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THURSDAY, APRIL 11
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Thu 7:00p
WELCOME!
Opening and Reception Poolside Dinner |
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Thu 10:15p
- whenever
Hospitality Suite at Manor House |
Cigars, wine, cocktails, munchies and
lots of talk.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 12
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Fri 7:30a
Continental Breakfast |
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Fri 7:50a Opening
Remarks |
 Jeff "Obi-Wan"
Williams
2002 Chair - The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Morgenstein & Jubelirer
● Introduction to the Network
● 2002 Justice in America Award Winner
● Welcome Seminar Chairs
Bio
Firm |
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Fri 7:55a
Welcome From Seminar Co-Chairs |
 Susan
Artinian
2002 Seminar Co-Chair
Dykema Gossett
Bio
Firm
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 David
Harris
2002 Seminar Co-Chair
Lowenstein Sandler
Bio
Firm
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Dan
Stephenson
2002 Seminar
Co-Chair
Dykema
Gossett
Bio
Firm |
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Fri 8:00a Peter
Wechsler
Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster
& Russell
Miami, FL
Head, Litigation Department
Ruden, McClosky
Miami Office
Bio Firm |
Using Jedi Mind Tricks
COMPUTER-GENERATED ANIMATIONS AND SIMULATIONS: TRUTH OR SCIENCE FICTION
Animations vs. simulations;
admissibility issues. Is it fact or is it opinion evidence?
Demonstrations of effective animation techniques and issues in getting
yours to the jury. |
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Fri 8:15a
Mike
Rodburg
Lowenstein Sandler
Roseland, NJ
Managing
Director
Lowenstein Sandler
Bio
Firm |
Droids And Programming Is Only Part Of It
TECHNOLOGY and LAW FIRM/DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT
Lowenstein Sandler was
ranked 4th in the United States in technology in an American Lawyer
survey of the top 500 law firms. Learn what leading firms are
doing to bring technology into the practice of law, including
web-based applications for multi-use (client/attorney) and organization
access. |
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Fri 8:30a
Tom
Zych
Thompson Hine
Cleveland, OH
Chair,
eBusiness & Emerging Technologies Practice Group,
Thomson Hine,
Managing Director NeoNet Advisors LLC
Bio
Firm |
"Use The Force, Luke."
TECHNOLOGY LIGHTENING
GENERAL COUNSEL'S LOAD
Inhouse counsel must do more with
less -- smaller staffs and reduced budgets. Selective use of new
technological tools allow corporate counsel to manage complicated
caseloads and move a portion of their case management responsibilities
to outside counsel. Extranets, electronic document management
and archiving, automated docketing, and web-based transaction
management systems are just a few of those new tools. |
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Fri 8:45a
Jeff
Parsons
Beirne, Maynard
& Parsons
Houston, TX
Trustee, Past Chair
and Founder
The Network of
Trial Law Firms,
Founder
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons
Bio
Firm |
That Deathstar Cost How Much?
REBUTTING DAMAGE CLAIMS IN COMMERCIAL CASES
Rebutting commercial plaintiffs' damage
claims. Exposing exaggeration, lack of foundation and other
smoke and mirrors in contract damage claims. Techniques and methods
for dealing with exorbitant claims. |
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Fri 9:00a
Bob Kerrigan
Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles
New Orleans, LA
Trustee, Past
Chair and Founder
The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Bio
Firm |
Learning from the Empire's Interrogation
Methods
EXAMINATION STRATEGIES IN CONTENTIOUS LITIGATION
Strategies for bolstering your witnesses
and demolishing your adversary's. |
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Fri 9:15a Jim
Hooper
Wheeler Trigg
& Kennedy
Denver, CO
Bio
Firm |
Putting a Jedi To The Test
COURT-RETAINED INDEPENDENT EXPERTS: A VALUABLE
BUT UNDERUTILIZED PROCEDURE
Court appointment of "independent"
experts for purposes of reviewing the scientific validity of expert
testimony can decisively affect litigation outcomes. How does the
procedure work? What are the potential risks and benefits? Who
pays for it? Is it desirable? Recent experiences with independent experts
in high-profile litigation. |
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Fri 9:30a Coffee
Break
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Fri 10:00a
- 1:00p
Spouses'
and Significant Others' Morning Event
 Cooking lesson and
lunch with celebrity Chef Eddie Matney of Eddie Matney's Epicurean
Trio in Phoenix. |
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Fri 10:00a
W.G. Watkins
Forman Perry Watkins Krutz
& Tardy
Jackson, MS
Founder
Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy
Firm |
"If There's A Bright Center To The Universe, You're On The
Planet That It's Farthest From."
LITIGATING IN
TROUBLESOME JURISDICTIONS
Dealing with Jury Issues and preparing a case for trial in a problem
jurisdiction. Top ten ways to know if you are in a problem
jurisdiction. |
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Fri 10:15a
Susan
Artinian
Dykema Gossett
Detroit, MI
Trustee and Co-Chair --
Seminar Committee
The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Bio
Firm |
"We Could Almost Buy Our Own Ship
For That."
SALES AGENCY &
MANUFACTURERS' REP LITIGATION
Sales agents and manufacturers' representatives don't always see things
the same way as the companies they represent. Limiting
manufacturers' liability and exposure from the start in the contract;
defending the issues. |
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Fri 10:30a
Kelly
Corr
Corr Cronin
Seattle, WA
Trustee, Past Chair
and Founder
The Network of
Trial Law Firms,
Founder,
Corr Cronin,
Previously Co-Chair,
Litigation Department
Bogle & Gates
Bio
Firm |
Dealing With A Rebel Alliance
CLASS ACTION LITIGATION: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
Alternative approaches to disposing of
class actions, including summary judgment! |
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Fri 10:45a
Madeline
Sherry
Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson
Philadelphia, PA
Founder
Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson
Bio
Firm |
Back To The Future
DE NOVO REVIEW OF
PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARDS
Impact of the 2001 United States Supreme Court decision in Cooper Industries
v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. |
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Fri 11:00a
Eliot Jubelirer
Morgenstein
& Jubelirer
San Francisco, CA
Trustee and Founder
The Network of Trial Law Firms,
Founder
Morgenstein & Jubelirer
Bio
Firm |
Jumping From
Planet To Planet
PRACTICE POINTERS FOR FOREIGN DEPOSITIONS
When
arbitration takes you to a foreign land, like your American Express
card, never leave home without your own court reporter, video system,
translator and procedure for nightly deposit of transcripts. Tips on labeling your materials to avoid seizure at customs as
financial records, and other pointers that will make the difference
between an effective trip and a waste of time and money. A
practitioner with substantial experience in this area discusses
pitfalls and practice tips for taking depositions
overseas. Gap-fillers in the Federal Arbitration Act and the Rules of
International Chamber of Commerce can restructure your contract beyond
recognition. And, more than 20 U.S. states now have their own rules
for international arbitration conducted within their borders. Learn
what they are. |
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Fri 11:15
Bobby
Hood
Hood Law Firm
Charleston, SC
Trustee
The Network of Trial Law Firms,
Founder
Hood Law Firm
Bio
Firm |
After Darth Vader Took The Lightsabre To Luke's Hand
EXPERT WITNESS AND
CROSS-EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES TO MITIGATE DAMAGES
IN NASTY CASES
Minimizing damages in high exposure
litigation. Three trial illustrations showing effective
examination methods and techniques. |
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Fri 11:30a
Tom
Allen
Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn
& Dial
Atlanta, GA
Head, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Practice Group
Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial
Bio
Firm |
Attack Of The Clones
STEAMROLLER TACTICS BY THE PLAINTIFF BAR
Cooperation with the plaintiff bar as a means for handling
multi-jurisdiction discovery issues. The new face of the plaintiff
bar: well-organized and well-funded. ATLA groups, how they are
organized, ATLA cookbooks for suing companies and attacking products,
routine violation of protective orders by plaintiffs via the Internet.
with
Sybil
C. Hadley
Corporate Counsel -- The Home Depot |
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Fri 11:55p
Simultaneous
Breakout
Sessions |
Group A
LITIGATION
AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL MANAGEMENT
with Discussion by
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Elizabeth
Moreshead
Attorney
Michael
Hoffman
Exec. VP, CLO
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Kyle
Jennings
General Counsel
American General
Financial Group
Anthony
Portuese
Assistant General Counsel
Andrew
Jordan
Assoc. VP & Chief Counsel
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Sally
Sommers
Associate General Counsel
Robert
Merritt
Sr. VP, Assoc. GC
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Group
B
LITIGATION
AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL MANAGEMENT
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Moderated by
Alex
Marconi
Snell & Wilmer
Phoenix, AZ
Trustee
The Network of Trial Law Firms
Formerly Inhouse
Outboard Marine Corporation
Bio Firm
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with Discussion by
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Ray
Smerge
Exec. VP, CLO
Mike
Fried
Asst. V.P. - Litigation Mgmt.
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Jeffrey
Gates
Assoc. General Counsel
Worldwide Product Liability
Jamie
Williams
Sr. VP, Assoc. GC
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David
King
General Counsel
Mark
Dapier
Exec. VP, GC, Sec.
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Group C
LEGAL
TECHNOLOGY
FUTURE LOOK
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Moderated by
Mike
Rodburg
Lowenstein Sandler
Roseland, NJ
Managing
Director
Lowenstein Sandler
Bio
Firm
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with Discussion by
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Tom
Zych
Thompson Hine
Cleveland, OH
Chair,
eBusiness & Emerging Technologies Practice Group
Thomson Hine,
Managing Director, NeoNet Advisors LLC
Bio
Firm |
Linda
Mitchell
General Counsel
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Tom
Rice
Baker Sterchi Cowden &
Rice
Kansas City, MO
Bio
Firm |
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Group D
POST-9/11 ISSUES,
COMPENSATION FUND
LITIGATION, "ZONE OF INSOLVENCY"
ISSUES, ENRON and SHIFTING FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT,
THE PATRIOT ACT, POST WTC INSURANCE COVERAGE ISSUES, HUMAN RESOURCE
ISSUES and OTHER HOT
TOPICS
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Moderated by
Scott
O'Connell
Nixon Peabody
New York, NY and
Boston, MA
Bio
Firm
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with Discussion by
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Russ
Mirabile
Sr. VP, Dir. of Claims
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Howard
Fielstein
C.P.A.
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Susan
Anderson
Asst. General Counsel
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Steve
Kravit
Kravit, Gass,
Hovel & Leitner
Milwaukee, WI
Trustee,
Founder and Past Chair
The Network of
Trial Law Firms,
Founder
Kravit, Gass, Hovel & Leitner
Firm
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Barry
Halpern
Snell & Wilmer
Phoenix, AZ
Bio Firm |
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Fri 12:30p Lunch
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Fri 6:45p
Busses
to Wrigley Mansion
Fri 7:00p
Dinner at Wrigley
Mansion |
Dinner and dancing at one of the elegant
homes
of the famous chewing gum magnate.
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Fri 10:30p
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Hospitality Suite at Manor House
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Cigars, wine, cocktails, munchies and
lots of talk.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 13
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Sat 7:45a
Continental Breakfast |
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Sat 8:25a
Welcome From Today's Seminar Co-Chairs |
Susan
Artinian
2002 Seminar Co-Chair
Dykema Gossett
Bio
Firm |
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David
Harris
2002 Seminar Co-Chair
Lowenstein Sandler
Bio
Firm |
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Dan
Stephenson
2002 Seminar
Co-Chair
Dykema
Gossett
Bio
Firm |
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Sat 8:30a
Scott
Smith
Halleland Lewis Nilan Sipkins
& Johnson
Minneapolis, MN
Bio Firm |
Forming a New Alliance
MDL LITIGATION -- PANACEA OR PAIN?
Federal-State court system interplay. Coordinating parallel
proceedings in MDL and State courts. Working with plaintiff
counsel to bring all matters under one roof. |
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Sat
8:45a Charles
Mercer
Moore & Van Allen
Raleigh, NC
formerly
Chair, North Carolina Property Tax Commission
(court of
record for property tax matters in North Carolina),
Trustee
The Network of Trial Law Firms
Bio
Firm
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Paying For The Imperial Senate
TAX
LITIGATION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR INHOUSE COUNSEL TO SAVE MONEY NATIONWIDE
State-to-state commonalities, nuts and bolts,
issues to look for,
and how to save your company money when the dark side wants to tax it
away from you.
● Real Estate Property Tax
● Personal Property (Machinery & Equipment) Tax
● Corporate Income Tax and Other State Tax Issues
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Sales & Use Taxes
Recent state and U.S. Supreme Court
decisions. Making litigation a profit center by tuning in to state and
local tax
litigation, saving money for your company.
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Sat 9:00a
Alex
Marconi
Snell & Wilmer
Phoenix, AZ
Trustee
The Network of Trial Law Firms,
Formerly Inhouse
Outboard Marine Corporation
Bio Firm |
After The Fall of The Empire
DOCUMENT RETENTION AFTER ENRON
When is document
destruction really document obstruction? Limits to the protection
afforded by document retention policies. Limits on your ability
to truly "destroy" any electronic
evidence. How the government can get even your "disposed of"
electronic documents. |
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Sat 9:15a
Linda
Woolf
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann
Baltimore, MD
Trustee
and Past Chair
The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Bio
Firm |
Making Sure The Force Is With You
INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BUSINESS
CLAIMS AND LITIGATION
Recent developments in coverage law
for businesses' first and third-party losses (loss of use, lost
profits, business interruption, commercial, trademark, copyright
litigation). |
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Sat 9:30a
John
Fitzpatrick
LeClair Ryan
Richmond, VA
Trustee
The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Bio
Firm |
Asbestos Might Have Saved the Deathstar
LITIGATION MANAGEMENT BY APPEASEMENT --
LESSONS LEARNED BY ASBESTOS
MANUFACTURERS
Lessons learned by
asbestos defendants from the universal policy of appeasement. A
defense lawyer's analysis of the policy of paying ransom for frivolous
cases while keeping defense counsel at bay. Policy and practice
guidelines for traditional and emerging mass tort and product defendants. |
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Sat 9:45a
Rod
Heard
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon
Chicago, IL
Distinguished Neutral and Sustaining Member
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution,
Chair, Client Services Committee, and formerly Chair, Commercial
Litigation Practice Group
Wildman Harrold
Bio
Firm |
The Phantom Menace
THE FORCE OF
BIAS IS UNIVERSAL
Recent studies confirm
that judges are as susceptible
to bias in their decisions as are jurors, including as to punitive
damages. Handling an absence of familiarity and comfort with judges
and their biases. Do you ever really "know" your judge? |
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Sat 10:00a Coffee
Break |
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Sat 10:30a
David
Harris
Lowenstein Sandler
Roseland, NJ
NLJ Top 10
NJ Lawyers,
Trustee
The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Bio
Firm |
Penalties From The Trade Federation
MINIMUM ROYALTIES - DO NOTHING OR DUE DILIGENCE?
Rights and obligations of a trademark licensee to promote
products under a mark even when paying minimum royalties to the
licensor. |
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Sat 10:45a
Barry
Halpern
Snell & Wilmer
Phoenix, AZ
Bio Firm |
Facing the Terror
of the Dark Side
POST-9/11
INSURANCE COVERAGE AND LIABILITY ISSUES
Planning for newly
foreseeable exposures in the wake of 9/11 --insurance coverage,
availability and expanded liability. |
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Sat 11:00a
Scott
O'Connell
Nixon Peabody
New York, NY and
Boston, MA
Bio
Firm |
The Empire Strikes Back
THE PATRIOT ACT
"To
deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the
world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other
purposes."
Avoiding violations in the normal course of business; money
laundering compliance programs. |
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Sat 11:15a
Steve
Kravit
Kravit, Gass,
Hovel & Leitner
Milwaukee, WI
Trustee,
Founder and Past Chair
The Network of
Trial Law Firms,
Founder
Kravit, Gass, Hovel & Leitner
Firm |
"Judge Me By My Size, Do You? Hm? Mmmm. And Well You Should Not."
DEFENDING SHAREHOLDER OPPRESSION LITIGATION
Dismissal of fiduciary duty/shareholder oppression claims
brought by minority shareholders of close corporations against
majority shareholders. |
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Sat 11:30a
Paul
Morrison
McCarthy
Tétrault
Toronto, Canada
Trustee
The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Bio Firm |
Another
Planet's View
SHAREHOLDER
ACTIVISM NORTH OF THE BORDER
Enron and similar matters are
focusing Canadian courts and
regulators attention on the rights of shareholders. Oppression suits, class actions and injunctions are
just a few of the weapons in the shareholder's arsenal.
Decidedly (un)Canadian aggression is rearing its head in shareholder dissent
cases. |
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Sat 11:45a Austin
McGuigan
Rome McGuigan Sabanosh
Hartford, CT
Trustee
The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Bio
Firm |
A New Hope
NEW SETTLEMENT
STRATEGY IDEAS FOR MAJOR CASES
Settlement options for deep
pocket defendants beyond capping plaintiff claims and preserving
rights against co-defendants. Using the litigation equivalent of
Puts and Calls in settling high-exposure multi-defendant cases.
with
Joseph Santos
Associate General Counsel
United Technologies Corporation -- Pratt & Whitney
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Sat 12:10a
Larry
Clark
Lange, Simpson, Robinson
& Somerville
Birmingham, AL
Head of Litigation
Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville
Bio
Firm |
That Lightsabre Isn't A Toy
MANAGING PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION
Guidelines for firms working together and with
inhouse counsel attorneys in the defense of product liability
litigation.
with
Don
Chenevert
Senior Litigation Attorney
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Sat 12:35a
Conclusion |
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Sat 1:00p
Recreation
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Golf at Wildfire Golf Course |
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Click on photo to visit the Wildfire
website
Located in the high
Sonoran Desert in North Phoenix this course delivers a target golf experience,
yet the expansive fairways allow the player to remain in play even
after an errant shot. An Arnold Palmer designed course, Wildfire Golf
Club is fast becoming a destination golf experience. |
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Tennis
(3 courts) |
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Rio Verde
Water Float |
Horseback Riding |
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Spa |
Pool |
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Sat 7:00p
BBQ
Dinner at Mummy Mountain
  
The most delicious, abundant,
succulent western BBQ ever.
 The
Cantina Show (the same fabulous dance/musical group that entertained
us in 1998) is Arizona's most exciting Western Revue and is designed
to be an evening full of entertainment to bring you the Wild Wild West
like you've never seen before!
Join us as we step back in time to the rough n' tumble days of the
Old West. Saloon gals and rugged cowboys will be meetin' n'
greetin' y'all as ya walk in.
After some fine southwest dining, the entertainment begins.
We take you through the ages of the Old West featuring our
high-kicking can-can dancers, across the Mexican border and back,
where everyone participates in the Hat Dance and sing-a-long, and
right into the new Southwest. All this followed by contemporary
line dance and two step instruction. |
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Sat 10:30p
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Hospitality Suite at Manor House |
Cigars, wine, cocktails, munchies and
lots of talk.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 14
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Sun
8:30a
- 10:00a
Members and
Trustees Breakfast |
Breakfast meeting for members available
to meet. |
