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PFOA: Science & Litigation | 11/15/2018

October 21st, 2018|Categories: HB Tort Notes, Torts-On-Demand-CLE|Tags: environmental torts, mass torts, PFOA, toxic torts|

DATE: Nov. 15, 2018 TIME: 2 p.m. EDT; 1 p.m. CDT; 12 p.m. MDT; 11 a.m. PDT PLACE: Your computer or mobile device PRICE: $197* per dial-in site *Price is good through Oct. 31. After that it's $247. GROUPS ARE GOOD: Registering qualifies you to multiple attendees at your location. CLE: 1 credit Please send CLE questions to CLE@LitigationConferences.com speakers Michael Dourson, Ph.D., DABT, FATS, FSRA Director of Science Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) Register now and get: Access for multiple colleagues at your location. Practical insights from a board-certified toxicologist. A through and informative PowerPoint presentation for later reference. Answers to your questions via live chat. CLE credit. And more! PFOA Toxicology: What's a Safe Level for the Environment? What toxic tort and environmental attorneys need to know about this ubiquitous compound. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been described as more toxic than methyl mercury. Yet [...]

Cognitive Shortcuts: Assessing Case Value & Litigation Risk with Homer Simpson and Spock

September 11th, 2018|Categories: HB Tort Notes|Tags: jeff trueman, lead paint, litigation settlements, mass torts, Mediation, toxic torts|

By Jeff Trueman, Esq. Mediator The central question on the minds of counsel, their clients, and insurance professionals in civil litigation is, of course, “What’s the case worth?” Although lead paint litigation may be going through some changes, it remains a mature tort where enough historical settlement and verdict data exist for counsel to argue why a particular case should or should not fit within a certain settlement range. In the midst of these discussions, the human brain plays tricks on us. For example, litigators sometimes assume that their trial experience can determine how jurors will negotiate with one another and resolve factual discrepancies after closing arguments. This assumption is a “heuristic” – a cognitive shortcut called attributional error or illusion of control. Underneath the games of litigation “chicken” that are the hallmark of settlement negotiation, heuristics lead to erroneous valuations and assessments of risk. Although [...]

Complex Post-Settlement Liens | CLE Course | Recorded July 26, 2018

September 1st, 2018|Categories: HB Tort Notes, Torts-On-Demand-CLE|Tags: lien resolution, mass tort settlement, mass torts, Medicare secondary payer, personal injury, personal injury settlement|

Two ways to access this session. Get it direct from HB for just $197 for the video -- audio synced with slides. Or, it's included in your West LegalEdcenter (Thomson Reuters) subscription. ____________________ Speakers Franklin Solomon Solomon Law Firm Brett Newman Lien Resolution Group Complex Post-Settlement Liens: Beyond Traditional Medicare and Medicaid Issues Take this highly practical course with two deeply experienced practitioners who share insights on issues that impact the cases on your desk today. Learn about the newest case law, agency positions and litigation tactics affecting health and disability plan reimbursement claims, including how to protect your clients and your practice in this rapidly developing area. Our speakers discuss: Medicare Advantage Plans Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA) Plans Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Claims Medicare set-asides TRICARE Veterans Administration Claims Speaker Bios Franklin P. [...]

Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers | First Fall Conference 2018 | Oct. 27-29, 2018 | New Orleans

August 31st, 2018|Categories: HB Tort Notes, Past Conferences|Tags: alliance of women trial lawyers, AWTL, mass torts, nancy holston, New Orleans plaintiff conference, women in mass torts, women trial lawyers|

Contact Nancy Holston Founder Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers nancy@awtriallawyers.com DETAILS When Oct. 27-29, 2018 Meeting Venue Ritz-Carlton New Orleans LEARN MORE REGISTER Prices The Alliance is all about women helping women so they're offering discounts to anyone who brings a law student, clerk, or first year associate to the conference with them. 1st and 2nd Attendee: $895/Attendee 3 or more Attendees from same firm: $795 each 1 Attendee with Guest (Law Student, Clerk or 1st Year Associate): $1,295 for Attendee and Guest More than 5 Attendees please fill out their Contact form or call Nancy Holston at 850-304-9674 for more information To Register by Check: Click here for Payment by Mail Registration Form. New Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers Announces First Event in New Orleans Congratulations to Nancy Holston on the formation of the Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers. HB is proud to support this group and a mission [...]

HB Announces Alliance with Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers

August 28th, 2018|Categories: HB Tort Notes|Tags: alliance of women trial lawyers, litigation skills, mass torts, trial skills, women in mass torts|

We are proud to announce our latest alliance with a new trial attorneys group just for women on the plaintiff side of tort litigation. Founded by plaintiff law conference veteran Nancy Holston, the Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers is committed to empowering these professionals, helping them to overcome "systematic obstacles and to realize greater self-sufficiency and wholeness through support, acknowledgement and utilization of dormant, yet innate strengths." Before founding the Alliance in July 2018, Nancy was a principal at 360 Advocacy and before that the first Executive Director of Mass Torts Made Perfect. Nancy is well-connected in the plaintiff bar and is excited by the initial reaction to her new venture. Nancy is equally inspired by the feedback she is getting for the Alliance's first national conference which will be held from Saturday, Oct. 27th through Monday, Oct. 29 at the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans. The program features many [...]

Drug & Device Defense Forum | Oct. 15, 2018 | New York

May 13th, 2018|Categories: HB Tort Notes, Past Conferences, Tort Litigation|Tags: Attorney Ethics, CLE, cyber security, cyber security for medical devices, Dechert, demonstrative evidence, drug liability, FDA approval, FDA guidelines, FDA regulation, FDA warnings, goodell devries, jim frederick, jury presentation, lawyers social media, legal ethics, Litigation Financing, litigation funding, mass torts, medical device breach, Medical Device Litigation, medical devices, megan grossman, michelle yeary, personal jurisdiction, pharmaceutical liability, Product Liability, segal mcambridge|

Sorry! This event has been cancelled. We had a good run for several years but all good things and all that. Look for the sessions to magically appear as part of our new webinar series. --Tom Hagy Emerging legal and business issues facing the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Conference Chairs Megan Grossman Shareholder Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. Michelle Hart Yeary Of Counsel Dechert LLP James A. Frederick Partner Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann LLP When Oct. 15, 2018 Where Convene Well&, 151 W 42nd St Times Square, New York Sponsors Hotel Accomodations The Knickerbocker Hotel 6 Times Square, SE corner of 42nd & Broadway Weblink Reservations. $325 Premier King For 3 days pre & post conf reservations, contact Jenny Thorpe | 212-204-4976| jthorne@theknickerbocker.com Ask for "HB Litigation" conference rate. Cut-Off Date: [...]

News Release: Law Professors from NYU and Cardozo Among Panelists at Mass Tort Judicial Forum with Hon. Marina Corodemus (ret.)

March 21st, 2018|Categories: HB Tort Notes|Tags: Anderson Kill P.C., Ankura Consulting Group LLC, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Baron & Budd P.C., Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley P.C., BrownGreer PLC, Center for Constitutional Litigation P.C., Corodemus & Corodemus LLC, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Garden City Group LLC, Garretson Resolution Group, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, IBM Cloud, JAMS, Judge Corodemus, Leigh-galese Legal Cost Consulting, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Mari Henry Leigh & Associates LLC, mass torts, Mass Torts Judicial Forum, Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman LLC, Milberg Tadler Phillips Grossman LLP, Milestone Consulting LLC, professor gilles, professor sharkey, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley P.A., Sidley Austin LLP, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Tanenbaum Keale LLP, the lien resolution group, Verus LLC, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., Williams & Connolly LLP|

For Immediate Release | Download PDF NEW YORK – MARCH 21, 2018 – Former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Marina Corodemus, now one of the nation's leading special masters for complex litigation, has selected two highly regarded law professors for the faculty of her annual event, Mass Torts Judicial Forum with Hon. Marina Corodemus (ret.), which will take place on April 23, 2018, in New York. Press passes, interviews and program content are available to members of the press. Please contact Tom Hagy at (484) 324-2755 x2070 or write to him at tom.hagy@litigationconferences.com. The professors are: Myriam E. Gilles, Vice Dean and Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. This noted legal scholar, who specializes in class actions and aggregate litigation, will share her insights into proposed MDL rule changes and legislative proposals to reform [...]

News Release re Mass Torts Judicial Forum with Hon. Marina Corodemus (ret.)

March 17th, 2018|Categories: HB Tort Notes|Tags: Judge Corodemus, mass torts, news release, press release|

For Immediate Release Download in PDF Law Professors from NYU and Cardozo Among Panelists at Mass Tort Judicial Forum with Hon. Marina Corodemus (ret.) NEW YORK – MARCH 19, 2018 – Former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Marina Corodemus, now one of the nation's leading special masters for complex litigation, has selected two highly regarded law professors for the faculty of her annual event, Mass Torts Judicial Forum with Hon. Marina Corodemus (ret.), which will take place on April 23, 2018, in New York. Learn more. Press passes, interviews and program content are available to members of the press. Please contact Tom Hagy at (484) 324-2755 x2070 or write to him at tom.hagy@litigationconferences.com. The professors are: Myriam E. Gilles, Vice Dean and Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. This noted legal scholar, who specializes in [...]

Mass Tort Med School | May 9-11, 2018 | New York

January 11th, 2018|Categories: HB Risk Notes|Tags: abilify, asbestos talc, benicar, class actions, flu vaccine, hernia mesh, influenza, mass torts, mass torts conference, opioid litigation, personal injury, plaintiff conference, Product Liability, talc, testosterone, vaginal mesh|

CHAIRS Vicki Maniatis | Partner | Sanders Phillips Grossman, LLC Both federal and state judges have appointed Vicki as lead counsel on various Plaintiffs’ steering committees in well-known mass tort cases. She has received several distinguished honors as a top attorney and is active in the New Jersey Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice, and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Vicki is one of the founding faculty members of the Mass Tort Med School. Read more. Dr. John Restaino, MPH, JD, DPM | Senior Of-Counsel Attorney | Sanders Phillips Grossman, LLC John works with the firm on several litigations including the opioid "mass fatality crisis" litigation, transvaginal mesh and talc/ovarian cancer litigation. John practiced surgery of the foot and ankle from 1980 to 1990, prescribing opioids during that time and has practiced at the law since 1991. He obtained his MPH from the Division of Epidemiology at the [...]

Mass Tort Judicial Forum w/ Corodemus | April 23, 2018

January 10th, 2018|Categories: HB Risk Notes|Tags: class actions, complex litigation, corodemus conference, corodemus forum, jams conference, judicial forum, litigation CLE, mass torts, Product Liability|

We were proud to have worked with Judge Corodemus for 8 years! She truly is a highly regarded and intelligent leader who dedicates herself to bringing complex claims to resolution. Plus, she's alot of fun! Scroll down, peruse the agenda and list of speakers. We have phased live conferences out and no longer offer it as a service. Please visit our home page for a menu of all we do. Sponsors Special thanks to our friends at Drinker Biddle! HB's Recommended Readings State Court Jurisdiction in the 21st Century by Prof. Adam N. Steinman for the Pound Civil Justice Institute. Download it now. An Assessment of the Real World Implications of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s McCarrell Decision by William J. Beausoleil of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Read it now. Accutane Plaintiffs Overcome the “Super-Presumption” That FDA-Approved Warnings About Drugs are Adequate by Bruce D. Greenberg, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC. Read [...]

Mass Torts & Bankruptcy

April 1st, 2007|Categories: HB Risk Notes|Tags: ADR, Asbestos, bankruptcy, FJC, FJC Mass Tort Bankruptcy Manual, hb litigation, hb litigation conferences, hb teleconference, insurance, litigation, mass, Mass Tort Bankruptcy Manual, mass torts, torts|

Date: April 7, 2010