Environmental, Mass Torts, and Products Liability CLE Seminar: Hollywood, FL – January 2012

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Environmental, Mass Torts, and Products Liability CLE Seminar: Snowmass Village, CO – January 2011

Did you miss this year's Joint CLE Seminar of the Environmental Litigation, Products Liability, and Mass Tort Committees, held in beautiful Snowmass Village, Colorado? Use this link to view all the materials from the programs that were held. Topics include the intersection of environmental and bankruptcy Law, CAFA updates, recent developments all litigators need to know, and much more. This is always a successful annual meeting that combines outstanding speakers and topics of particular relevance with time for networking and skiing.

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Environmental, Mass Torts, and Products Liability CLE Seminar: Avon, CO – January 2010

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Section of Litigation Regional CLE Seminar: New York, NY – March 2009

EPA Enforcement and Regulatory Priorities in the Obama Administration

• » Presentation: Past And Future Trends Within The Superfund Program
• » U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General Report to Congress
• » Civil Environmental Enforcement Update
• » U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enforcement Update
• » Environmental Crimes Enforcement Update
• » Green Remediation
• » Superfund: Better Financial Assurances and More Effective Implementation of Institutional Controls Are Needed to Protect the Public
• » Superfund: Funding and Reported Costs of Enforcement and Administration Activities
• » Superfund Program: Updated Appropriation and Expenditure Data

Section of Litigation Joint CLE Seminar: Vail, CO – January 2009

• » EPA Civil Environmental Enforcement Update
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Section of Litigation Joint CLE Seminar: Snowmass, CO – January 2008

• »  In-House Counsel Speaks Out, Again
• » Convenient Truths: Forecasting the Future of Climate Change Tort Litigation
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Section of Litigation Leadership Meeting: Vancouver, BC – June 2007

• » No Passports Needed: Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change

Section of Litigation Joint CLE Seminar: Snowbird, UT – January 2007

Rapanos: Muddying the Waters

• » Rapanos, the Environment, and Multi-Terrain Legal Battle
• » Rapanos v. United States, What Does It Mean?
• » Rapanos v. United States
• » For a compilation of Rapanos materials, please see the Emory Law School site.

Other Committee Materials

• » Two Dollar Words and Other Ships Passing in the Night
• » 2006 Chief Legal Officer Survey
• » The Care and Feeding of Inside Counsel
• » Enhancing a Law Department’s Flexibility to Respond to Unexpected Challenges
• » The Ongoing Friction Between Site Remediation and Tort Litigation
• » Anticipating Mass Toxics Cases in the Age of Self-Reporting
• » Best Practices Are Now Potential Malpractices: New E-Discovery FRCP Rules
• » Discovery Tools, Alleged Abuses, and Possible Sanctions: The Case Law

Section of Litigation Joint CLE Seminar: Beaver Creek, Colorado – January 2006

• » Ethics and Legal Malpractice Update: Year in Review
• » Forward to the Past: The Aftermath of Aviall
• » Preparing for the the Expert; Discovery Issues and Suggested Cross-Examination Techniques
• » Juror's Body Language: Why We Look, What to Notice - and What to Ignore
• » Jury Selection: Myths and Realities About Jurors
• » Why You May Want to Know About a Prospective Juror's Attitude on Tort Reform
• » The Courtroom of the Twenty-First Century - ADR

Section of Litigation Joint CLE Seminar: Beaver Creek, Colorado – January 2005

• » The Multijurisdictional Practice: Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law
• » Working with Environmental Experts: Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protections
• » The Eisen Myth and Class Certification: Why Rigorous Analysis Requires Class Certification Experts to Satisfy the Admissibility Test in Daubert
• » A Database Anlaysis of the Superfund Allocation Case Law Second Edition

Section of Litigation Joint CLE Seminar: Orlando – March 2004

• » The Admissibility of Expert Testimony
• »  In-House Views on Outside Counsel: Partners or Vendors
• » Preemption in Action: Attacking Local Ordinances and Winning Damages and Attorney's Fees Under Section 1983