LCJ Fall Meeting Schedule Overview

LCJ Fall Meeting Schedule Overview
Programs and speakers are subject to subject to change.

Wednesday, November 29th

3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. LCJ Fellows Meeting - Gramercy, 4th Floor
LCJ Fellows past and present are invited to an informal “fireside chat” with two first-class LCJ emeritus members and former general counsels: Scott Partridge (Bayer) and Tim Pratt (Boston Scientific)

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. LCJ Executive Committee Meeting, Imperial, 4th Floor

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. LCJ’s “Opening Night” Reception, Westin Times Square Atrium, 9th Floor
Before we “raise the curtain” on our program, join your friends and colleagues for a pre-meeting reception. All attendees are welcome. Separate registration required.

Thursday, November 30th
MORNING SESSION

7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Registration & Information, Broadway Foyer, 3rd Floor

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast for Members and Guests

7:50 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Corporate counsel meeting, Gramercy, 4th Floor
All in-house counsel attendees are invited to share ideas about LCJ’s current and future initiatives and other pressing issues.

7:50 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Law firm leaders meeting, Broadway Ballroom 2 & 3, 3rd Floor
All law firm attendees are welcome to a discussion of opportunities for productive engagement in LCJ’s advocacy initiatives

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Setting the Stage: Welcome & Program Overview, Broadway Ballroom 2 & 3, 3rd Floor
LCJ’s president and the co-chairs of the meeting welcome you to New York and preview the agenda.

  • John Kuppens, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, and LCJ President

  • Aviva Wein, Assistant General Counsel, Products Liability, Johnson & Johnson

  • Michael Imbroscio, Partner, Covington & Burling

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Briefing: LCJ’s Proposal for FRCP Amendments on Privacy and Cyber Security
LCJ’s newest proposal for amending the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure aims to provide courts and parties much-needed guidance for handling privacy rights and cyber security threats in litigation. This panel is a primer on LCJ’s proposals as you prepare for tomorrow’s “open mic” discussion with members of the federal Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.

  • Alex Dahl, LCJ General Counsel, Moderator

  • Jeff McKenna, Senior Privacy and eDiscovery Lawyer, Orrick

  • Alex Ponce de Leon, Senior Counsel and Discovery Team Manager, Google

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK

10:10 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. The New Nuisance: The Re-Invention of Nuisance Law
Historically, nuisance actions have been used to protect against interference with the use and enjoyment of real property. Today, the legal theory of nuisance is being dramatically expanded to include everything from lead paint to social media—and many other areas that have no relationship to land use. Our panel explains this metamorphosis and examines the limits of the revolution.

  • Phil Goldberg, Partner, Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP

  • Richard A. Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, NYU Law School

  • Scott Tucker, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Global Litigation, Meta

  • Andrew Campbell, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Public Trust in the Judiciary
Public confidence in the U.S. judicial system is lagging, driven both by a general mistrust in institutions as well as intentional politicization of the courts. This mistrust affects how juries and the public view lawsuits and corporations’ engagement in civil litigation. Hear from two distinguished judicial thinkers and former federal judges – who both served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States – about what lawyers and litigants can do to support and defend the judicial system as essential to the rule of law.

  • Judge Thomas Griffith, US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (ret.)

  • Judge David F. Levi, President, American Law Institute, US District Court for the Eastern District of California (ret.)

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Attendees lunch on their own.

12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting, Plymouth, 9th Floor

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:30 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. Recognizing LCJ’s 2023 Outstanding Contributors and a Previewing 2024 Advocacy
LCJ’s great successes of 2023 are due to the exceptional engagement of our members, especially the Outstanding Contributors for 2023, whose dedication and contributions we recognize today. Also, we look forward to a highly productive 2024 with major initiatives on LCJ’s advocacy agenda.

  • Alex Dahl, General Counsel, Lawyers for Civil Justice

2:10 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Secrets from the Courtroom: Strategies for Winning Rules Interpretations
Do the rules of civil procedure matter when it comes time for trial? Three veteran national trial lawyers discuss their experience with judges’ application of key rules that can be decisive in the outcome of important litigation. They’ll highlight winning advocacy strategies and factors impacting judicial application of Rule 702, varying judicial attitudes toward the hearsay rule, the joinder rules for multi-plaintiff trials, and the severance rules for limiting trials to certain claims or parties.

  • Wayne Mason, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath

  • Kaspar Stoffelmayr, Partner, Bartlit Beck

  • Alaina Devine, Member, Campbell Conroy & O’Neill

3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Litigating DEI Policies and Programs after the Supreme Court Rulings
Corporations and law firms are facing litigation about their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs following the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions striking down race-conscious college admissions. Our panel of experts will discuss what is happening in these lawsuits and explore the outlook for future litigation on this important topic.

  • Amy Pannoni, Deputy General Counsel, HR Legal, Microsoft

  • Emily Osborne Sullivan, Assistant General Counsel for Employment, Oracle

  • Erin Connell, Partner, Orrick

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Law, Politics, and Culture – How Will Legal Issues Shape 2024?
Media reporting on legal topics can be controversial because the subject matter is complicated, and outcomes are susceptible to “spin” and sensationalism. As we head into an unprecedented year for law and politics, NBC legal commentator and MSNBC Host Katie Phang, a practicing defense lawyer, shares her experience in reporting about complex legal proceedings and her perspectives on how media reporting influences the public reaction to events in the intersection of law, politics, and culture.

  • Katie Phang, Host of The Katie Phang Show, MSNBC

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Pre-Broadway Cocktail Reception & Toast to Celebrate the Rule 702 Amendment - All attendees are welcome - Ambassador 3, 2nd Floor
As the LCJ-supported amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 takes effect tomorrow, we toast this important change to expert evidence admissibility and the LCJ members whose expertise and advocacy contributed to the success.

7:00 p.m. Catch an award-winning Broadway show. Pre-ordered tickets will be in your registration packet

Friday, December 1st
MORNING SESSION

7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Registration & Information, Broadway, 3rd Floor

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast for Members and Guests

8:30 a.m. Welcome, Broadway Ballroom 2 & 3, 3rd Floor

  • Aviva Wein, Assistant General Counsel, Products Liability, Johnson & Johnson

  • Michael Imbroscio, Partner, Covington & Burling

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. New Dynamics and Pressures Impacting Litigation, and the Path Forward

As General Counsel, Elizabeth Forminard shapes Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide legal strategy with a focus on driving innovation and enabling positive patient outcomes. She is on the forefront of issues impacting civil litigation rules, the impact of litigation on innovation, privacy protection, and ESG/DEI. She is known for building diverse, global teams who combine legal expertise and judgment with strategic thinking and deep business acumen.

  • Elizabeth Forminard, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. What Details of TPLF Agreements Should Courts and Parties Know?

As awareness of third-party litigation funding (TPLF) grows, the courts that are making inquiries are doing so inconsistently – some are relying on ex parte statements by plaintiffs’ counsel, and some are looking at the agreements in camera. While LCJ continues to advocate for clear FRCP guidance requiring disclosure of TPLF agreements, this panel will focus on what courts and parties should know in the meantime: what specific details about TPLF should courts and lawyers be asking about in their cases?

  • Lisa Bellino Apelian, Vice President, Claims, Judicial and Legislative Affairs, Zurich North America

  • Donald Kochan, Professor of Law and Executive Director, Law and Economics Center, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

  • Tripp Haston, Partner, Bradley LLP

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. LCJ’s Privacy and Cyber Security Proposal: A Conversation with the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Courts, litigants, and non-parties often face a quagmire in balancing their obligation to protect private and proprietary information with the needs of individual cases. LCJ’s proposal for FRCP amendments is designed to provide guidance for proactive management of these issues to supplement the important but overburdened Rule 26(c) protective order. LCJ members will have a unique and important opportunity to share their thoughts about the problems and solutions with the chair and members of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.

  • Judge Robin Rosenberg, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Florida

  • Judge M. Hannah Lauck, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Virginia

  • Judge Jennifer Boal, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge, District of Massachusetts

11:45 a.m. “Bringing Down the Curtain”

  • John Kuppens, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, and LCJ President