With great pleasure, American Conference Institute (ACI) announces the formation of its newly created Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference Advisory Board. Comprised of a select group of industry leaders, the Advisory Board was created as a part of American Conference Institute’s ongoing effort to provide our audience with access to key experts in the field and industry-leading content for this flagship event, which averages over 400 attendees yearly.
ACI Drug and Med Advisory Board: http://drugandmed.com/board.html Patricia A. Barbieri, Esq. Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Employment, Legal Affairs Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (Parsippany, NJ) Donald P. Bunnin Senior Litigation Counsel Allergan, Inc. (Irvine, CA) Debra L. Burns Senior Counsel Litigation/Investigations GE Healthcare (Wauwatosa, WI) Jennifer Dubas Vice President, Litigation & Risk Endo Pharmaceuticals (Chadds Ford, PA) Patrick L. Gibson Director, Government Investigations Merck & Co., Inc. (North Wales, PA) Jill Harrison Counsel W.L. Gore (Flagstaff, AZ) Rita A. McConnell Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) Richard W. Silbert V.P., Assoc. General Counsel Purdue Pharma L.P. (Stamford, CT) Lisbeth Warren Assistant General Counsel Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ) Mary-Alice Barrett Assistant General Counsel, Senior Counsel Specialist- Litigation Genentech (Little Falls, NJ)Drug and Med Advisory Board members provide insights into the topics and trends in pharmaceutical and medical device products liability litigation and guidance on the overall direction of the conference program. Based on feedback from the Board, new topics to be discussed this year include:
- Discovery Best Practices Post-Actos: Minimizing the Risk of Harsh Defense Sanctions in an MDL
- Fighting Back Against Overbroad or No Injury Class Actions: Strategies for Drug and Medical Device Defense Counsel to Effectively Defeat Certification
- Strategies for Preserving the Medical Device Preemption Defense Post-Stengel
- Defending Against State AG Actions: Practical Considerations for Drug and Med Litigators Faced with an AG Action
- Litigating in Difficult Jurisdictions: Winning the Knock Down Drag out Battle over Removal to State Court
- and much more…
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