2023 Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees’ Joint Regional CLE Program

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

5:00 PM–6:00 PM

Litigation in the Snapchat Age

Written Materials

• Ephemeral Messaging Apps, Discovery, the Duty to Preserve, and Strategic Considerations
• The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging

Thursday, February 2, 2023

7:00 AM–8:00 AM

Legal Ethics in a Hybrid Work Environment

Written Materials

• Legal Ethics in a Remote Work Environment

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM

The Re-Emergence and Evolution of Public Nuisance Mass Torts

Written Materials

• Public Forests, Public Nuisance
• Public Nuisance, COVID-19, and the Re-Emergence of the Super Tort
  

9:45 AM–11:00 AM

Precedents, Dissents, Concurrences: OH MY! The Impacts of a More Conservative U.S. Supreme Court

Written Materials

• Brief of Amici Curiae 167 U.S. Members of Congress
• West Virginia v. EPA
• Lecture Slides

11:15 AM–12:15 PM

Other Similar Incidents—Discovery and Admissibility in Products Liability Cases

Written Materials

• Other Similar Incidents Presentation Outline
• Other Similar Incidents Slides

11:15 AM–12:15 AM

Green Amendments

Written Materials

• Green Amendments: A Review

11:15 AM–12:15 AM

EU Collective Redress Directive

Written Materials

• Class Action Filings on the Rise in Europe
• EU Collective Redress Directive Slides

Friday, February 3, 2023

7:30 AM–8:45 AM

Plastics and Recyclability Claims

Written Materials

• Plastics and Recyclability Slides – Elizabeth Dorsi
  
• Plastics and Recyclability Slides – Matt Edling
• Plastics and Recyclability Slides – Christopher White

9:00 AM–10:15 AM

The Rise of ESG in Litigation—Impacts and Implications for Environmental Litigation, Products Liability, and Mass Torts

Written Materials

• The Rise of ESG in Litigation Slides

10:30 AM–11:45 AM

The Sleeping Giant Awakes: How Trustees and the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) are Transforming NRD Claims

Written Materials

• Tortious Interference with Public Trust