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Potential Speakers |
Law Firm |
Topics |
1 |
Michael F. Aylward |
Morrison Mahoney LLP
Boston, Massachusetts |
Emerging Trends in Pollution Claims |
2 |
Mark A. Behrens |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Washington, D.C. |
Tort Reform Update |
3 |
Anthony R. Slimowicz |
O´Toole Fernandez Weiner Van Lieu, LLC, P.C.
Verona, New Jersey |
Asbestos: Trends, Litigation, Claims
Handling |
4 |
Kurt B. Reeg
(suggested by Stacy Broman) |
Reeg Lawyers LLC
St. Louis, Missouri |
Scorched earth atrazine herbicide class action litigation |
5 |
Michael J. Maher |
Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP
Chicago, Illinois |
- Legal/factual issues presented in groundwater contamination cases, including evaluation of damages.
- CERCLA in light of Burlington Northern |
6 |
Peter L. Garchie |
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
San Diego, California |
“Coming Back to Hinkley, CA and Ghosts of Erin Brockovich” |
7 |
Laurie J. Hepler |
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP
San Francisco, California |
Should We Appeal?
- Factors to consider: whether and
how to seek appellate review
- Critical points in time for analysis
of appeal
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8 |
Karl N. Snow;
Noah B. Wallace |
Bates White, LLC
Washington, D.C. |
The Devil is in the Details: Allocation of Long-Tail Losses Beyond Pro Rata, “All Sums,” and Carter-Wallace |
9 |
David A. Oliver |
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Houston, Texas |
Why the Restatement (Third) is a Trojan horse for the precautionary principle; or
The recent Milward opinion and its adoption of the view that a theory need be neither tested nor testable to be admissible |
10 |
Leo Gerard Daly |
Grogan Graffam, PC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Update on Medicare
- Medicare compliance / reporting
- Medicare lien and release issue
- Review of recent case laws
- Update on pending legislations
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11 |
Christopher Bruni |
Sinunu Bruni LLP
San Francisco, California |
Benchmark Jurisdictions
- The differences between economic
damages vs. non-economic
damages
- The allocation of a jury verdict to
each category of damages
- The methodology for determining
hypothetical verdicts and the
impact of recent case law.
- Post-trial motions for credits based
on prior settlements
- Effects after trial if verdict beats
offer
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12 |
Philip R. Watters;
Kieran J. Purcell |
Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.
Houston, Texas |
Hydraulic Fracturing – FRAC or Fake: The
Natural Gas Drilling Controversy
- The technology of hydraulic
fracturing during natural gas
drilling
- The locations of major activity in
the United States
- The type of insurance claims
currently and projected to arise
from this innovative technology
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13 |
Michael A. Airdo;
Jeffrey A. Dollinger |
Kopon Airdo, LLC
Chicago, Illinois; Woolls and Peer APC
Los Angeles, California |
Panel Discussion re: Perspectives of the
Insured, Insurer, and Insurer-Retained
Defense Counsel &
Managing an Insured's Rights to
Independent Counsel
- Coverage and conflicts that may
arise as part of the tri-partite
relationship
- The nature and legal underpinnings of the tri-partite
relationship and the benefits and
pitfalls that may arise from the
perspective of each party
- When the insured has the right to
independent counsel
- The insured's independent counsel
limitations
- Insurer rights
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14 |
Kevin E. Young; Charles M. McGivney
Alex MacDonald |
McGiven & Kluger, P.C.
Boston, Massachusetts
Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C.
Boston, Massachusetts |
David vs. Goliath in the battle of Life
Science Claims and How to Break the
Slingshot?
- How a pharmaceutical mass tort
starts
- Master the Science – Objectively
- Lessons from Fen/Phen, Asbestos,
PPA and Other Litigations
- Attacking science and individual
causation
- Helpful science and individual
causation
- Key Considerations
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15 |
Alborz A. Wozniak;
Adam H. Love |
Johnson Wright, Inc.
Lafayette, California |
“Technical and Regulatory Update on Trends and Emerging Issues at Cleanup Sites”
- Overview of the most recent trends and emerging issues related to contaminants, remedial technologies, regulatory guidance, forensic techniques and trends in cleanup of contaminated sites across the nation. |
16 |
Michael W. Bolechowski |
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP
San Francisco, California |
What the Future Holds for Mass Tort and
Environmental Litigation (Something Old
Leads to Something New) |
17 |
Woods Bowman;
Edward Lindsey, Jr.;
William Davis Hewitt |
Goodman McGuffey Lindsey & Johnson, LLP
Atlanta, Georgia |
“Legislation of Interest to Insurance Companies and Businesses in Illinois, Georgia and Around the U.S. in the Uniform Law Commission”
- Update on recent laws affecting businesses and insurance companies in Illinois
- Update on recent legislation in Georgia affecting business and insurance companies
- Update on the activities of the Uniform Law Commission around the country relating to businesses and insurance issues |
18 |
Kelly Turner;
Julie Johnston |
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddel LLP
Chicago, Illinois |
“Trends and Development in Tort Claims in the U.S. Over the Past Year”
- Costs of U.S. Tort System
- Old “Favorite” Claims - Still Here but Evolving
- Emerging / Trending Claims |
19 |
Amy Paulus;
Alex Mahler |
Clausen Miller P.C.
Chicago, Illinois |
Update on Global Warming and Climate
Change Litigation and Coverage
Implications
- Meeting the challenges of first and
third-party bad faith law
- Is the tripartite relationship relevant
under modern insurance programs
and risk transfer arrangements?
- Regulatory estoppel challenges to
the absolute pollution exclusion
- "In the wake of Japan's Tsunami
and Earthquake:" The relevance of
the Nuclear Pollution Exclusion
and other policy provisions
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20 |
Alex Mahler
(Note: part of topic above? Submitted 2 outlines so listed separately). |
Clausen Miller P.C.
Chicago, Illinois |
“Regulatory Estoppel Challenges to the Absolute Pollution Exclusion and What the True Record Reveals”
- History and Application of Absolute Pollution Exclusion, including overview discussion of “sudden and accidental” and trigger issue
- Overview of How it Generally Applies to Different Exposures such as Asbestos and Toxic Torts.
- Potential Liabilities Faced by Insureds that Emit Greenhouse Gases (“GHG” or “GNGs”)
- Environmental Protection Agency’s Primary Regulations related to Emissions of GHGs
- Synthesis of The Current State of the Law Related to Regulatory Challenges to the Absolute Pollution Exclusion
- Future of the Absolute Pollution Exclusion in this Context |
