Defense Counsel Journal

IADC Committee Newsletters - Volume 84, Number 2

January 20, 2020

Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Technology
Insurance and Reinsurance
Trial Techniques and Tactics
Medical Defense and Health Law
Transportation
Employment Law
Drug, Device and Biotechnology
Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation
Business Litigation
Intellectual Property
Social Justice Pro Bono

The IADC boasts more than 25 Committees through which members network, expand and build skills, and further the objectives of the defense bar and business community. IADC Committees publish newsletters monthly, and below are the newsletters that were published from January 2017 through April 2017.

Business Litigation Committee

• Consideration and Non-Compete Agreements: The State of the Law in Illinois By Mark D. Hansen and Brett M. Mares (January 2017)
• What You Should Know About the New Illinois Limited Liability Company Act By Mark D. Hansen and Tyler J. Pratt (March 2017)

Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee

• Personal Jurisdiction Post-Daimler – As Plaintiffs Test Exceptions to Daimler’s Narrow Path, All Eyes on Appellate Courts By Susanna M. Moldoveanu and Ben J. Scott (March 2017)
• Ohio Supreme Court Considers Manufacturers' Postmarket Duty to Warn Consumers By Joyce Edelman and Jason Gerken (April 2017)

Employment Law Committee

• What Employers should know about the January 27, 2017 Executive Order Concerning Visa Issuance and Travel into the United States By Michael H. Gladstone (February 2017)
• Personnel Data Within the Group – An Internal Matter (or Not)? A European/German Perspective By Gerlind Wisskirchen (March 2017)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

• Medicare Secondary Payer Act Claims Present Problems for Claimants Counsel, Insurance Counsel, and Malpractice Counsel By Bryan D. Bolton (February 2017)

Intellectual Property Committee

• The Patent Ineligibility Tsunami: The Impact of the Mayo and Alice Decisions on the Future of Innovation By Joseph Kovarik and Ben Roxborough (January 2017)

Medical Defense and Health Law Committee

• Illinois Appellate Court Decision May Expand Scope of Potential Apparent Agency Claims By Mark D. Hansen and J. Matthew Thompson (February 2017)
• Re-Thinking the Collateral Source Rule By Scott Kozak and Nicolas Cejas (March 2017)
• Declining to Raise Its Standards? The Florida Supreme Court Rejects the Daubert and Same Specialty Amendments By Jeptha F. Barbour and Alison H. Sausaman

Social Justice and Pro Bono Committee

• Lawsuit Alleges Liability against Hotel Owners Related to Sex Trafficking By David J. Rosenberg (March 2017)

Technology Committee

• "The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All The Lawyers"* By Elizabeth S. Fitch and Elizabeth Haecker Ryan (February 2017)
• Incorporating Technology into the Management of the Work Processes at the Firm By Donna L. Burden, Elizabeth S. Fitch, and Park L. Priest

Toxic and Hazardous Substance Litigation Committee

• Case Management Lessons Learned from the Lone Pine Controversy in the Zimmer MDL By Anthony G. Hopp and David M. Cummings (February 2017)
• The Impact of Outside Counsel Guidelines on Environmental and Mass Torts Practice By William L. Anderson (March 2017)
• Limiting the Application of Kesner Beyond California: A Road Map By Joshua K. Leader and David Salazar (April 2017)

Transportation Committee

• The Duty to Preserve Electronic Evidence in the New Age of Transportation Under Amended FRCP 37(e) By Mary Anne Mellow and Larry Hall (February 2017)
• Ready or Not, Here it Comes: How Current Regulations Must Adapt to the Development of Driverless Trucking Fleets By Mary Anne Mellow and Brett M. Simon (March 2017)

Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

• Defending Damages Claims Involving Foreign Plaintiffs By Kurt B. Gerstner (March 2017)

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