8:30-8:35: Welcome & Introduction
8:35-8:45: Welcome by Attorney General Keith Ellison
8:45-9:45: Housing and Consumer Justice; Katherine Kelly, Assistant Attorney General
9:45-10:30: Arbitration and consumer justice; Liz Kramer, Minnesota Solicitor General
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-11:30: Charities Fraud; Carol Washington, Assistant Attorney General
Collin Balou; Assistant Attorney General
Lindsey Lee, Assistant Attorney General
11:30-12:15: Women’s Economic Issues; Sadaf Rahmani, Policy Research Associate at the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office
Christy Hall, Senior Staff Attorney, Gender Justice
12:15-1:30: Lunch
1:30-3:00: Consumer Frauds During the Pandemic
Jason Pleggenkuhle, Assistant Attorney General
Lisa Jemtrud, VP Community Relations, Executive Director Better Business Bureau Foundation
Samantha Denny, Staff Attorney, Federal Trade Commission
3:00-3:10: Break
3:10-3:55: Surprise Billing and the Implementation of the Forthcoming No Surprises Act.
Patricia Kelmer, Director, Health Care Campaigns, U.S. PIRG