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Duane Morris Partner Alan Klein to Speak at ACI's 2nd Annual Conference on Preventing & Defending Chemical Product Liability Litigation
November 6, 2007 | Chicago
| Swissotel
Alan Klein will speak at ACI's 2nd Annual Conference on Preventing & Defending Chemical Product Liability Litigation. This conference will take place November 6-7, 2007, at Chicago's Swissotel.
In the wake of three major Supreme Court cases (Mass. v. EPA, Environmental Defense v. Duke, and U.S. v. Atlantic Research), every company that manufactures chemicals or uses chemical products is being urged to undertake proactive clean-up initiatives, and develop new crisis management strategies and techniques. In a series of highly practical sessions, outside counsel, scientists and in-house counsel at major chemical companies will come together to demonstrate how they tackle causation, confusing scientific information, community relations, e-discovery and other issues in high-profile chemical products liability cases.
Alan's session, "Case Study: Establishing a Lack of Medical Causation With Respect to the Chemical in Question," will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7.
Session Overview
- Determining what the exposure parameters are
- Why trace cases pose a real problem for manufacturers
- From refinery workers to local gardeners - knowing who the new plaintiff classes are and establishing defense tactics early on
- Teaming up with the right toxicologists and epidemiologists to form a solid defense strategy
- Finding a lack of specific causation between the product and the disease
- What exposure have the plaintiffs had?
- What other kinds of exposure have they had?
For additional information or to register to attend this conference, please visit http://americanconference.com/chemproducts.htm.