Defense Counsel Journal

IADC Committee Newsletters - Volume 85, Number 2

January 20, 2020

Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Technology
Corporate Counsel
Insurance and Reinsurance
Trial Techniques and Tactics
Construction Law and Litigation
Medical Defense and Health Law
Transportation
Civil Justice Response
Employment Law
Product Liability
Professional Liability
Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation
Business Litigation
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 January 2018 through April 2018.

Business Litigation Committee

• Corporate Witness Preparation: The 411 by Matthew D. Keenan (March 2018)

Civil Justice Response Committee

• Finding and Closing Judicial Hellholes by Molly Jones and Sherman Joyce (February 2018)
• Two Years of Asbestos Trust Transparency in Texas by Edward Slaughter, Evelyn Fletcher Davis, and Alexa Mizer (February 2018)

Construction Law and Litigation Committee

• A Word to the Wise - The AIA Revised Contract Documents Could Lead to New and Unanticipated Risks by George Talarico (April 2018)

Corporate Counsel Committee

• Corporate Counsel Perspectives on Cybersecurity Insurance Procurement by Joseph F. Speelman (January 2018)
• Cyber Security: The Dark Side of the Internet by Joseph F. Speelman (January 2018)
• Sponsored Programs at the Midyear Meeting by Joseph F. Speelman (February 2018)
• What Next Rough Beast....The Second Coming of Nuisance Law Litigation - Part III by Joseph F. Speelman (March 2018)

Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Technology Committee

• First Class Action Data Break in the UK - Employer Found Vicariously Liabile for Rogue Employee's Actions by Elena Jelmini Cellerini and Vikram Khurana (March 2018)

Employment Law Committee

• New Employment Rules to Come into Effect on March 1st, 2018 by Christine Chen (January 2018)
• West Virginia Addresses Workplace Drug Testing and Medical Marijuana Use by Erik W. Legg and Samantha Thomas-Bush (February 2018)
• How to Conduct an Effective Harassment Investigation by Glenn Duhl (March 2018)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

• ERISA Abroad? by Elizabeth J. Bondurant and Brittany Crosby (February 2018)

International Arbitration Committee

• Third Party Funding in Singapore - Riding the New Wave and Navigating the Storms by Foo Maw Shen (January 2018)
• An Introduction to the Newly-Amended Labor Standards Act of Taiwan by Edgar Chen and Elvin Peng (February 2018)

Medical Defense and Health Law Committee

• Physicians in Texas Can Establish New Patients Using Telemedicine Services Under New Statute by Robert G. Smith, Jr. (January 2018)
• Illinois Appellate Court Addresses Ex Parte Communications Between Hospital Counsel and Formerly Employed Nurse by Mark D. Hansen and J. Matthew Thompson (February 2018)
• $347 Million FCA Judgment Set Aside Under Escobar's Materiality Standard by Megan Hargraves (March 2018)
• Discovery of Electronic Medical Records, Audit Trails, and Metadata by David L. Brown and Emily S. Walters (April 2018)

Product Liability Committee

• Planned Obsolescence: Impending European Legislation? by Sylvie Gallage-Alwis (January 2018)
• #UpdateJuryInstructions - Improving Jury Instructions in the Age of Smartphone Communication by Wendy West Feinstein and Thomas E. Sanchez (February 2018)
• Updating Objections Under Revised FRCP 34 by John L. Tate and Kristen K. Orr (March 2018)

Professional Liability Committee

• Quandaries and Quagmires: Legal Ethics and Risk Issues as of January 2018 by Charles Lundberg (March 2018)

Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee

• Pesticides: The Rise of Asbestos-Like Litigation by Sylvie Gallage-Alwis (April 2018)

Transportation Committee

• Thailand Ratifies Montreal Convention by Alan Polivnick, Kulkanya Vorawanichar, and Nicharee Musikapraphan (February 2018)

Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

• The Mistrust of Science in the Age of Alternative Facts by Kirstin L. Abel (January 2018)
• Questions Outside the Scope in a Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition by James A. King (February 2018)
• Starting with Why? by Bains Fleming (March 2018)
• Emails as Business Records by James A. King (April 2018)

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