Legal Series: Product Liability for 2014 and Beyond
Overview:
In a two hour live webcast, a panel of thought leaders and practitioners assembled by The Knowledge Group will discuss the significant and latest issues on product liability for 2014 and beyond.
Key issues include that will be covered in this course are:
- Understanding CPSC’s section 15 reporting requirements
- Recent developments
- Compliance programs
- Statute of limitations defense
- Recent penalties
- Implications of government investigations/prosecutions on product liability litigation
- Trends in Federal MDL Litigation
- Reducing risks
- A primer on component part supplier liability
- Restatement 2nd vs. Restatement 3rd approaches/key differences
- Trends in component part supplier cases
- Insider view of the landmark case on component part supplier doctrine: Aubin v. Union Carbide Corporation (pending decision from the Florida Supreme Court).
- Navigating the widening intersection between government investigations and product-liability litigation.
- Trends in the use of consolidated proceedings to manage federal and state product-liability litigation.
- Broad trends in consumer class action settlements across allegations
- Focus on product liability class settlements, with details on:
- Industry and types of products involved
- Components of settlements
- Case examples
- Use of economics/statistics to estimate potential damages in product liability or mass tort cases
- Valuation
- Forecasting future risks
Agenda:
EVENT MODERATOR:
William Martin, Partner
Haight Brown and Bonesteel LLP
- A Short Course on Warnings and Causation
SEGMENT 2:
Colin K. Kelly, Partner
Alston & Bird LLP
and
Anna Aven Sumner, Partner
Alston & Bird LLP
- A primer on component part supplier liability
- Restatement 2nd vs. Restatement 3rd approaches/key differences
- Trends in component part supplier cases
- Insider view of the landmark case on component part supplier doctrine: Aubin v. Union Carbide Corporation (pending decision from the Florida Supreme Court).
SEGMENT 3:
Eric A. Rubel, Partner
Arnold & Porter LLP
- Understanding CPSC’s section 15 reporting requirements
- Recent developments
- Compliance programs
- Statute of limitations defense
- Recent penalties
- Potential implications for product liability litigation
- Reducing risks
SEGMENT 4:
Geoffrey Drake, Partner
King & Spalding
- Navigating the widening intersection between government investigations and product-liability litigation.
- Trends in the use of consolidated proceedings to manage federal and state product-liability litigation.
- The fate of the federal-preemption defense in personal-injury cases involving brand-name pharmaceuticals five years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Wyeth v. Levine.
- The future of negligent-design-defect claims against pharmaceutical manufacturers post-Lance v. Wyeth, 85 A.3d 434 (Pa. 2014).
- The rising tide of innovator liability for brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturers following the Supreme Court’s decision in PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing.
SEGMENT 5:
Dr. Stephanie Plancich, Vice President
NERA Economic Consulting
- Broad trends in consumer class action settlements across allegations
- Focus on product liability class settlements, with details on:
- Industry and types of products involved
- Components of settlements
- Case examples
- Use of economics/statistics to estimate potential damages in product liability or mass tort cases
- Valuation
- Forecasting future risks
Who Should Attend:
- Attorneys; Practice Area – Product Safety
- Trial Lawyers
- Litigation Attorneys
- Corporate Counsel
- In-House Counsel
- Claims Professionals
- Directors and Managers with Safety and Risk Management Function
- Directors and Managers with Product Development Functions
- Product Design Officers
- Other Related Professionals with Product Safety and Liability Prevention Responsibilities
William ("Skip") O. Martin, Jr. is a Senior Partner with the law firm of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP and …
Eric Rubel is co-chair of Arnold & Porter’s product liability litigation practice group. Eric served as General Counsel to the …
Colin Kelly is a partner in the firm’s Products Liability Practice Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of …
Anna Aven Sumner is an attorney in Alston & Bird’s Products Liability Group, focusing her practice in the areas of …
Geoffrey Drake is a Partner in King & Spalding’s Tort Litigation & Environmental Group. Mr. Drake represents product manufacturers in …
Dr. Stephanie Plancich is a Vice President in NERA Economic Consulting’s New York City office. At NERA, she has extensive …
Course Level:
Intermediate
Advance Preparation:
Print and review course materials
Method of Presentation:
On-demand Webcast (CLE)
Prerequisite:
NONE
Course Code:
145002
NASBA Field of Study:
Business Law
NY Category of CLE Credit:
Skills
Total Credits:
2.0 CLE
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SPEAKERS' FIRMS:
About Haight Brown and Bonesteel LLP
Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP has been recognized as a leading law firm in California for over 75 years. From civil litigation to business transactions, Haight provides practical and effective resolution advice to the most perplexing disputes, ranging from early mediation to complete preparation and trial. The firm provides services through more than 65 lawyers practicing in the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, Riverside and San Diego.
Haight assists its clients in a variety of practice areas including: appellate; business solutions; construction; elder care; employment & labor; environmental law & toxic tort; food safety; general liability; product liability; professional liability; public entity; insurance law and transportation law. Our attorneys work in teams, regardless of location or practice group.
Website: https://www.hbblaw.com/
About Arnold & Porter LLP
Arnold & Porter LLP is an Am Law 100 international law firm providing counsel at the intersection of business, law and regulation. The firm’s attorneys practice in more than 30 distinct areas of the law. Arnold & Porter’s global reach, experience, and deep knowledge allows the firm to work across geographic, cultural, technological, and ideological borders, serving clients whose business needs require US, EU, or cross-border regulatory, litigation, and transactional services. The firm’s practice includes proactive compliance counseling, anticipating litigation, mitigating potential liability for criminal and civil actions by federal and state and authorities, and litigating at the trial, appellate, and Supreme Court levels. In the product liability area, the firm has extensive experience addressing sophisticated scientific, regulatory, and technical issues, and in litigating and trying individual personal injury claims and class actions. The firm is Chambers ranked in product liability and 38 other practice areas for 2014.
Website: https://www.arnoldporter.com/
About Alston & Bird LLP
Alston & Bird is a leading national AmLaw 50 firm. The firm’s core practice areas are intellectual property, complex litigation, corporate and tax, with national industry focuses that include financial services, technology, health care, manufacturing, life sciences and energy. The firm has built a reputation as one of the country’s best employers, appearing on FORTUNE magazine’s ranking of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” 15 consecutive years, an unprecedented accomplishment among law firms in the United States. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Brussels, Charlotte, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Research Triangle, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.
Website: https://www.alston.com/
About King & Spalding
Celebrating more than 125 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 800 lawyers in 17 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.
Website: https://www.kslaw.com/
About NERA Economic Consulting
NERA Economic Consulting (www.nera.com) is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. For over half a century, NERA’s economists have been creating strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities and the world’s leading law firms and corporations. With its main office in New York City, NERA serves clients from more than 25 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Website: https://www.nera.com/