Product Liability Symposium

Speakers:

• Moderator: Dani Morrison, Associate, AKD Partners US
• Sarah Heineman, Senior Assistant General Counsel – Global Litigation, Bayer US LLC
• Mariana Ricardo, Partner, AKD Partners Portugal
• Mary Elizabeth Gately, Partner, AKD Partners US
• Christopher G. Campbell, Partner, AKD Partners US

CLE Materials:

• European Centre for International Political Economy:
  

• What Do We Know and What Don’t Know About the Consequences of the Revised Product Liability Directive?
  
• Increasing Systemic Legal Risks in the EU: The Economic Impacts of Changes to the EU’s Product Liability Legislation
  

• MedTech Europe: Third-party litigation in Europe: could it fuel a US-style class action culture?”
• Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS): The New EU Product Liability Directive – Update or Upgrade for European Technology Law?
• Drug & Device Law Blog: If You Are Not Freaked Out, You Are Not Paying Attention

Speakers:

• Moderator: Megan Kinney, Associate, AKD Partners
• Neena Patil, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
• Jae Kim, Partner, AKD Partners
• Sharon Mayl, Partner, AKD Partners
• Christopher Gismondi, Of Counsel, AKD Partners

CLE Materials:

• Summary of the MAHA Report document: MAHA Assessment
• Whoop's FDA warning letter sparks debate: PDF
• Considerations for the Use of AI: PDF

Speaker:

• Jude Orfali, Associate, AKD Partners

CLE Materials

Municipality Mass Tort Mayhem: PPT

Speakers:

• Moderator: Tony Sadek, PharmD., Associate, AKD Partners
• Adam Tolin, Assistant General Counsel, Novo Nordisk
• Lucas Przymusinski M.D., Partner, AKD Partners
• Christopher M. Mikson M.D., Partner, AKD Partners
• Brenna Kelly M.P.H., Partner, AKD Partners
• Melissa Whitney Ph.D., Of Counsel, AKD Partners

CLE Materials

• Getting Judges to Engage with the Science Early in MDLs
• The crossroad of science and law pharma device litigation - podcast transcript
• How Science Days are Changing Talc Litigation
• Court 'Science Days' May Not Benefit All Parties Equally
• Judge Strikes Some Claims, Plaintiffs' Experts, in Ozempic Lawsuits

Speaker:

• George Gigounas, Partner, AKD Partners

Speakers:

• Moderator: Lauren Grinder, Associate, AKD Partners
• Robyn Buck, Senior Associate General Counsel - Litigation, Bayer
• Lyn Pruitt, Partner, AKD Partners
• Ken Murphy, Of Counsel, AKD Partners

Speakers:

• Moderator: Karley Buckley, Associate, AKD Partners
• Tracey Vinson, Senior Assistant General Counsel and Director of eDiscovery, Bayer
• Laura Kibbe, Deputy General Counsel, Unisys
• Ashley Carr, Partner, AKD Partners
• Allen Waxman, Of Counsel, AKD Partners
• Dharma Frederick, Senior Knowledge Management Counsel, AKD Partners