Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, January 30, 2013
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Registration
1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Thomas M. Sobol, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Boston
Wendy R. Fleishman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York
1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The Facts: Background on New England Compounding Company
Wendy R. Fleishman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York
Mark Zamora, Mark Zamora Law Offices, Atlanta
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The Lay of the Land: Status of Federal and State Cases
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• Tennessee
• Michigan
• Texas
• Indiana
Kimberly Dougherty, Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC, Boston
Alyson Oliver, Oliver Law Group, P.C., Rochester, MI
J. Gerard Stranch IV, Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC, Nashville, TN
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Potential Defendants Other than New England Compounding
• Ameridose, MSM, and Owners/Employees
• Independent Testing and Inspection Companies
Kristen Johnson Parker, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Boston
Fredric L. Ellis, Ellis & Rapacki LLP, Boston
Joseph M. Makalusky, Ellis & Rapacki LLP, Boston
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
NECC Insurance Coverage
Marc E. Lipton, Lipton Law, Southfield, MI
3:45 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Coding, Concept Searching and New Frontiers for Electronically Stored Information
Joseph Thorpe, International Litigation Services (ILS), Aliso Viejo, CA
Daniel S. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
Special Master David Cohen, David R. Cohen Co. LPA, Cleveland
4:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.
The End Game: Strategies for Recovering From New England Compounding
• Limited Fund Approach
• Bankruptcy
Moderated by: Thomas M. Sobol, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Boston
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Anne Andrews, Andrews & Thornton, Irvine, CA
David J. Molton, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York
Marc E. Lipton, Lipton Law, Southfield, MI
5:10 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro and Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC
