2024 Product Liability & Complex Torts Seminar Course Materials

Course Materials

General Sessions

• • I Wish the Real World Would Just Stop Hassling Me — Dealing with Regulators
  • Crisis Management and Communications— It’s Not a Crisis if You are Prepared
  • What Can We Learn from Blunders Made by Athletes? Strategies to Mitigate and Avoid Risk Through Employee Communication Training

Group One Roundtable Discussions

 TRACK 1

• Forever Is a Really Long Time — What You Need to Know About PFAS and “Forever Chemicals” 

TRACK 2

• Put Your Best Face Forward — Selecting and Preparing the Corporate Representative

Group Two Roundtable Discussions

TRACK 1

• When No Good Deed Goes Unpunished —  The Conundrum Surrounding Making “Safety Devices” Optional

 TRACK 2

• Generative AI Use In-House — Realizing the Potential While Avoiding the Hype

Group Three Roundtable Discussions

 TRACK 1

2024 HOT TOPICS

• The Standards for Admission of Expert Testimony Under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 Were Meaningfully Amended December 1, 2023
• Say Goodbye to Chevron Deference
• A Duty to Innovate? An Untested Theory of Products Liability – California’s Rulings in the Gilead Cases and their Wide Reaching Effect

 TRACK 2

• Litigation Tango — Dancing Through Disputes Together