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The risk of bad faith claims devastating your company are evident:
- Las Vegas jury returns $60 million verdict
in bad faith insurance case
- Arbitrators assess $8.4 million in punitive damages
against health insurer
- As the economy declines, bad faith litigation claims are
increasing. The past 12 months have seen a large boost in the number of claims being filed against insurance companies.
With courts continuing to return record breaking judgments against
insurance companies and the increase in litigation, there has never been a more important time to adequately maneuver your way through the bad faith
litigation process, including learning how to utilizing the pleadings stage to glean an advantage in the development of evidence and structuring of
dispositive motions, implement credible case themes, and properly manage the discovery phase, among others.
At American Conference Institute’s 19th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, the best and the brightest in the bad faith industry will share their insight and winning strategies on these and other critical issues. Through an exceptional faculty of in-house counsel and claims examiners, outside
defense and plaintiff’s counsel, as well as nine renowned jurists, this
conference will provide even the most seasoned professionals with confidence and clarity on today’s paramount bad faith issues facing the insurance industry.
Whether your case ends with a jury verdict or in settlement, this forum will provide you with up-to-date information and strategies on how to get the most favorable result for your client. Featuring two judicial panels from
jurisdictions around the country and an in-house counsel and claims examiner panel, no other conference in the industry allows you to interact and benchmark with the leaders in the industry while hearing the theories and defenses that are most effective, how to weigh evidence, and which arguments turn cases one way or another.
About
The risk of bad faith claims devastating your company are evident:
- Las Vegas jury returns $60 million verdict
in bad faith insurance case
- Arbitrators assess $8.4 million in punitive damages
against health insurer
- As the economy declines, bad faith litigation claims are
increasing. The past 12 months have seen a large boost in the number of claims being filed against insurance companies.
With courts continuing to return record breaking judgments against
insurance companies and the increase in litigation, there has never been a more important time to adequately maneuver your way through the bad faith
litigation process, including learning how to utilizing the pleadings stage to glean an advantage in the development of evidence and structuring of
dispositive motions, implement credible case themes, and properly manage the discovery phase, among others.
At American Conference Institute’s 19th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, the best and the brightest in the bad faith industry will share their insight and winning strategies on these and other critical issues. Through an exceptional faculty of in-house counsel and claims examiners, outside
defense and plaintiff’s counsel, as well as nine renowned jurists, this
conference will provide even the most seasoned professionals with confidence and clarity on today’s paramount bad faith issues facing the insurance industry.
Whether your case ends with a jury verdict or in settlement, this forum will provide you with up-to-date information and strategies on how to get the most favorable result for your client. Featuring two judicial panels from
jurisdictions around the country and an in-house counsel and claims examiner panel, no other conference in the industry allows you to interact and benchmark with the leaders in the industry while hearing the theories and defenses that are most effective, how to weigh evidence, and which arguments turn cases one way or another.
Contents & Contributors
2009 Mid-Year Update: Emerging Trends and Assessment of Bad Faith Litigation Exposures
Lori S. Nugent, Partner, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP (Chicago, IL)
Douglas deVries, Partner, deVries Law Firm (Sacramento, CA)
Innovative Pre-Trial Theme Building Strategies for Defending Against Bad Faith Claims: Procedural Considerations, Pleadings/Motion Practice, Discovery and Beyond
Julia Molander, Partner, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP (San Francisco, CA)
Tony Zelle, Partner, Zelle McDonough & Cohen LLP (Boston, MA)
Avoiding Bad Faith Landmines Involving ERISA Claims
Daniel Feinberg, Shareholder, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. (Oakland, CA)
California, Florida, and Pennsylvania: Up-to-the-Minute Survey of Key Hotbeds
California:
Joyce Wang, Partner, Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP (Sacramento, CA)
Arnold R. Levinson, Partner, Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP (San Francisco, CA)
Florida:
Brenton VerPloeg, Partner, VerPloeg & Lumpkin, P.A. (Miami, FL)
Pennsylvania:
Charles E. Haddick, Jr., Shareholder, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. (Harrisburg, PA)
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