AMS TRADE LLP Partner, Lauren Peterson, is a panelist at the upcoming Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) 2022 Bench & Bar Conference in Sea Island, Georgia, from June 15 to 18. Lauren will join an esteemed group of trade counsel to discuss “Proving a Domestic Industry at the ITC: Recent Developments and Outstanding Issues,” on Friday, June 17, from 11:00 am to 12 noon EST. The panel will be moderated by U.S. International Trade Commission Chair, Jason E. Kearns, and feature varying perspectives on the ITC’s evolving analysis of the economic prong of domestic industry requirements.

The discussion will include contextual analysis, what types of activities may be credited, the scope of articles to which expenditures may relate, reliance on the expenditures of licensees, and other hot topics of interest. Lauren will be featured among a group of prominent in-house counsel, private practitioners, and esteemed judges, including The Honorable Theodore (Ted) R. Essex (Ret.), Former ALJ, U.S. International Trade Commission, Michael Sandonato, Venable LLP, and Dallin Glenn, General Counsel, BTL Industries, Inc.