Defense Counsel Journal

IADC Committee Newsletters - Volume 85, Number 1

January 20, 2020

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Technology
Corporate Counsel
Insurance and Reinsurance
Trial Techniques and Tactics
Medical Defense and Health Law
Civil Justice Response
Employment Law
Drug, Device and Biotechnology
Product Liability
Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation
Business Litigation
In-House and Law Firm Management
International Arbitration

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 October 2017 through December 2017.

Business Litigation Committee

• Communications in the Workplace: Privacy and Data Protection in Argentina by Leandro M. Castelli (October 2017)
• The Coming Blockchain Disruption: Trust Without the "Middle-Man" by Mark D. Hansen and Michael T. Kokal (December 2017)

Civil Justice Response Committee

• State Court Class Actions? Not in Mississippi by Stephanie M. Rippee (November 2017)

Corporate Counsel Committee

• A Tidal Wave of Public Nuisance Law Suits across the US Involving Opioid Litigation by James K. Holder and Joseph F. Speelman (October 2017)

Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Technology Committee

• Blockchain Unchained: One Lawyer’s Quest to Figure Out What the Hell Everyone is Talking About by Kendall Harrison (November 2017)

Diversity and Inclusion Committee

• Making the Case: How Diversity and Inclusion Can Improve Your Firm’s Financial Outlook by Paul M. Fires and Kenneth E. Sharperson (November 2017)
• Thought Leadership: Championing Diversity and Inclusion - A Conversation with Connie Lewis Lensing, Senior VP of Litigation Department at Federal Express by Pamela W. Carter (December 2017)

Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee

• Insurance Coverage for Data Storage in the Pharmaceutical Industry by Richard Eveleigh (November 2017)

Employment Law Committee

• Title VII Updates by William J. Kelly III and William R. Corbett (November 2017)
• Tipping Point: Balancing Personal Use Technology in the Workplace by J.T. Wilson III (December 2017)

In-House and Law Firm Management Committee

• Making the Case: How Diversity and Inclusion Can Improve Your Firm’s Financial Outlook by Paul M. Fires and Kenneth E. Sharperson (November 2017)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

• Rancosky vs. Washington National: Pennsylvania Finally Deals with Bad Faith Standards Head On by David J. Rosenberg (October 2017)
• Avoiding Bad Faith, and Other Emerging Issues Involving Eroding Limits Policies by Michael A. Hamilton and Thomas J. Seery (October 2017)
• Insurance Coverage for Data Storage in the Pharmaceutical Industry by Richard Eveleigh (November 2017)
• Discretionary Clause Bans: Fifteen Years Later the Battles Wage On by J. Christopher Collins and Joseph M. Hamilton (December 2017)

International Arbitration Committee

• Why Wouldn't You Arbitrate There? The British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre Has Just Opened For Business by Nicholas Burkill (October 2017)

Medical Defense and Health Law Committee

• Penalties and Punitive Damages: California Supreme Court to Review Controversial Interpretation of Statute Providing Damages in Actions Against Nursing Homes by Constance A. Endelicato (October 2017)
• The CMS Final Rule for Emergency Preparedness Implementation Deadline is Here: Is Your Facility Prepared? by Mary Anne Mellow, Denise Bloch, and Jacob Grimes (November 2017)
• The Illinois Medical Studies Act Privilege After Grosshuesch and Eid by Mark D. Hansen and Ann C. Barron (December 2017)

Product Liability Committee

• The Bad Faith Exception to the One Year Bar to Removal Based on Diversity Jurisdiction by Mark A. Prost and Steve Walsh (October 2017)
• Satellite Witnesses Part II: Strategic Considerations Before and During Trial by Sherry A. Knutson (October 2017)
• Supreme Court Narrows the Landscape for Personal Jurisdiction by Neville H. Boschert and Andrew S. Harris (November 2017)
• Daubert: Trends and Statistics by Whitney Frazier Watt and Emily Larish Startsman (November 2017)
• Does Spoliation Spoil a Product Liability Claim? Analyzing and Defending Product Liability Claims of the Product-less Claimant by Phillip S. Sykes, Margaret Z. Smith, and Anna L. Morris (December 2017)
• Why the Customer Can't Always Be Right in Product Liability Litigation by Scott J. Wilkov and Chad M. Eggspuehler (December 2017)

Toxic and Hazardous Substance Litigation Committee

• The "Any Exposure" Causation Theory Moves to the Florida Supreme Court and New York Court of Appeals by William L. Anderson (November 2017)

Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

• I'm Thinking of a Number by Brian A. O'Connell (November 2017)

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