Programs & Materials

The documents below are written materials from programs that have been sponsored by the Mass Torts Litigation Committee. Please note: You must be a Section of Litgation member and be logged in to access the files.

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2012 Committee Joint CLE Seminar (January 19–21, 2012, New York, NY)

• » Tales From the Abyss: What Does It Take To Get Disbarred These Days?
• » In-House Counsel Panel: Are Alternative Fee Arrangement (AFAS) the New Standard for Law Firms?
• » Fewer, Cheaper, Better: The Evolution of Buying Strategy for GCs
• » General Counsel: Using Law Firm Web Sites
• » How General Counsel Evaluates and Hires Law Firms
• » Panelists Tackle the Perennial Question: What do General Counsel Want?
• » In-House Counsel Panel: The Substantive and Practical Challenges Faced by Today's In-House Counsel
• » State Attorneys General: The People’s Champion
• » Riding the Next Wave of Toxic Tort Litigation
• » The Endangered Species Act – An Overview
• » Update on the Polar Bear – Endangered Species Act Multidistrict Litigation
• » The Endangered Species Act and Its Impact on Topical Environmental Issues
• » Mastering Business Development: The Neuroscience of Converting a Lead into a Client
• » Social Media for Lawyers
• » Nine Marketing Ideas That Can be Ethically Implemented
• » Websites that May Provide Business Leads and a List of Available Business Development Articles
• » You Are Only Young Once: Business Development for the Associate Lawyer
• » You Are Only Young Once: A Multi-Prong Approcah to Business Development (Seminar Worksheet)
• » A View from the Panel – Part of the Solution (The Evolution of Multidistrict Litigation)
• » Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation: “Reflections on the Panel’s Work”
• » Managing Multidistrict Litigation in Products Liability Cases – A Pocket Guide for Transferee Judges
• » Ten Steps to Better To a Better Management: A Guide for Multidistrict Litigation Transferee Judges
• » Recent Issues Arising in Multidistrict Litigation Bellwether Trials
• » Developments in Selection and Trial of Bellwether Cases
• » Does Daubert Apply at Class Certification? Eighth Circuit Tries to Find Middle Ground
• » In re Zurn Pex Plumbing Prod. Liab. Litig., No. 10-2267 (8th Cir. July 6, 2011)
• » Products Liability 2011: Year in Review
• » The Current State of the Preemption Defense: Dead or Alive?

2011 Aviation Litigation CLE Seminar (June 2, 2011)

• » Recent Developments in Aviation Law
• » Best Practices Under the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1996
• » The Latest Trends and Tactics in Prosecuting and Defending Foreign Mass Accident Litigation
• » Navigating Through Electronic Discovery
• » Social Media: What Is it and How Is it Relevant to Aviation Litigation?
• » Deposing Experts: What’s New from the Plaintiff’s Perspective
• » Challenges in Aviation Litigation: Recent Activity in American Court Seeking Recovery Based on European Law

2010 Aviation Litigation CLE Seminar – Disaster in the Alps!
(New York City Bar Association | New York, NY)

• » Legal Update: Aviation & Mass Torts Year-in-Review

Aviation Trial Demonstrations & Cutting Edge Issues CLE Seminar
(New York, NY)

• » Jury Selection
• » Controlling the Runaway Witness
• » Sublimits or Substandard?
• » Aviation Policy Sublimits: Challenges to the Insured and Insurer and the Possibility of Exceeding the Limits
• » VLJs in the National Airspace System
• » VLJs: Very Light Jets or Virtual Labyrinthine Jam? Potential Effects on Litigation from a Justice Department Lawyer's Perspective
• » Recent Developments in Aviation Law 2007-2008
• » Persuasion After the Evidence: Closing Arguments in Aviation Litigation
• » An Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights: Along with the Rights to Free Speech, Bearing Arms, et. al., Would the Founders Have Guaranteed the American Air Traveling Public a Right to Lavatory Service, Snack Mix, and In-Cabin Entertainment?
• » JetBlue Airways' Customer Bill of Rights (October 2007)
• » Hanni v. American Airlines, Inc. & Does 1, Affidavit
• » Hanni's Opening Speech
• » How Lawyers' Ethical Obligations are Affected by E-Discovery Rules
• » The Movies: Ethical Issues & Solutions