Class Action CLE Package: 3.75 General Hours

Courses Included

• Complex Litigation: Has Proportionality Changed the Discovery World?
  
  

  Changes to the 2015 Federal Rules have shifted the thinking about discovery in complex litigation. This panel will discuss proportionality in Rule 26(b)(1). The panel will also discuss Early Rule 34 Requests, 26(f) Conference, 26(a) Disclosures, and Rule 34 Objections to Requests.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:0.75

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Alistair Newbern, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
    Alistair Newbern runs the Vanderbilt Law School Appellate Litigation Clinic, in which third-year law students practice before appellate courts on behalf of clients who could not otherwise afford...
  • Kathryn Walker, Bass Berry & Sims, Nashville
    Kathryn Walker serves as assistant chair for the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Bass Berry. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and internal investigations,...
  • Zachary Wool, Barrios Kingsdorf & Casteix, L.L.P.,
    Born and raised in the New Orleans area, Zachary concentrates his practice in the fields of litigation and general corporate counsel for clients ranging in size from individuals to multi-billion...
• Complex Litigation: What’s New in Mass Torts?
  
  

  The panel in this session will discuss recent Mass Tort cases. Some of these cases involve Hernia Mesh Products, Porton-Pump Inhibitor Products, Roundup, DePuy Synthes Radial Head Prothesis, and Taxotere.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • James Bilsborrow, Weitz & Luxenberg PC,
    One of the most satisfying experiences I’ve had at Weitz & Luxenberg involved helping create a medical class-action settlement for victims of the BP oil spill cleanup. Their plight was deeply...
  • Kimberly Dougherty, Andrus Wagstaff,
    Kimberly Dougherty is partner and the managing attorney of Andrus Wagstaff’s Boston office. She passionately litigates cases nationwide involving catastrophic injuries, primarily pharmaceutical and...
• Complex Litigation: Emerging Developments in Class Actions
  
  

  Class action lawyers have been dealing with a massive amount of change over the last 15 years. In this session, attorney Jeff Yarbro will discuss these changes and other emerging developments, such as revisions involving Rule 23. Yarbro will also talk about H.R. 985 and four Supreme Court cases granted certiorari.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Jeffrey Yarbro, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville
    Sen. Jeff Yarbro represents the 21st district in the Tennessee Senate, which includes part of Davidson County.  He received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, and he earned his J.D....
• Complex Litigation: My Case Got Sucked into an MDL!
  
  

  The session will include a review some recently released MDL cases. Along with case reviews the panel will discuss Class Action vs. MDL, Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, MDL 80/20 Rule, and other recent developments.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Kenneth Byrd, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, Nashville
    A partner based in our Nashville office, Kenneth S. Byrd represents consumers in consumer protection cases and individuals and the families of loved ones who died in personal injury and wrongful death...
  • G Brian Jackson, Butler Snow LLP, Nashville
    Brian Jackson has served as national counsel and national science counsel in the defense of mass torts on behalf of several drug and medical device companies. He is currently Co-Lead Counsel for...
  • John Spragens, Spragens Law PLC, Nashville
    John T. Spragens represents plaintiffs in class action and whistleblower litigation against corporations that manufacture dangerous and defective products, conspire to fix prices, and misuse taxpayer...