates and discuss recent developments under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act and the Robinson-Patman Act, address recent commercial litigation issues, and discuss site branding and multi-branding, retail pricing and other important developments that affect refiners, wholesalers and retailers, including novel new climate change claims against refiners and marketers. Join in-house counsel and outside lawyers involved in the downstream oil and gas industry for networking and thought-provoking CLE.
A. Christopher Young, a partner with Pepper Hamilton and chairman of the Franchise, Distribution and Marketing Section of the firm's Trial and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, will be presenting the "Commercial Litigation Annual Update" on Friday, October 26 at 9:30–11:00 AM. The presentation is an annual review of 2017-2018 court decisions and ongoing litigation that impacts downstream petroleum marketing businesses, including the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, state franchise protection statutes, state law claims and gasoline pricing cases.