Motley Rice Medical practice group leader Fred Thompson will serve as a guest speaker at HarrisMartin's upcoming MDL Conference: Hot Topics in the MDL and Class Action Litigation on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at the Westin in San Diego, CA.

Thompson will speak at 8:45 a.m. as part of a panel discussion entitled "Transvaginal Mesh Update - The JPML Has Spoken" to address topics such as:

  • Case Filings and Critical Insight into the 4 MDLs in the Southern District of West Virginia
  • Organizational Update - How These Cases Will be Handled and Who Will Handle Them
  • Litigation Holds & Protective Orders - Critical Issues in Transvaginal Mesh Cases
     

Additional discussion topics include:

  • ACTOS Update
  • Consumer Litigation: Where Mass Torts and Consumer Litigation Intersect
  • Ethics in Mass Tort Litigation
  • Hip Implants: ASR, Pinnacle, Wright Medical Technology Devices - New Developments and New Litigation
  • Knee Implant Litigation
  • Who is Paying Your Doctor? - The Learned Intermediary Doctrine
  • Zoloft and SSRIs: The History of the Litigation and Latest Developments

Learn more about the HarrisMartin MDL Conference, including the conference agenda and event registration.

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