Defense Counsel Journal

IADC Committee Newsletters - Volume 86, Number 1

January 20, 2020

Corporate Counsel
Insurance and Reinsurance
Trial Techniques and Tactics
Medical Defense and Health Law
Employment Law
Drug, Device and Biotechnology
Product Liability
Professional Liability
Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation

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 2018 through January 2019.

Corporate Counsel Committee

• What Single Client Counsel Should Know About Worldwide Data Protection and GDPR Compliance by Joseph F. Speelman (November 2018)

Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee

• Off-Label Promotion of Class III Medical Devices: Parallel Claims and Preemption at the Pleading Stage by David W. O’Quinn, Douglas J. Moore, and Carlos A. Benach (November 2018)
• Expert Qualifications Held to be Self-Validating: A Call for Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony by Jay M. Mattappally, Claire A. Noonan, and Quentin F. Urquhart Jr. (January 2019)

Employment Law Committee

• The Rising Number of Platform Workers as a Problem for Employment Law by Gerlind Wisskirchen and Jan Schwindling (November 2018)
• The Risk of a Hefty Social Security Price Tag on Shares Awarded to Employees of EU (Belgium) Based Affiliated Companies by Cecilia Lahaye (December 2018) 
• Inadvertently Perpetuating Wage Discrimination: The Ninth Circuit Finds Employers’ Reliance on Salary History Violates the Equal Pay Act by Tara Martens Miller and Christina Fout (January 2019)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

• Cyber Coverage May Be Affected by New and Traditional Defenses by Karen K. Karabinos and Eric R. Mull (November 2018)
• The Long and Winding Road: Reinsurance Issues in Canada by Harmon C. Hayden (December 2018)
• The Bad Faith Time Bomb by Matthew S. Brown (January 2019)

Medical Defense and Health Law Committee

• Challenging the Plaintiff's Economic Expert by Erik W. Legg and Stephanie M. Rippee (November 2018)
• Illinois Supreme Court Holds Hospital Not Liable Under the Doctrine of Apparent Agency by Mark D. Hansen and Richard K. Hunsaker (December 2018)

Product Liability Committee

• Australian Class Action Reform: Reigning in the Effects of Commercialization by Peter O'Donahoo, Kate Austin and Shmuel Loebenstein (November 2018)
• The Product Liability Statute of Repose: Jurisdictional or Affirmative Defense? by Joyce Edelman, C. Darcy Jalandoni, and Abigail Chin (December 2018)

Professional Liability Committee

• Cyber Insurance Coverage in Canada by Harmon C. Hayden (November 2018)

Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee

• The Challenges and Potential Pitfalls of Retaining the Client’s Environmental Project Manager as Litigation Expert by William A. Ruskin (November 2018)

Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

• Challenging the Plaintiff's Economic Expert by Erik W. Legg and Stephanie M. Rippee (November 2018)
• Up Against the Clock - Time Limits in Civil Trials by Kirstin L. Abel (December 2018)

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