Defense Counsel Journal

IADC Committee Newsletters - Volume 87, Number 3

July 21, 2020

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 May 2020 through July 2020.

Business Litigation Committee

• Potential Investment Litigation and Arbitration Trends Arising out of the COVID-19 Financial Crisis: Two Products that will Likely be the Subject of Claims by John F. Beach, Jack Pringle, and Lyndey R.Z. Bryant (July 2020)
• Potential Investment Litigation and Arbitration Trends Arising out of the Coronavirus Financial Crisis: The Effect of Some Recent Legal Holdings by John F. Beach, Jack Pringle, and Lyndey R.Z. Bryant (June 2020)

Construction Law and Litigation Committee

• COVID-19 and the Construction Industry: A Glimpse into Delay Issues Associated with the Global Pandemic by Christopher S. Drewry (May 2020)

?Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee

• Litigation in the Time of COVID-19: Understanding the Novel Impact on Drug and Device Cases by Robin Shah and Andrew Karp (June 2020)
• The "Preventing Essential Medical Device Shortages Act of 2020": COVID-19 Side Effect That Could Permanently Harm Medical Device Manufacturers by Heather Heiskell Jones and James E. Simon (May 2020)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

• 10th Circuit Creates Opportunity for Liability Insurers to Hedge Their Bets Against Future Bad Faith Litigation in Claims with Questionable Coverage by Eric R. Mull and Katelyn E. Fischer (July 2020)
• COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Claims Coverage Issues by R. Douglas Vaughn and Francis J. Barry, Jr. (June 2020)
• Court Cuts Off Oxygen to Autoerotic Asphyxiation Insurance Claim by Gary L. Howard (June 2020)
• Duty to Defend, Duty to Indemnify...Duty to Settle? Results-Oriented Decision in Massachusetts Confuses Carriers, Sows Confusion by Alexander G. Henlin (May 2020)

Medical Defense and Health Law Committee

• Illinois Appellate Court Holds Experts Redesignated as Consultants are Entitled to Consultant's Privilege Against Disclosure by Mark D. Hansen and Emily J. Perkins (July 2020)
• Keeping up with the Technology: Constant Changes Perpetually Impact the Practice of Medicine and Create Liability Risks by M. Christopher Eagan, W. Christian Hines, III, and Sarah C. Chamberlain (June 2020)
• Viral Impact: Liability Protections and Considerations in a Pandemic by Robert G. Smith (May 2020)

Product Liability Committee

• Using Bankruptcy to Your Clients Advantage by Whitney Frazier Watt and Caroline C. Phelps (June 2020)
• Why isn't Amazon Treated as a Prime Company in France? by Sylvie Gallage-Alwis (May 2020)

Social Justice Pro Bono Committee

• Matter of R-A-F: The Attorney General Ignores the Circuit Courts and the Circuit Courts Ignore The Attorney General by Robert F. Redmond, Jr. (May 2020)

Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee

• U.S. EPA's COVID-19 Based Discretionary Civil Enforcement Policy and Guidance on Timing of Performing Field Work by Jeffrey M. Karp (May 2020)

Transportation Committee

• FELA Second-Hand "Take Home" Claims in the Era of Corona by J. Mitchell Smith (July 2020)
• A Primer on Preemption by David W. Kash (May 2020)

Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

• Don't Forget the Trial Briefs by Zandra E. Foley and Andrew L. Johnson (May 2020)

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