Conference Agenda
Day 1, Monday, June 13, 2022
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored by Priority-One/Veritext
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
John C. Garde, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ
David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
Joel R. Clark, McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Florham Park, NJ
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
New Jersey Asbestos Litigation – Rules, Decisions, and Case Law to Know
• 90-day Window to File Personal Jurisdiction Motions
• In re Accutane Impact on choice of law
• Forum Non Conveniens and Alternative Exposures
• Use of De Bene Esse Deposition Transcripts at Summary Judgment
• Corporate Representative Depositions
Glenn V Chew Jr., O'Toole Scrivo, LLC, Cedar Grove, NJ
Dennis M. Geier, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank NJ
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Cross Claims: What Are They and How Do I Get Them?
Michael A. Posavetz, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Update from the Special Master - State of the Docket
Agatha N. Dzikiewicz, Special Master, New Jersey Superior Court, Middlesex County, New Brunswick, NJ
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
Joel R. Clark, McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Florham Park, NJ
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Relative Liability and Defenses in the Context of Independent Contractor Versus Premises Owner, or in the Alternative, Statute of Repose
Jeanine D. Clark, Margolis Edelstein, Mount Laurel, NJ
F. Alexander Eiden, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
New Jersey Talc Updates
• NY Standardizing Talc Discovery Experience – What Impact, If Any, in NJ?
• Lanzo Appellate Ruling – What Impact, If Any, On Future Trials?
• The Future of Talc Trials in NJ
Janelle N. Winters, Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford P.C., Newark, NJ
Amber R. Long, Levy Konigsberg LLP, Lawrence Twp, NJ
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Devries United States Supreme Court Decision
• The Duty to Warn for Products You Did Not Manufacture or Supply
• How Devries Has Been Playing Out in Courts Around the Country
Christopher J. Keale, Tanenbaum Keale LLP, Newark, NJ
Darron E. Berquist, The Lanier Law Firm, New York
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Depositions
Kevin Hoffman, McGivney Kluger Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Florham Park, NJ
Stephanie A. Divita, The Pascarella Law Group, PLLC, Holmdel, NJ
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Foreign and Military Sources of Non-Traditional Alternative Exposure
Thomas M. Toman Jr., Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP, Red Bank, NJ
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Personal Jurisdiction Updates
Michelle Molinaro Burke, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Florham Park, NJ
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Application of the Sophisticated User Doctrine and Statute of Repose
John C. McMeekin II, Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia
Mark S. Weinstein, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Ethics Considerations in Mass Tort Litigation
John C. Garde, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ
Lynne M. Kizis, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., Woodbridge, NJ