Past DRI Events

This webinar will discuss how medical liability defendants can use the federal privilege to better defend their clients when sued. You'll learn:

1 - Understand the Privilege, Confidentiality and Immunity protections for Patient Safety Work Product (PSWP) and Healthcare providers under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA).
2 - Develop a working knowledge of Patient Safety Organization/PSES concepts as well as permitted disclosures for PSWP, including the learning system.
3- Review of PSQIA Case Law.

The registration is $75 for DRI members and $150 for non-members.

This Program will explain what attorneys need to know about ensuring digital information is properly considered at the outset of a new case. This program will feature a brief lecture on the best practices for counseling clients on the issues of preserving and producing digital records and will give real-world examples of the consequences that can arise – for parties and counsel - when issues related to electronically stored information (“ESI”) are ignored. After the introductory lecture, attendees will be split into small groups for discussions led by experienced litigators on the way ESI impacts their work and how the information presented in the program can be implemented in their practice.

The registration is $150 for DRI members and $250 for non-members.

This webinar will provide an introduction to PFAS including an overview of their manufacture, uses and health effects. It will also discuss state and federal regulations setting limits for their presence in air, water and soil, as well as standards for remediation of contaminated sites. It will further discuss proposed legislation that may be enacted on both the state and federal level.

The registration is $75 for DRI members and $150 for non-members.

The national energy landscape is rapidly evolving, demonstrated by the increasing emergence of both onshore and offshore wind energy projects. At the 2023 Wind Energy Litigation Seminar, attendees will gain an in-depth understanding about the onshore and offshore wind sector from experienced attorneys and directly from the industry itself. Join us in Chicago to gain valuable insight into existing litigation surrounding the industry as well as potential future litigation.

Join us in historic New Orleans for the Drug and Medical Device industry’s premier event for learning, networking, and advancing the defense of life sciences clients! You’ll hear from heads of litigation from the world’s foremost drug and medical device companies, get the latest insight on jurors’ changing perceptions, and celebrate Daubert’s 30th anniversary. This year, take advantage of new CLE opportunities on Wednesday afternoon and small group, off-site networking events on Thursday afternoon, which provide more opportunities than ever to network with renowned industry experts while enjoying the best of New Orleans.

Join us in the Big Easy as we reconnect at DRI’s 46th annual Employment and Labor Law Seminar. The nation’s best employment law seminar brings together leading management-side employment and labor attorneys, in-house counsel, human resources professionals, and EPLI representatives from throughout the U.S. and Canada. Always intensely practical and accompanied by helpful written materials, this seminar is indispensable for experienced practitioners as well as those who are just getting started in labor and employment law. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from some of the best practitioners and professionals in the labor and employment arena.

Impactful leaders in the legal industry have mental health, and physical well-being and overall wellness on their minds.  With the alarming rates of depression, anxiety and substance abuse in the legal industry, our organizations cannot afford to overlook these key issues if they want to maintain healthy and productive teams.  In a post-pandemic work place proactively addressing these issues is an essential component to maximizing productivity, retention and organizational sustainability.  This program will focus on providing lawyers, law firm leaders and the people invested in the well-being of their organizations with a framework to help recognize, manage and prioritize the wellness of the people who make up the organization. 

Wondering why cannabis is considered a Schedule I drug by the DEA and what efforts are being made to reschedule it? Or how the increased legalization and use of cannabis for medicinal purposes has paved the path for other drugs with potentially therapeutic qualities? What about how wholesalers, retailers, and consumers complete monetary transactions for a federally illegal substance in this age of digital banking?

If these are top of mind in your practice, then the 2023 DRI Cannabis Seminar is the place to be! Join us in New Orleans to listen to thought leaders from across the industry – from businesses to bankers to scientists to lawyers to insurers – as they present on exciting subjects such as recent efforts to research and reschedule cannabis; privacy concerns for businesses and consumers engaged in cannabis transactions; fintech infrastructure specific to cannabis transactions; insurance concerns facing those involved in the cannabis industry; cannabis toxicology; and evolving rules and regulations of psychedelic and psychedelic-adjacent drugs in light of success with medicinal cannabis. Plus, don’t miss the cross-seminar presentation with the DRI Employment Law Seminar on the state of cannabis in the workplace.

Sponsored by Laurel Road

With the federal student loan payment pause expected to expire by June 30, and interest rates on the rise, it’s an uncertain time for many attorneys who may have a great deal of student debt. Now is the time to get your questions answered and start planning for the changes ahead. DRI's Solution Marketplace partner Laurel Road will share best practices to evaluate, identify, and prepare your repayment strategy.

The webinar will cover:
1. Current federal student loan relief updates
2. New income-driven repayment options
3. How to position your law school and other student loans with interest rate uncertainty
4. Should I refinance or explore federal repayment options?
5. Could I save by refinancing?

This webinar is free for DRI members and non-members.

The nation’s best conference for Life, Health, and Disability practitioners is making its long-awaited appearance in the Big Easy, with best-in-class CLE, enhanced networking opportunities, and new ways to connect with your colleagues in a setting unlike anywhere else. Explore New Orleans with networking events that offer something for everyone and earn CLE from top industry leaders and practitioners. Plus, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off on April 28; come for the seminar and stay for a weekend of world class music and celebration. This is the seminar you will not want to miss!

The practice of law is changing, from where we practice to how we preserve and present evidence. At DRI’s Business Litigation and Intellectual Property Super Conference, you will learn about generational differences impacting the practice of law, issues in front of the Supreme Court and the anticipated effects of future rulings, the sweeping changes affecting restrictive covenants, and much, much more. Our featured experts will cover a wide range of issues affecting the modern litigator in an informative and interactive setting. Come reconnect, recharge, and leave reenergized about your practice.

The nation’s best conference for toxic tort and environmental practitioners is making its long-awaited appearance in the Big Easy, with best-in-class CLE, enhanced networking opportunities, and new ways to connect with your colleagues in a setting unlike anywhere else. Explore New Orleans with networking events that offer something for everyone and earn CLE from top industry leaders and practitioners. Plus, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off on April 28 – come for the seminar and stay for a weekend of world class music and celebration. This is the seminar you will not want to miss!

In early 2022, DRI released its first member risk management survey, created in partnership with LawyerGuard (the first DRI Premier Corporate Partner) and Barron & Newburger PC’s Attorneys Risk Management. Join us for this second presentation in a series that addresses concerns revealed by your survey responses. Our panel will discuss best practices in the identification and handling of conflicts, management of calendaring systems to avoid claims and complaints, and procedures for adapting your firm to a new and evolving work environment.

Presenters
Noah Fiedler | Barron & Newburger
Kevin Sullivan | LawyerGuard

This webinar is free for DRI members and non-members.

This program will cover the use of biomechanical experts in transportation litigation including the scientific issues these experts can speak to, the limitations of biomechanical science, and how to defend legal challenges against a biomechanical expert.

The registration is $75 for DRI members and $150 for non-members.

We are fortunate enough to have a DRI member that not only focuses on the financial services industry, but is the former head regulator of the Illinois Department of Financial Regulations, the regulatory body for the financial industry for Illinois. Bryan Schneider will join us to share his top tips for firms in the current banking climate.

The registration is free for DRI members and $150 for non-members.

Produced by the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy’s Medicare Secondary Payer Task Force

MSP 101 will address Medicare Secondary Payer fundamentals that every claim professional and defense attorney should know. In this course, attendees will learn the history of the MSP Act, how to recognize when MSP is implicated, and basic compliance obligations of insurance companies and self-insureds as "Responsible Reporting Entities" under the MSP Act 1395y and corresponding CFR sections for reporting to CMS and protecting the Medicare Fund. If you need to refresh your knowledge of all things MSP, this is the right place to start. Additional courses will be coming soon.

The registration is $75 for DRI members and $150 for non-members.

Sponsored by Geosyntec

This presentation will provide an update on two areas of continued interest for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): human health risk assessment, and remedy design and implementation at hydrogeologically-challenging sites. Tools and references to guide the establishment of science-based site-specific screening levels for PFAS will be discussed. Then speakers will present the design and implementation of an innovative, fully passive water treatment remedy for upwelling groundwater channels, which has consistently removed over 99% of target PFAS from influent water.

This webinar is free for DRI members and non-members.

Make the most of all your available tools in your toolbox by embracing new technologies, using new programs more efficiently and effectively. Leave the paper behind without feeling like you are risking it all!

This webinar is free for DRI members and non-members.

DRI’s Center for Law and Public Policy has authored the whitepaper: "Nonlawyer Investment in the Legal Economy." This webinar will outline the major regulatory changes in several US states that now permit nonlawyers to own law firms. We will explain the evolution from the "practice of law" by attorneys to the provision of "legal services" by nonlawyers, how this relaxation permits increased connection between corporations and alternative legal services providers, and how even litigators should prepare for these internet-based changes.

The registration is $75 for DRI members and $150 for non-members.

Drug and medical device manufacturers remain a target in high stakes litigation. Understanding the basics of drug and medical device litigation is key to defending the makers of these life-saving and life-saving drugs and devices. Join DRI for an informative webinar for a better understanding of FDA's regulation of drug and medical devices; product liability claims and defenses; and the applicability of the learned intermediary defense.

The registration is $75 for DRI members and $150 for non-members.