Defense Counsel Journal

IADC Committee Newsletters - Volume 86, Number 4

February 12, 2020

Insurance and Reinsurance
Trial Techniques and Tactics
Medical Defense and Health Law
Civil Justice Response
Employment Law
Environmental and Energy Law
Drug, Device and Biotechnology
Product Liability
Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation
Business Litigation
In-House and Law Firm Management
International Arbitration
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 August 2019 to October 2019.

Business Litigation Committee

• The Growing Consensus on the Propriety of "Snap" Removals - Looking at the Effect of Encompass Ins. Co. v. Stone Mansion Rest. Inc. After One Year by Kyle V. Miller (October 2019)

Civil Justice Response Committee

• An Update on IADC Initiatives Towards Class Action Reform in Ontario, Canada by Nicole Henderson, Gordon McKee, Scott Maidment, Peter Pliszka, and Glenn Zakaib (September 2019)

Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee

• U.S. Supreme Court in Prescription Pharmaceutical Case Holds Implied Preemption is Legal Issue for Judge, Not Question of Fact for Jury by Joseph J. Stroble and Stanley E. Blackmon (August 2019)
• Cracking the Code: Genetic Evidence and Specific Causation by Ali Spindler and Stephen G.A. Myers (October 2019)

Employment Law Committee

• Do Applicants Have a Disparate Impact Claim Under the ADEA? by Larry D. Smith (August 2019)

Environmental and Energy Law Committee

• Settling the Split: The Supreme Court Clarifies Unavailability of Punitive Damages for Seamen in Dutra Group v. Batterton by Michael A. Golemi, Don Haycraft, and Jody M. Schisel-Meslin (September 2019)

In-House and Law Firm Management Committee

• The Pros of a Pro Bono Culture - and How to Start One at Your Firm by Kathryn Kenyon (September 2019)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

• Sixth Circuit Rejects Disparate Impact Discrimination Claim against Health Insurer under the Affordable Care Act by Bryan D. Bolton (August 2019)
• Advertising Liability in Canada: Blue Mountain Log Sales Ltd. v. Lloyd's Underwriters, 2019 BCCA 240 by Harmon C. Hayden (September 2019)
• When the Tortfeasor Claims to be the Victim: Eleventh Circuit to Consider Claims that Uninsured Motorist Carrier and Liability Insurer Conspired to Strip Tortfeasor Insured's Liability Protection by Sharon D. Stuart (October 2019)

International Arbitration Committee

• Mexico: Arbitrators are not Considered as Authorities for Amparo Claim Purposes by Cecilia Flores Rueda (September 2019)
• The Singapore Convention on Mediation: Facilitating the Cross-Border Enforcement of Mediated Settlement Agreements in International Commercial Disputes by Mauricio Gomm Santos and Katherine Alena Sanoja (October 2019)

Medical Defense and Health Law Committee

• One Bad Apple: Navigating through Sexual Battery and Other Intentional Torts by Constance A. Endelicato (August 2019)
• Florida Shifts Direction on Expert Admissibility Standard by Erik W. Legg (October 2019)

Product Liability Committee

• Old and New Targets: IARC Releases its 2020-2024 Priority List for Evaluation by Eric G. Lasker and John M. Kalas (August 2019)
• An Introduction to Product Liability Regimes in the Asia Pacific Region by Nicole B. Boehler and David Goh (September 2019)
• E-cigarettes: How the Situation in the US could Give Rise to Litigation in the EU by Sylvie Gallage-Alwis and Guillaume Racle (October 2019)

Social Justice Pro Bono Committee

• The Pros of a Pro Bono Culture - and How to Start One at Your Firm by Kathryn Kenyon (September 2019)

Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee

• Plaintiff Wins Dispute Over Forum - Cook County Deemed Best For All by Craig T. Liljestrand (September 2019)
• PFAS Update: Evolving Science and Liability by Jeffrey Karp, Maxwell Unterhalter, Edward Mahaffey, and James Wilhelm (October 2019)

Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

• Pulling the Plug on the Plaintiffs' Power Point: Effectively Challenging Expert Presentations at Trial by Peter J. Goss and Hannah Anderson (October 2019)
• The Perils of Pre-Admission by Bryant J. Spann (September 2019)

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