Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, March 03, 2023
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored by Priority-One/Veritext
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 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
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Update from the Special Master - State of the Docket
Special Master Agatha N. Dzikiewicz, 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
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
The Pre-Trial Process
Paul C. Johnson, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia
Eduardo R. Sotomayor, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Motions To Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction: Be Careful What You Wish For
• Personal Jurisdiction and the Mallory Decision
Joseph I. Fontak, Leader Berkon Colao & Silverstein LLP, Philadelphia
Amber Long, Levy Konigsberg LLP, New York
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
New Jersey Law Update- Recent Decisions Affecting Product Liability
Andrew J. Kornblau, Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford P.C., Philadelphia
Dennis M. Geier, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Talc Bankruptcy Update
Gillian Fisher, McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, Florham Park, NJ
Donald W. Clarke, Genova Burns LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Remote Depositions Three Years In
• Steps to Take, to Prepare, and Defend Remote Depositions
• Best Practices
Syed (Zim) K. Rizvi, Harris Beach PLLC, New York
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Diversity/Inclusion/Implicit Bias
Moderator: David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
Panel:
Natalie S. Watson, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ
Michelle Pallak Movahed, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ
Neidra Wilson, Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP, Philadelphia
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 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