2022 Product Liability & Complex Torts Seminar Course Materials

Course Materials

General Sessions

• • Dissecting the Frankenstein: A Product Liability Play in Three Acts
  • Get Ready for New Disclosure Requirements That Will Impact Diversity Jurisdiction and Removal
  • No, That Witness Is Not Going to Appear for Trial
  • The Proof Is in the Product: An Update on the Duty to Preserve Evidence and Modern Trends in the Law of Spoliation
  • Covid Schooled Us: Lessons Learned and New Strategies Devised from Managing Through the Pandemic
  • The Case for Cultural Competency: How to Meet Our Ethical Obligations as Lawyers and Create More Diverse and Inclusive Companies

Breakout Sessions  – Group One

• Don’t Get Blindsided: Laying the Groundwork to Be Culturally Competent in 2023
• Danger! Danger! Will Robinson: Are My Warnings Enough?
• Congratulations, You Have a New Product Line! What’s Next? Best Legal and Business Practices When Developing or Acquiring a New Product

Breakout Sessions – Group Two

• Nuclear Verdicts: What the $#!& Is Going On?
• Managing Risks When You Don’t Manage the Manufacturing: Recognizing and Avoiding the Potential Pitfalls Of “White Labeled” Products and Component Parts from Us and Foreign Vendors
• Artificial Intelligence and You: Perfect Together?

Breakout Sessions – Group Three

• The Rise of Virtual Focus Groups: How Remote Videoconferencing Platforms Are Changing the Traditional Focus Group and How Defense Counsel Can Leverage These Technologies
• Rise of the Machines: The Internet of Things Today and Tomorrow. Regulations to Navigate, Risks to Address and Best Practices for Manufacturers
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