Tag Archives: Asbestos
K&L Gates, Steptoe & Johnson Attorneys Chairing Asbestos Insurance Litigation Conference, HB Announces
PHILADELPHIA – March 8, 2010 – Philip Hecht of K&L Gates and Harry Lee of Steptoe & Johnson will chair the “Asbestos Insurance Litigation Conference” at The Hub Cira Centre at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia on April 21, 2010, Tom Hagy, CEO of HB Litigation Conferences, announced today. “Hecht and Lee bring to the [...]
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Medicare Secondary Payer’s Impact on Tort Litigation Subject of Two Seminars & Newsletter from HB
PHILADELPHIA, March 8– “One of the more anxiety-inspiring developments to hit the tort and insurance bar in recent months has been Medicare’s new requirement that it receive reports of medical payments made to tort plaintiffs who also received or are eligible for medical payments under Medicare,” said Tom Hagy, CEO of HB Litigation Conferences. “While [...]
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Medicare Secondary Payer – Initial Steps
If you’re involved in a legal matter concerning a personal injury, you will have to deal with Medicare secondary payer issues. Medicare pays for healthcare for millions of Americans each year and The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is actively engaged in recouping those sums when a beneficiary receives money for the same [...]
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San Francisco Judge Kahn Speaking at Los Angeles Asbestos Conference, HB Announces
SAN FRANCISCO – February 14, 2010 – San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold E. Kahn will join a group of other respected jurists participating in the “Third Annual Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation” conference March 3-5, 2010 in Marina del Rey, just outside Los Angeles, according to Tom Hagy, CEO of HB Litigation Conferences. “We [...]
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Belluck, Pietrykowski to Chair the 2010 National Asbestos Conference, HB Announces
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1, 2010 — HB Litigation Conferences CEO Tom Hagy has announced attorneys Joseph Belluck of New York and Michael Pietrykowski of San Francisco will co-chair The Thirteenth Annual National Asbestos Litigation Conference in September 2010. “We are delighted these respected and engaged attorneys have accepted our invitation to lead what has become one [...]
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Philadelphia’s Judge Moss Participating in Two Asbestos Conferences
SOURCE: HB LITIGATION CONFERENCES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Sharon Boothe (484) 324-2755 x208 Sharon.Boothe@LitigationConferences.com www.LitigationConferences.com Philadelphia’s Judge Moss Participating in Two Asbestos Conferences PHILADELPHIA – January 25, 2010 – Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Sandra Mazer Moss will join a group of other respected jurists participating in asbestos litigation conferences in Philadelphia and Marina del Rey, [...]
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NY Judge Heitler Participating in Los Angeles Asbestos Conference
SOURCE: HB LITIGATION CONFERENCES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Sharon Boothe (484) 324-2755 x208 Sharon.Boothe@LitigationConferences.com www.LitigationConferences.com NY Judge Heitler Participating in Los Angeles Asbestos Conference NEW YORK – January 25, 2010 — Hon. Sherry Klein Heitler will join a group of respected jurists participating in the “Third Annual Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation” conference March 3-5, [...]
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CHAIRMEN PICKED FOR MARCH 2010 ASBESTOS LITIGATION CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Name: Brownie Bokelman Email: Brownie.Bokelman@LitigationConferences.com Phone: (484) 324-2755 x212 Website: www.litigationconferences.com LOS ANGELES – Nov. 2, 2009 – HB Litigation Conferences has announced the chairmen of its annual “Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation” conference scheduled for March 4-5, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey, Calif. Noted asbestos plaintiff attorneys [...]
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PowerPoint on Trial Part 2
Judges Share Pros & Cons, Risks & Rewards of Digital Presentations Judges gathered at an HB’s Judicial Forum on Asbestos on June 3, 2009 for a session on the use of technology at trial. The technology they most commonly see – PowerPoint – drew the most discussion as the judges listed their preferences and rules, [...]
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Asbestos Litigation 2009 – Part 2
Trouble Spot Centers on Transparency, Trusts and the Tort System By Tom Hagy* Perhaps the starkest difference between asbestos litigation 10 years ago and today – and probably the most difficult to untangle – is the proliferation of asbestos bankruptcy trusts overseen at the federal level and the amount of money being paid to injured plaintiffs [...]
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