Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, November 10, 2016
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Litigation Overview: From Berg, to St. Louis, to New Jersey, to an MDL
Co-Chair Ted G. Meadows, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Liability Cases Against Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies and Imerys Talc
• The Positions Taken by Parties at Trial
• Key Documents Used by Both Sides
Co-Chair R. Allen Smith Jr., The Smith Law Firm, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
General Causation
• How Plaintiffs Prove General Causation
• What Defendants Do to Disprove General Causation
John C. Thornton, Andrews Thornton Higgins Razmara LLP, Irvine, CA
Steve Faries, The Lanier Law Firm, Houston
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Specific Causation
• How Plaintiffs Prove:
- Epidemiology
- Differential Diagnosis
- Pathology
• What Defendants Do to Combat Specific Causation
David P. Dearing, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Patrick Cash Malouf, Porter & Malouf, P.A., Ridgeland, MS
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
State Court Venue Update
Missouri:
• What Does It Take to File and Maintain a Case in The City of St. Louis?
• Standard Orders and CMOs Entered to Date – Preservation Orders, Fact Sheet Orders, etc.
• Trials to Date and Upcoming Trials
•Appellate Issues Surrounding Verdicts to Date
James G. Onder, Onder, Shelton, O'Leary & Peterson, LLC, St. Louis
New Jersey:
• An Analysis and Critique of Judge Johnson’s Kemp Ruling – Or, What to Expect on Appeal
Richard Golomb, Golomb & Honik, P.C., Philadelphia
Washington, D.C.:
• What Does it Take to File and Maintain a Case in D.C.?
• The Case Against Personal Care Products Council (PCPC)
• Standard Orders and CMOs entered to Date – Preservation Orders, Fact Sheet Order, etc.
• Upcoming Trials
Richard Golomb, Golomb & Honik, P.C., Philadelphia
California:
• A Review of the CA Consolidation Order
• What Does it Take to File and Maintain a Case in CA?
• The Importance of Properly Pleading the Case Against Imerys
• Standard Orders and CMOs Entered to Date
• Priority Trial Settings
Cynthia L. Garber, Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
Rachel Abrams, Levin Simes, San Francisco
Anne Andrews, Andrews Thornton Higgins Razmara LLP, Irvine, CA
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Case Specific Discovery
• Plaintiff Depositions: The Differences Between Preparing and Presenting for Discovery, Versus Trial Preservation Depositions
• Treater Depositions: What to Expect in the Typical Deposition, and How to Prepare for a Treater Who Says Talc Doesn’t Cause Cancer
Danielle Ward Mason, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Timothy W. Porter, Porter & Malouf, P.A., Ridgeland, MS
Fred Thompson III, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Richard D. Meadow, The Lanier Law Firm, Houston
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Class Action and Attorney General Actions
• Johnson and Johnson's Conduct and How It Adversely Affects Consumers
• What Claims Do Attorneys General Have to Combat J&J on Behalf of Consumers?
• Potential Recovery with Parens Patriae Cases
• Consumer Protection Claims
• Damages and Penalties
Alison D. Hawthorne, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Wendy R. Fleishman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York