Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, June 20, 2014
7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:25 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome by Chair
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Transvaginal Mesh - Trial Update, Litigation Landscape, and Settlement News
• Trial Review from the Plaintiff Perspective - What Evidence Came In and What Were the Major Trial Issues: Bard and J&J Trials
• Future Trial Settings – BSC, J&J in a Post-Judge Higbee Court
• Settlement News - How are Cases Evaluated for Settlement? AMS Settlement Update, the News/Rumors on Settlements and Census Orders
• Litigation Landscape – MDL, CMOs, Remands and State Court News
Moderator: Bryan F. Aylstock, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
James B. Matthews III, Blasingame Burch Garrard Ashley P.C., Athens, GA
Benjamin H. Anderson, Anderson Law Offices LLC, Cleveland
Richard A. Freese, Freese & Goss, PLLC, Dallas
Adam M. Slater, Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC, Roseland, NJ
Scott A. Love, Clark, Love & Hutson, Houston
Douglas C. Monsour, Monsour Law Firm, Longview, TX
Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI
Edward A. Wallace, Wexler Wallace LLP, Chicago
Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC
Derek H. Potts, The Potts Law Firm LLP, Kansas City, MO
Aimee H. Wagstaff, Andrus Wagstaff, P.C., Lakewood, CO
Yvonne M. Flaherty, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis
Jeffrey M. Kuntz, Wagstaff & Cartmell, Kansas City, MO
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
ACTOS - Trial Update, Litigation Landscape, and Settlement News
• Trial Review from the Plaintiff Perspectives - What Evidence Came In, What Were the Major Trial Issues, Spoliation Instructions, Appellate Update, Early Trials in California, Maryland and Las Vegas, MDL Trials, Predictive Coding, Eli Lilly
• The Allen $9 Billion Punitive Verdict
• Future Trial Settings – MDL, Cook County, California and Other State Courts
• Litigation Landscape
• Science and Expert Update
Moderator: Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Hunter J. Shkolnik, Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, New York
Andy D. Birchfield Jr., Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Will Kemp, Kemp, Jones & Coulthard LLP, Las Vegas
Nicholas J. Drakulich, The Drakulich Firm, San Diego
Michael J. Miller, The Miller Firm, LLC, Orange, VA
Stephanie O’Connor, Douglas & London, New York
Jonathan M. Sedgh, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Stryker Hip Implants Litigation
• Science Review and Update
• Experts That You Need
• Individual Case Issues and Case Selection Criteria
Peter J. Flowers, Meyers & Flowers, Chicago
Genevieve M. Zimmerman, Zimmerman Reed, Minneapolis
C. Calvin Warriner III, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Stryker Hip Implant Litigation Update, Cont.
• Litigation Update – MDL, CMO’s and State Court
• Discovery Issues
Peter J. Flowers, Meyers & Flowers, Chicago
Genevieve M. Zimmerman, Zimmerman Reed, Minneapolis
C. Calvin Warriner III, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Testosterone Litigation - Low T
• Science Primer
• Experts That You Need
• Marketing Case - Selling Youth and Vigor
• Litigation Update - Current Pending Cases, MDL Petitions and Arguments, State Court Venues
Russ M. Herman, Herman, Herman & Katz, L.L.C., New Orleans
Trent B. Miracle, Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, Alton, IL
Timothy Becker, Johnson//Becker PLLC, Minneapolis
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Morcellator Litigation - Patient Beware: Routine Morcellation Can Spread Hidden Cancer
• Science Primer
• Case Selection Critieria
• Pending Cases and Potential Venues
B. Kristian W. Rasmussen, Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, P.C., Birmingham, AL
Francois M. Blaudeau, M.D., Riley & Jackson, P.C., Birmingham, AL
Christopher B. Hood, Heninger, Garrison & Davis, LLC, Birmingham, AL
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Benicar
• Science Primer and Update – Gastrointestinal Injuries and Cancer
• Case Selection Criteria
• Litigation Update - Pending Cases and Potential Venues
Daniel Nigh, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL
Rayna E. Kessler, Lopez McHugh LLP, Moorestown, NJ
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Risperdal
• Science Primer and Update
• Case Selection Criteria
• Litigation Update - Pending Cases, MDL and Settlement Rumors
Robert Mosier, The Sanders Firm, Los Angeles
Brian J. McCormick Jr., Ross Feller Casey, LLP, Philadelphia
5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by International Litigation Services (ILS)
