How to Evaluate & Improve Your E-Discovery Process
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Identification: DRI8008
With new privacy requirements (i.e. GDPR, California Privacy Laws) and the growing amount of places and data to review, defense attorneys are facing new obstacles in effectively evaluating and producing documents without private data in their cases. To help alleviate these emerging concerns, attorneys must look into new ways to streamline their e-discovery processes that will get them the data necessary to quickly assess their cases and make try or settle decisions earlier. Watch this upcoming webinar and learn a few key universal principles that will help your legal department evaluate and take steps to improve your e-discovery processes today.
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Learn from three e-discovery practitioners about how they have assessed and mended gaps in their e-discovery processes, including:
Welcome to the New Normal: Synthetic Drugs of Abuse
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Identification: DRI3475
Law enforcement officers and first responders across the country face serious challenges as they interact with suspects and patients under the influence of illegal drugs. Those challenges have increased in recent years as the proliferation of synthetic drug abuse abounds. These drugs have enhanced side effects and rarely show up on standard drug screenings. This webinar will present a general overview of synthetic drugs of abuse as well as some case-based discussion. We will also discuss limitations of drug testing and predictions for what is to come regarding illicit drug use. We will also discuss best practices for attorneys defending excessive force, false arrest, and malicious prosecution cases (among others) involving plaintiffs under the influence of these types of drugs.
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Hot Topics in Disability Litigation: New Regs and Old Problems
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Identification: DRI3502
Experienced outside counsel will share their insights on the latest case law and regulatory trends for both individual and ERISA-governed disability litigation. As we enter a full year under the new regulatory regime, what are the pressure points for claims professionals and litigation counsel? What are the most interesting disability decision of the past year? How do these trends and regulatory changes translate to your litigation practice? This hour-long webinar will give you a valuable perspective on these issues, from the comfort of your desk or conference room.
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Identification: DRI3501
This “Lunch and Learn” webinar will provide an in-depth look at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (“FMCSRs”) relating to driver qualification, hours of service, and equipment maintenance and will address how such regulations are used by plaintiffs to establish “safety rules” that bolster their negligence claims. Attendees will also learn about recent court decisions analyzing the extent to which an alleged violation of the FMCSRs by a motor carrier or driver can support a plaintiff’s negligence claims and will take away practical pointers on how to best combat a plaintiff’s use of such regulations.
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2019 Product Liability Caselaw Update
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Identification: DRI3497
For the first time ever, the Product Liability Caselaw update is being provided as an included webinar to all registered attendees of the 2019 DRI Product Liability Conference, as well as being available for non-registrants. Learn about the latest developments in Product Liability law across the Circuits and how those could impact your practice.
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CCPA Basics: Five Critical Questions Answered
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Identification: DRI8017
This program will address five key questions organizations should be considering if they are doing business in California; have employees in California; or merely collect information about California residents. Topics covered will include CCPA applicability; key terms and personal information practices governed by the CCPA; CCPA obligations and prohibitions; actions organizations should already be taking to prepare to meet their obligations; and penalties and risks for CCPA non-compliance.
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Fighting the Culture of Silence in the Face of Tragedy & Controversy
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Identification: DRI3498
In a political environment where people draw barriers between work and life, our failure to speak on “external” issues will inevitably lead us to be silent, despite a talent force that expects diversity and corporate social responsibility. In the session, our speaker will address why we must speak up on issues that affect those in our organizations and conflict with our stated values and commitment to diversity, and how to do so effectively to advance diversity and inclusion.
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Hot Topics in Public Utility Litigation
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Identification: DRI3495
This webinar will explore some of the most pressing litigation issues facing Public Utilities today. Attendees will hear from seasoned litigators regarding the trespassing/attractive nuisance and post-OSHA toxic tort cases that Public Utilities are currently facing. The discussion will include how these cases are evolving, key discovery and strategic considerations Public Utilities and their outside counsel must make, and best practices for managing these types of risk. Further, you will hear directly from in-house litigators at Public Utilities on how they view litigation risk and costs and how their outside counsel can become better partners with Public Utilities to control costs and manage risk.
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Avoiding Preemption under Mensing and Defeating Forum Shopping in Drug and Medical Device Litigation
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Identification: DRI3482
Motions to dismiss are a common vehicle to challenge the propriety of new lawsuits in drug and medical device cases. In new cases involving generic drugs, a motion to dismiss based on preemption is the typical response, but plaintiffs have been looking for ways around the effects of Mensing. And in cases involving multiple plaintiffs, motions on venue and joinder grounds are typically filed, although the laws of the various jurisdictions present challenges to these efforts. With an ever shifting tide, it is important to stay current on these topics. Register now to learn from top attorneys about the latest developments and the successes of these defenses.
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The Reverse Reptile: Turning the Table on Plaintiff’s Counsel
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Identification: DRI3499
Since 2009, Don Keenan and David Ball, the Reptile founders, claim to have generated $7.7 Billion in settlements and verdicts. While that figure is staggering, it is very important to know that several well-prepared defendants have crushed the Reptile attack in several areas of litigation. These defendants and their attorneys have adopted their own “anti-Reptile” tactics that have been highly effective in discovery and trial. On the 10-year anniversary of the plaintiff’s Reptile Revolution, with no end in sight and their membership bursting at the seams, it is vital for the defense bar understand the past and plan for the next 10 years of Reptile maneuvers. Key individuals and entities have empirically studied the evolving Reptile methodology and have tracked and defeated newer Reptile tactics. Disseminating this information, as well as newest “anti-Reptile” tactics across the defense bar is essential to future success. The newest of these tactics is called the “Reverse Reptile,” in which defense counsel can turn the tables on the plaintiff, experts, or other parties in a case.
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