Mass Torts Made Perfect
Bellagio, Las Vegas
| Thursday, October 23rd: | ||
| 7:30 to 8:30am | Continental Breakfast/Registration | Exhibit Hall |
| 8:30 to 9:15am | Opening Remarks | Mike Papantonio |
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9:15 to 10:00am |
DIGITEK: The War Begins |
Teresa Toriseva |
| 10:00 to 10:30am | GBCAs: Kryptonite and the Need Peter Burg &for the Lead Box | Troy Rafferty |
| 10:30 to 10:45am | Coffee Break | Exhibit Hall |
| 10:45 to 11:15am | Trasylol – Cash Cow or Dog? Bayer Asked the Question – What is the Answer? |
Scott Love/Brian Barr |
| 11:15 to 11:45am | Bisphenol-A: Are Plastics The Word of the Past? | Mike Hugo |
| 11:45 to 12:30pm | “Not Afraid To Win” | Geoffrey Fieger |
| 12:45 to 2:00pm | Luncheon with guest speaker | Bill Maher |
| 2:00 to 2:30pm |
The Subprime Meltdown Comes To Main Street |
Peter Mougey |
| 2:30 to 3:15pm | Preemption: The Latest From The Supreme Court and Elsewhere | Arnold Levin |
| 3:15 to 3:45pm | NUVA RING - A Deceptive Contraceptive | Fred Thompson |
| 3:45 to 4:15pm | New Developments In Antitrust Law | Joe Cotchett |
| 4:15 to 5:15pm | Building An Environmental Case: How To Do It From The Dream Team Panel | Kevin Madonna Carol Moore Jan Schlichtmann |
| 5:15 to 5:30pm | Pain at the Pump: Pain Pumps, Anesthetics, and Chondrolysis | Robert Jenner |
| 5:30 to 7:30pm | Cocktail Party | Exhibit Hall |
| Friday, October 24th: | ||
| 7:30 to 8:30am | Continental Breakfast | Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00 to 9:00am | Lien Resolution Issues & Trends In Mass Torts Settlement Programs | Matthew Garretson |
| 9:00 to 9:30am | The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures | David Zoll |
| 9:30 to 10:15am | Settlements In Mass Tort Cases: Group & Case Assessments | Chris Seeger |
| 10:15 to 10:45am | High Profile Cases And The Media | Mark Geragos |
| 10:45 to 11:00am | Coffee Break | Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00 to 11:20 |
Litigation Updates for Medtronic Leads |
Kim Lambert Yvonne Flaherty |
| 11:20 to 11:40am | Fosamax: Oversuppressing and Oversold | Larry Morris |
| 11:40 to 12:00noon | Stents – Which Are The Good Cases? | Ted Babbitt |
| 12:00 to 12:20pm |
Avandia: Key Causa- tion & Medical Issues |
John Boundas |
| 12:20 to 12:40pm | Paxil: The Wrong Choice For Pregnant Women’s Babies | Karen Menzies |
| 12:40 to 1:05pm |
Children's Motrin and SJS |
Browne Greene & Dan Balaban |
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1:05 to 1:25pm
1:25 to 1:45pm |
Hormone Therapy: Experimenting on America’s Grandmothers Ketek
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Rainey Booth
Brian Witzer |
Torts Made Perfect
Plaintiff Damages Summit
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Thursday, October 23rd: 7:00 to Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall 8:00am (Tower Ballroom 3) | |
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8:00am |
The Creation, Development, and Action Plan and Steps for the “Damages Model” in Tort and Commercial Cases – Architecturally Designing the Damages Plan With Your Given Set of Facts – Creating the “O.S.P.A.” Plan John F. Romano, West Palm Beach, FL |
| 9:30am | Jurors and Damages: Understanding the Mindset of Jurors on Damages Issues and Proof – Considering, Knowing, and Understanding Innate Biases and Prejudices of Jurors and Determining How to Ethically, Morally, and Legally Persuade These Jurors to Decide Issues in Spite of These Biases and Prejudices Brian Panish, Los Angeles, CA and Russ Herman, New Orleans, LA |
| 11:00am | Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall (Tower 3) |
| 11:15am |
How and Why “Economic” Damages/Losses DRIVE the “Non-economic” Damages/Losses Michael Burg, Englewood, CO |
| 12:30 | Luncheon Bill Maher - DaVinci Ballroom |
| 2:00pm |
The Segmental Approach to Damages: A New Paradigm for Evaluation, Proof and Persuasion Howard Nations, Houston, TX |
| 3:00pm | Creating, Developing, and Persuasively Solidifying Claims for Lost Wages in the Past and Loss of Future Earning Capacity/Ability – A Step-by-Step Approach to Winning the Wage Claim Robert Eglet, Las Vegas, NV |
| 4:00pm | Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall (Tower 3) |
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4:10pm
5:30pm |
Proving Damages with the latest Visual Technology Including State of the Art Radiological Imaging Howard Nations, Houston, TX Cocktail Party for you and your guest Tower Ballroom 5 & 8
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| Friday, October 24th: | |
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7:00 to Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall 8:00am (Tower Ballroom 3) | |
| 8:00am | Speaking Through Your Experts – Cutting Edge Advocacy Mic McConnell, Richmond, VA |
| 9:00am | Life Care Plans and the Continuum of Care Based Upon a Medical Model Dr. Craig Lichtblau, North Palm Beach, FL |
| 10:00am | Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall |
| 10:15am | Grief and Bereavement Experts in Wrongful Death Cases John F. Romano, West Palm Beach, FL |
| 11:15am |
Understanding, Appreciating, and Knowing the Differences between (a) Pain and (b) Suffering - Learning Methods of Articulating These Differences to Persuade in Negotiation, Mediation, and Trial Ed Hill, Charleston, WV |
| 12:15pm |
Proof and Argument of Damages: Wrongful Death Cases Michael Burg, Englewood, CO |
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1:00 to 1:30pm 1:30 to 2:00pm |
Lunch Buffet - Tower Ballroom 3
Financing The Perfect Tort Joe DiNardo
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| 2:00pm | Teaching the Subtleties and Nuances of Radiology to Lawyers – Understanding the Traps and Pitfall – Radiology 101 Dr. Mark Herbst, St. Petersburg, FL |
| 3:30pm | Debunking Defense Arguments and Positions on (a) Physical Pain and Suffering; (b) Mental Pain and Anguish; and (c) Loss of Enjoyment of Life Robert Eglet, Las Vegas, NV |
| 4:30pm | Adjourn |
| Saturday, October 25th: | |
| 8:00am | Preparing for and Taking the Deposition of the Defense Orthopedic and Neurologist Examiner – Pre-deposition Steps and Motions – Discovery Motions Relating to the Defense Examiner and Examination – Videotaping the Defense Exam – Post-examination Motions and Steps – Tactics and Techniques in Deposing the Defense Medical Examiner John F. Romano and Todd Romano, West Palm Beach, FL |
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10:00am 10:15 to 10:45am
10:45 to noon
noon |
Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall Visualizing Damages - A Quantum Leap in the approach of having Insurance Adjusters, Defense Lawyers, Mediators, Judges, and Juries "See" and "Visualize" the Damages as to each of the Primary Elements of Damages - Interview Techniques - Day-In-The-Life Videos - Video Settlement Documentaries - Other Key Components of Visualization in Advocacy Michaela Miller, Video Law Services - Jacksonville, FL Preparing for and Deposing the Defense Life Care Planner, the Defense Rehabilitation Expert, and Defense Vocational Rehabilitation Expert Mic McConnell, Richmond, VA Adjourn |
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