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Networking Events
Premier Networking Reception | TBD
Sponsored by: ABC
Date: TBD from 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Pricing: Free when you register for the seminar
Location: TBD
TBD.
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Agenda with Speakers
*More session details to come. Schedule and Speakers subject to change.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Time (Eastern) |
Program |
12:00 p.m. |
Registration Opens |
6:00 p.m. |
Networking / Cocktail Hour
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7:30 p.m. |
Dine-Arounds
Join colleagues and friends at selected restaurants for dinner (on your own). |
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Time (Eastern) |
Program |
8:30 a.m. |
Registration & Coffee Service
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions
Daniel W. Gerber, Gerber Ciano Kelly, Buffalo, NY
Ilana B. Olman, Segal McCambridge, Fort Lauderdale, FL |
9:15 a.m. |
Winning the Institutional Bad Faith Battle
The theory of institutional bad faith allows a plaintiff to expand a dispute over a single loss into a widespread attack on an insurance company’s practices and procedures. Plaintiffs’ fundamental allegation in institutional bad faith cases is that insurers’ policies and procedures related to claim evaluation and resolution, claim adjustment protocols and associated software, and performance and compensation criteria for claims personnel, are either individually or collectively intended to unfairly shrink indemnity payments to claimants or deprive insureds of policy benefits to which they are entitled. Allegations of institutional misconduct may relate to an insurer’s common law bad faith liability, support the expansion of a single-plaintiff bad faith case into a class action, be said to constitute unfair claims settlement practices under related statutes, or be urged as evidence of reprehensible conduct justifying punitive damages. Insurers need to anticipate these allegations and be prepared to combat them.
Doug Richmond, Lockton Companies, LLC, Kansas City, MO |
10:15 a.m. |
Coffee Break
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10:30 a.m. |
The Use of Novel Theories of Products Liability and Negligence in the Context of Social Media Litigation and other Emerging Fields
This segment will explore a more recent push by the Plaintiffs' Bar to rely on theories of products liability and negligence, particularly in the context of claims against social media companies and other areas of litigation to create liability and coverage where it did not previously exist. This topic will further explore the implications of these novel theories from a claims and coverage perspective.
Rachel H. Kim, Sompo, New York, NY
Kristen Perkins, Esq., Kennedys, Fort Lauderdale, FL |
11:30 a.m. |
Practice Tips to Avoid a Nuclear Outcome in All Phases of Litigation
There has been lots of discussion about social inflation and nuclear verdicts generally. This topic will explore examples of how insurers are fighting back to mitigate that risk in all phases of litigation (pre-suit, mediation, trial).
Robert T. Horst, Esq., Horst Krekstein Runyon, Philadelphia, PA
Kenneth P. Williams, Esq., Segal McCambridge, Detroit, MI |
12:30 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own)
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2:00 p.m. |
Insuring Contractors: Trending Coverage Issues and Considerations in Construction Defect Litigation
Insured are hitting their aggregate limits more and more often – how are insurers dealing with this issue, communicating with insureds and addressing reserves. This topic will also explore recent trends of insurers seeking to recoup defense costs from other insurers who refused to share in the defense, and related practical considerations.
Julie Demaree (Complex Casualty Claims Director), Fortitude Re, Jersey City, NJ
Daniel Strong, Esq., Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP, Raleigh, NC |
3:00 p.m. |
The Intersection Between Coverage and AI
This topic will address the intersection between coverage, cyber/privacy and artificial intelligence, with the Blue Shield California Class Action case as a model/case study.
Barry M. Miller, Esq., Freeman Mathis & Gary, Lexington, KY
Sarah M. Abrams, Baleen Specialty/Bowhead Specialty, Chicago, IL |
4:00 p.m. |
Judicial Interpretation of Statutes and Insurance Contracts
Statutes and contracts are at the heart of coverage and bad faith litigation. Many of the highest courts throughout the country emphasize the "supremacy-of-text principle" when interpreting statutes. This topic will discuss methods of statutory interpretation, as well as insurance contract interpretation in the context of civil litigation, with a focus on insurance coverage litigation.
Judge J. Logan Murphy, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, FL |
5:00 p.m. |
Insurance Law Committee Business Meeting (open to all) |
6:00 p.m. |
Premier Networking Reception
Join fellow seminar attendees at our Premier Networking Reception. |
8:00 p.m. |
Dine-Arounds
Join colleagues and friends at selected restaurants for dinner (on your own).
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Friday, December 6, 2024
Time (Eastern) |
Program |
8:00 a.m. |
Registration & Coffee Service
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Announcements
Ilana B. Olman, Segal McCambridge, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Courtney C. Britt, Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP, Raleigh, NC |
8:40 a.m. |
Weaponization of Discovery in Coverage Cases
This topic will explore the weaponization of discovery by the policyholder bar and how to combat it. Essentially where the case becomes not about the coverage decision but about efforts to (1) increase the costs of litigation exponentially through burdensome discovery responses and make it so costly we want to settle, and (2) trip up carriers into a discovery sanction.
Alison A. Grounds, Esq., Troutman Pepper, Atlanta, GA |
9:40 a.m. |
Do you See What I See? Privacy Claims and Their Evolving Coverage Issues
This topic will explore coverage issues from perspective of both commercial general liability (CGL) Coverage B and Cyber.
Daniel I. Graham, Jr., Esq., Nicolaides Fink, Chicago, IL
Rich Gatz, Esq. (VP of Cyber Claims), Arch, Columbus, OH |
10:40 a.m. |
Coffee Break
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10:55 a.m. |
Coverage Trends Related to Emerging Public Nuisance Claims
We all know about opioids claims/coverage litigation, involving “no occurrence” and “no damages because of bodily injury” issues. But those same issues are now at the forefront of other coverage disputes related to public nuisance claims filed by public entities, including those relating to climate change and ghost guns. This topic will explore the various coverage challenges that have been raised in these recent cases.
Nathalie Dean (Associate General Counsel, Litigation), AIG, New York, NY
Christopher St. Jeanos, Esq., Willkie, New York, NY |
11:55 a.m. |
Ethics Topic: Lawyer Misuse of Information/Documents available in Metadata
Artificial Intelligence is affecting the practice of law at an incredible pace. This topic will explore issues surrounding the use of AI in the legal industry, its intersection with a lawyer’s obligations including potential consequences and practical considerations.
Sean C. Griffin, Esq., Robinson & Cole, Washington, DC |
12:55 p.m. |
Adjourn |
Headquarters Hotel Information
The seminar will take place at Sheraton New York Times Square, 811 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019.
To contact the hotel directly, call 212.581.1000.
A limited number of discounted hotel rooms have been made available at the Sheraton New York Times Square. Take advantage of the group rate of $419.00 Single/Double in one of two ways:
The hotel block is limited, and rooms and rates are available on a first-come, first-served basis. You must make reservations by November 4, 2024, to be eligible for the hotel's group rate. Requests for reservations made after November 4 are subject to room and rate availability.
CLE Information
Earn up to TBD hours of continuing legal education hours (CLE) From this seminar.
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DRI Cares
Blessings in a Backpack
Please join us in supporting Blessings in a Backpack, an organization that mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for school-aged children across America who might otherwise go hungry. Seminar attendees will have the opportunity to fill bags of food on the way to the joint networking lunch on Thursday, November 7. Feeding a child before you feed yourself is a wonderful way to support children and families in the Las Vegas community.
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Other Information
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