Stoel Rives LLP and the Association of Corporate Counsel Mountain West Chapter held the Fifth Annual Nutritional Law Symposium on Friday, September 11, 2009 at Thanksgiving Point Golf Club in Lehi, Utah.  Please click here for local coverage of the event by the Deseret News on Saturday, September 12, 2009.

The symposium featured leaders who addressed important topics facing the industry:

• Panel: "GMP Auditing and Best Practices"
  Brent Higgs, Denver District Food Specialist, Food & Drug Administration; Glen Putnam, Executive Director for Quality, USANA Health Sciences, Inc.; Paul J. Wisniewski, Partner, The Law Offices of Paul J. Wisniewski
• Panel: "Consumer Watchdog Testing and Reviews - Challenges and Opportunities"
  Tod Cooperman, President and Founder, ConsumerLab.com; Steve Mister, President and CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition; Anthony Young, General Counsel, American Herbal Products Association
• Panel: "The Brave New World of Lobbying"
  Chris Crump, General Counsel, Neways International; Mike Greene, Senior Director of Government Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition; Randy Pollack, Partner, Law Office of Randy Pollack
• Speaker: "Hot Issues Around the World"
  Ric Hobby, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Herbalife
• Lunch Keynote Speaker: "Adam Smith Meets John Adams - The Free Market and the Rule of Law"
  Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff 

Questions? Contact Jennifer Oblad at (801) 715-6662 or joblad@stoel.com.

All proceeds covered the cost of the symposium with any surplus will be used for future symposia.

Photos from the event:

Symposium attendees during a panel presentation.		Sebastian Romero Melchor, Food Law Consultants, Nathan Nelson, President of the Mountain West Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and member of the Symposium Planning Committee, and Ric Hobby, presenter, "Hot Issues Around the World"
Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz, Gay Pay, ISI Brands and member of the Symposium Planning Committee, and Mike Mangelson, Stoel Rives attorney and Chair of the Symposium Planning Committee		Kevin McMurray, member of the Symposium Planning Committee, Mike Mangelson, Stoel Rives attorney and Chair of the Symposium Planning Committee, Stan Soper, member of the Symposium Planning Committee, and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff