Mass Tort Litigation Seminar
Seminar
Friday, July 18, 2025
8:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Morning Session
Registration/Welcome Networking Breakfast
Continental Breakfast Available
Welcome and Speaker Introductions
AI-Powered Case Strategies
- Artificial intelligence and predictive analytics
- Legal tech for document review
Mentorship in Mass Torts
Trends in Mass Torts
Trends in mass tort litigation
A view from the bench by a former mass tort judge
Morning Break
California Wildfires
- California lawyers’ strategies for the ongoing California wildfires
2025 Legislative and Regulatory Landscape
- Legislation/proposed legislation
- Regulatory changes with the new administration
- Preemption, implications for ongoing litigation
Survivor-Centric Litigation
- Enhancing approaches for cases involving:
- Clergy abuse
- “Troubled” teens and school cases
- Trafficking
- Uber
12:20 - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:10
Afternoon Session
MDL Common Benefit Fees
- Observations
- Strategies
- Lessons learned
Role of Epidemiology and Science in Mass Torts
- How to approach causations (especially with cancers)
- Defending Daubert with an epidemiological lens
Emerging Topics in Mass Torts
- New mass torts
- Depo Provera
- Fertility Negligence
- Hair Relaxer
- Polychlorinated biphenyls
- Ultra Processed Foods
- Oxbryta
Adjourn
