Defense Counsel Journal

IADC Committee Newsletters - Volume 85, Number 4

January 20, 2020

Insurance and Reinsurance
Trial Techniques and Tactics
Medical Defense and Health Law
Civil Justice Response
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Employment Law
Drug, Device and Biotechnology
Product Liability
Business Litigation
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 July 2018 through October 2018.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

• Class Arbitration: Who Decides? by Mitchell L. Lathrop (October 2018)

Business Litigation Committee

• Hole-in-One Leads to GC's Deposition. Here's How. by Todd Presnell (July 2018)
• Check Those "Choice of Law" Provisions! by Val H. Stieglitz and Bruce Wallace (August 2018)

Civil Justice Response Committee

• Wisconsin Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Legislation by Donald H. Carlson, Eric D. Carlson and Laura E. Schuett (October 2018)

Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee

• Innovator Liability: A Recent Resurgence by David L. Ferrera and Michael J. Leard (October 2018)

Employment Law Committee

• Enhanced Workhour Flexibility Under Taiwan's LSA by Christine Chen (October 2018)
• 2018 Immigration Roundup For Employers by Michael H. Gladstone (October 2018)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

• The Benefits of Forum Selection Clauses and Hidden Risks of Choice of Law Provisions in ERISA Plans by Bryan D. Bolton and Scott M. Trager (September 2018)
• Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Imperial Premium Finance: Recent Developments Related to Financed Life Insurance Policies by Sharon D. Stuart and Ashley Crank (October 2018)

Medical Defense and Health Law Committee

• Illinois Appellate Court Issues Opinion Limiting Expert Testimony Regarding Proximate Cause and on Plaintiff’s Use of Voluntary Dismissal to Avoid Directed Verdict and Retain Additional Experts by Mark D. Hansen and J. Matthew Thompson (July 2018)
• Illinois Appellate Court Considers Scope of Privilege Established by Patient Safety Act by Mark D. Hansen and Emily J. Perkins (September 2018)
• Ex Parte Communications with Treating Physicians: Leveling the Playing Field by Joseph D. Piorkowski, Jr. (October 2018)

Product Liability Committee

• Impeachment of a Corporate Employee by Evidence of the Corporation’s Unrelated Criminal Conviction or Consent Agreement by David T. Schaefer (July 2018)
• A Three Year Retrospection on West Virginia’s 2015 Asbestos Litigation Reform by Jon B. Orndorff, Edward A. Smallwood, Kelly Calder Mowen, and Josh M. Brick (September 2018) 
• Introduction to AI and IoT Issues in Product Liability Litigation by Jonathan T. Barton (October 2018)
• Legal Regime Applicable to Robots and AI - What do Europeans Think? by Sylvie Gallage-Alwis (October 2018)

Social Justice Pro Bono Committee

• The Department of Justice Curtails Asylum for Victims of Domestic Abuse by Jim Shelson (July 2018)
• Matter of A-B: Tectonic Shift in Immigration Law or Mere Dicta? by Robert F. Redmond, Jr. (October 2018)

Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

• Impeaching Someone Who's Not There by James A. King (August 2018)
• To Intervene, or Not to Intervene, That is the Question by Matthew S. Brown (September 2018)
• It's Official, Admissibility of Statements Contained in Public Records by Brian A. O'Connell (October 2018)

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