7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Welcome by Co-Chairs: Gabriel A. Jackson, Jackson Wallace, San Francisco Dean A. Hanley, Paul, Hanley & Harley, Berkeley, CA
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. General Orders: What is Happening Now
Los Angeles and San Francisco General Orders Update
Summary Judgments in Asbestos Case Harmonizing with Section 437C
Scope of the Orders: Burden or Benefit
Product ID Disclosures- What is Required? What Should be Required?
Patrick De Blase, Kiesel, Boucher & Larson, Beverly Hills Gil Purcell, Brayton Purcell, Novato, CA Bob Berkes, Berkes, Crane, Robinson & Seal, Los Angeles Lisa Oberg, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, San Francisco
9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The Legacy of the Tort Reform Movement: An Overview of the National Issues and the Impact on Asbestos and Silica Litigation
Tort Reform in the Courts: Judicial Responses to the Litigation Challenges
Constitutional Challenges to Medical Criteria Laws
The Future Direction of State Asbestos and Silica Legal Reform – What are the Issues? What States?
Federal Legislation: A Successor to the FAIR Act?
Moderator:William Levin, Levin, Simes, Kaiser & Gornick, San Francisco Mark A. Behrens, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Washington, D.C. Kathleen Bissell, Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs Regional Director- Pacific, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, San Francisco Michael Forscey, ATLA, Washington, DC
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation
Proving New Exposures and Defenses
Talc, Vermiculite and Tremolite Cases
Steven J. Patti, Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason, Sausalito, CA Steven Nichols, Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall, Orange, CA
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Venue and Forum Non Conveniens
Out of State Plaintiffs Filing in California Courts
Legal Requirements to Maintain California Actions
Michael L. Fox, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco
Carole M. Bosch, Paul, Hanley & Harley, Berkeley, CA
Moderator:John Wallace, Jackson & Wallace, San Francisco Sam Hammar, MD, F.C.C.P., Diagnostic Specialties Laboratory, Bremerton, WA Andrew Churg, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Silica Overview
Trends and Filings in California
Status of Current Cases and Future Activity
Karl Kime, Poole & Shaffery, Los Angeles Gregory Stamos, Rose, Klein & Marias, Long Beach, CA John Shaffery, Poole & Shaffery, Los Angeles Cheryl L. White, Brent Coon and Associates, San Francisco
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion: The Concept of Settlements, Mediation and Resolutions
How to Conduct Meaningful Settlement Conferences in Court: A View from the Bench
Moderator:C.J. Manoli, Jackson Wallace, San Francisco Speaker:Judge Alfred G. Chiantelli, Retired San Francisco Superior Court,
ADR Services, Inc., San Francisco Speaker:Judge James Robertson, San Francisco Superior Court, San Francisco
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Asbestos Medicine 101- Refresher Course
What is the Latest?
Gerald Meyers, M.D., Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA Barry R. Horn, M.D., Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon Low Dose Cases - How Low Can You Go?
Every Defendant Argues They are a Low Dose Defendant
Unique Aspects of California Law on Substantial Factor
Philip Harley, Paul, Hanley & Harley, Berkeley, CA H. Lane Young, II, Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta
