Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, October 27, 2016
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Robin L. Greenwald, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
Aimee H. Wagstaff, Andrus Wagstaff, Lakewood, CO
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Overview of Roundup Cases
• What is Roundup and Why is it Harmful (Including Discussion of Glyphosate, Surfactants and Polyethoxylated Tallow Amine [POEA])?
• IARC
• What Makes a Good Roundup NHL Case?
• Disease/NHL
• Types of Exposure
• Length of Exposure
• Latency
• Categories of Plaintiffs
• Overview of Recent, Current, or Pending Studies
Kristie M. Hightower, Lundy, Lundy Soileau & South, LLP, Lake Charles, LA
David Wool, Andrus Wagstaff, Denver, CO
R. Brent Wisner, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C., Los Angeles
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Actions of Governments Since IARC Monograph
• EU Issues
• EFSA and Open Letter in Response
• Vote on Glyphosate Renewal
• Limitations on Glyphosate Use in EU
• EPA
• California – Prop. 65
• States’ Bans on Glyphosate/Roundup
Maja Lukic, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
Kristie M. Hightower, Lundy, Lundy Soileau & South, LLP, Lake Charles, LA
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Status of the MDL
Matthew E. Lundy, Lundy, Lundy Soileau & South, LLP, Lake Charles, LA
David J. Dickens, The Miller Firm LLC, Orange, VA
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Status of State Court Cases
• Delaware
• St. Louis City, MO
• Columbia County, MO
• California (Prop. 65 action Between Monsanto and State of Calif.)
• Coordination with Federal Action
R. Seth Crompton, Holland Law Firm, St. Louis
Timothy Litzenburg, The Miller Firm LLC, Orange, VA
Raeann Warner, Jacobs & Crumplar, Wilmington, DE
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Experts
• Categories of Experts
• Specific and General Causation
• Regulatory
• NHL as a Single Disease with Subtypes, Or as a Label for Many Different Diseases
Kathryn Forgie, Andrus Wagstaff, San Francisco
Hunter Lundy, Lundy, Lundy Soileau & South, LLP, Lake Charles, LA
Michael Baum, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C., Los Angeles
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Legal Challenges
• Venue
• Daubert
• Dose and Other Risk Factors/Other Exposures
Rudie R. Soileau Jr., Lundy, Lundy Soileau & South, LLP, Lake Charles, LA
Chris Nidel, Nidel Law, PLLC, Washington, DC
4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Bellwether Trials
• Monsanto Not Waiving Lexecon
• Selecting Plaintiffs and Plaintiff Fact Sheets
• State vs. Federal Court
• Trial Themes
• Cases in Federal “Rocket Dockets” (If No MDL)
Robin L. Greenwald, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
Aimee H. Wagstaff, Andrus Wagstaff, Lakewood, CO
R. Brent Wisner, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C., Los Angeles
4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Litigation Against Monsanto: What to Expect
Robin L. Greenwald, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
Aimee H. Wagstaff, Andrus Wagstaff, Lakewood, CO