2022 Product Liability Committee Fly-In Meeting

This presentation: defines "Bank Sweeps"; provides both the Bank's perspective and the Surety’s perspective; the underlying competing objective of mitigation of losses; taking a proactive approach; quantifying that portion of the sweep that came from bonded versus non-bonded contract revenues; priority interests as to each; and steps the Surety can take to go about protecting those interests.

We will also address practical ways to co-exist with banks and how to potentially achieve a win-win for both the Surety and the Bank as to the available Indemnitor funds, while avoiding protracted and expensive litigation (keeping in mind that the bank sweep may have already occurred before the Surety was contacted by the principal).

The DRI Governmental Liability Boot Camp is a one-day virtual seminar that will focus on the basics of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 and defending constitutional tort claims. Attendees will have the chance to earn up to 4.75 hours of CLE and hear from past chairs of the Governmental Liability Committee. The program will start with an overview of Section 1983 litigation and then delve more deeply into specific claims and defenses. The presentation will benefit the new lawyer just learning about this area of the law or the seasoned practitioner who needs a refresher. Register today!

Attendees will be able to earn up to 4.75 CLE credits.

Sponsored by Reputation Ink

When law firms invest in media relations, they are investing in growth. How does this work? How can a bylined article, TV or podcast interview or quote in an article lead to more clients?

Sponsored by Exponent

A team of risk mitigation and environment experts discuss how to anticipate and prepare for major weather events. The presentation also discusses responses after these events, including how to defend, mitigate, and transfer risk.

Sponsored by Exponent

In this presentation, we will share Exponent’s approach to failure analysis of lithium-ion batteries. Following our outside-in methodology from the exterior electronics to interior cell chemistry, we will identify critical features observed in certain failures and essential analytical techniques used to pinpoint root cause. We will also address the challenges related to failure analysis of batteries with larger form factors and higher energy densities, and we will show how we have adapted our methodology to the characteristics of these specific batteries.

Sponsored by Rimkus

Join this webinar for key insights from the ANSI Z535 committee meetings, including potential updates and other insights to have on your radar, including the ANSI Z535 background, additional wordless options, translation, and the potential for putting safety information online.

Sponsored by S-E-A

The presentation will explore the tactics, benefits, and hurdles of performing electrical testing to defend a product manufacturer in a subrogation suit. We’ll look at proper methodology, governing scientific principles, the lack of standards and protocols, testing data collection, and testing documentation. Lastly, defensive testing case studies will be shared and discussed.

Sponsored by LawyerGuard

If you haven’t been already been hacked, defrauded, deceived, victimized, socially engineered, or otherwise targeted, you will be. What can and should you do to protect yourself and your clients against malicious actors? How can you recognize the latest scams and exploits designed to separate you from the money in your business and trust accounts? What are your ethical obligations when you’ve been the target of, or victimized by, fraud? What are the insurance implications of falling for a scam? Join us to discuss loss-prevention strategies to keep you, your clients, and your money safe.

Presenters:
Noah D. Fiedler is the managing partner of Hinshaw's Milwaukee office and a member of the firm's Lawyers for the Profession^® practice group. He has extensive experience defending lawyers in malpractice claims, as well as counseling individual lawyers, law firms and legal departments on risk management and ethics issues. With his vast knowledge on the subject, Noah has been vital in developing a variety of risk management resources, including Hinshaw's Safety Net^®. He is also the co-editor of Hinshaw's Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter and Cyber Alerts.

Sponsored by ESi

The public skirmish with Peloton provides a glimpse of what’s to come under a more aggressive CPSC. The agency is reorganized internally for greater use of its enforcement powers and has already flexed its muscles with two monster civil penalties in 2021 racking up $20M in fines. As regulatory compliance and product liability litigation are inextricably intertwined, former CPSC Commissioner Joe Mohorovic will explain what we can expect from the CPSC under the Biden Administration and where a record of engagement with CPSC effects product liability defense.

You are invited to attend the 2021 Life, Health and Disability Committee Fly-in Meeting.
 

You are invited to attend the 2021 Employment and Labor Law Committee Fly-in Meeting.
 

Sponsored by Envista Forensics

Join this webinar with Melissa Simpson, PE with Envista Forensics for a detailed framework of what is used during loss investigations and considerations that go into root cause analysis to determine what the cause of a specific failure was.

Sponsored by Exponent

Accidental fires happen in every industry and every setting. They can be the most destructive and therefore the most difficult type of loss to investigate, because the fire has often destroyed the evidence necessary to conclusively determine the cause. The average person is very familiar with piloted ignition as a fire cause (lit match plus gasoline equals fire), but there is another lesser known fire cause to consider in many situations: spontaneous combustion. Spontaneous combustion involves a material generating and accumulating enough heat internally that it eventually ignites itself without the application of an outside ignition source. This presentation introduces the concepts underlying spontaneous combustion, such as self-heating, exothermic reactions, and thermal runaway. Spontaneous combustion is an often overlooked and poorly understood pathway to ignition for an accidental fire. The session will cover multiple materials such as residential laundry, hazardous waste, and industrial chemicals to give the attendees the understanding necessary to ask the right questions in fire, explosion, and reactive chemical incident investigations.

Sponsored by S-E-A

A revolution in transportation has started as autonomous features are introduced and new technologies emerge. As vehicle takes control of driving tasks, the safety systems are recording data. Understanding these new Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and the electronic records will provide valuable data to the crash analysis. We will explore what is available, how to use it, and what is coming next.

Sponsored by DeeGee Rehabilitation Technologies

Join Dan Thompson, President and CEO of DeeGee Rehabilitation Technologies, for this insightful webinar inspired by his own life experience and designed to explore the key role that a damages expert can play in product liability cases, as well as key guidance for how defense professionals can leverage national resources to support their findings.

You are invited to attend the 2021 DRI Leadership Conference.

Sponsored by J.S. Held

When there’s video recording an event, you might not be getting the whole picture. Due to various visual factors, depending on the case, you’re probably leaving some evidence on the table. View this presentation to learn how, without proper video analysis and videogrammetry, evidence within body-worn cameras and other videos can be overlooked or misinterpreted. 

Presenter:
Toby Terpstra, Principal Forensic Animator, J.S. 

Sponsored by KCIC

Join KCIC’s Elizabeth Hanke and Megan Shockley as they pinpoint actionable insights with an in-depth look at the current state of asbestos litigation nationwide and a deep dive into how epidemiological data and models like Nicholson are predicting not only mesothelioma, but lung cancer diagnoses and subsequent lawsuits. In this 50-minute webinar, KCIC will review the following data to shine a light on what the future of asbestos litigation might hold.

1. National asbestos filing statistics for 2018–2020 and a look at 2021 so far: Trends by disease, jurisdiction, plaintiff counsel

2. Plaintiff exposure attributes that will affect the future of this litigation: Date of first exposure trends, secondary vs. primary exposure trends, male vs. female

3. Epidemiological data and models used for predicting future asbestos cases: Mesothelioma and lung cancer incidence rates from SEER and CDC data, Nicholson model projections, How asbestos filings compare to incidence rates over time

4. External factors that can affect a defendant’s experience: Publicity, Bad Verdicts, Bankruptcy of other similar defendants