Annual Complex Litigation Seminar

January 27, 2022
3.0 CLE hours 

Join the NCAJ Products Liability, Mass Torts and Class Action section for a varied and in-depth seminar. We'll cover strategies to combat forced arbitration, seminal court decisions that affect our practice, and hold a panel discussion on single event and mass tort products liability cases that can help you expand your practice.
Registration includes seminar materials (in electronic format) and 3.0 CLE hours. 
 

AGENDA

12:55 PM | Welcome & Introductions – Program Chair

• Emily Beeson, Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP, Greensboro

1:00 PM | Uber Arbitrations: Turning the Tables on Arbitration Agreements by Filing Arbitrations En Masse 

• Matthew Lee, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh 
• Karl Gwaltney, Maginnis Law, PLLC, Raleigh 

2:00 PM | What's Going On (What's Going On)?: An Overview of Recent Decisions Impacting our Practice 

• Edward Maginnis, Maginnis Law, PLLC, Raleigh
• Emily Beeson, Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP, Greensboro 

3:00 PM | Break

3:15 PM | Fundamentals of Product Liabilities: Panel Discussion

• 3M Litigation
  • Kim Wilson White, Wilson Law, Raleigh
• Car Seats
  • Adam Langino, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Chapel Hill 
• Hip Implant Litigation
  • Whitney Butcher, Whitney Butcher, Ketterer, Browne & Associates, LLC, Bel Air, MD
• Basics of 3M litigation and potentially a cursory explanation on the difference between class action litigation, mass torts, and products liability
  • Chris Bagley, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham 
• Vehicle Crashworthiness
  • Noah Abrams, Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh

4:15 PM | Adjourn

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