2018 Annual Conference

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• SESSION 1 - ADR - Incentivizing Success Advancing Client Value...	Download
  SESSION 1 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - How to Prepare For and Defend Against Claims of Assault in the Long-Term Care Setting	Download
  SESSION 1 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Putting the Client First: Increasing Awareness of Litigation Impacts for Insureds	Download
  SESSION 1 - CONSTRUCTION - A Perfect Storm: Hurricane and Construction Defect Claims	Download
  SESSION 1 – E-DISCOVERY & ESI – Measuring Success and Avoiding Pitfalls in Discovery for Litigated Claims	Download
  SESSION 1 – ETHICS – Dancing in a Minefield: Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls	Download
  SESSION 1 - EXTRA CONTRACTUAL - Policy Limit Demands...	Download
  SESSION 1 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - New Texas Insurance Laws: Coming to a State Near You?	Download
  Session 1 - MUNICIPAL LAW - Say What Free Speech in the Public Arena	Download
  SESSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Expanded Scope of Privileges & Liabilities: Insuring and Defending the Physician Extender	Download
  SESSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Green Buildings and LEED Standards: Emerging Issues in the Race to be Green	Download
  SESSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Green Buildings and LEED Standards: Emerging Issues in the Race to be Green	Download
  SESSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - How Jurors Think Act & Behave An Interactive Case Study	Download
  SESSION 1 – PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY – Resolution Resistant Cases: Treating Conflict as an Addiction	Download
  SESSION 1 – RELIGIOUS & NON-PROFIT – Sexual Torts: Defending Misconduct Claims/Litigation in Educational and Religious Institutions	Download
  SESSION 1 - RRH - Verdict Workshop: Calculating Exposure In Litigation Against Restaurant, Retail & Hospitality Defendants	Download
  SESSION 1 - TECHNOLOGY - Autonomous Vehicles: Transition and Technology. The Future is Now	Download
  SESSION 1 – TRANSPORTATION – Mobile Device Forensics: New Technologies for Trucking Accident Claims & Litigation	Download
  SESSION 1 - WORKERS COMP - The Rise in Workplace Violence: Practical Tips and Guidance to Avoid Devastating Consequences and Reduce Liability	Download
  SESSION 1- DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - Protecting a Gray Workforce...	Download
  SESSION 1 -SUBROGATION - Subrogating Catastrophic Industrial Accidents: Finding the Holes in the “Swiss Cheese”	Download
  Session 2 - ADR - Why Can't I Be More Successful at Mediation	Download
  SESSION 2 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation: Update and Insights on Trends, Damages Exposure and Strategy	Download
  SESSION 2 – CONSTRUCTION – In The Eye of The Storm: Navigating Construction Claims Arising From Natural Disasters	Download
  SESSION 2 - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - Looking Back, Looking Forward with Americans with Disabilities Act	Download
  SESSION 2 – ETHICS – Does Sophie Have a Choice? Ethics and Consequences when Right to Independent Counsel is Triggered	Download
  SESSION 2 - ETHICS - Shameful Leaks or Legitimate Sharing	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - The Crossroads of Coverage Liability and Sovereign Immunity	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - Appraisal Strategies for Property Insurance Claims	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Unveiling Fraud in the Application for Insurance	Download
  SESSION 2 – LITIGATION MANAGEMENT – Working With Risk Managers: Litigation, Settlement and Controlling the Defense	Download
  SESSION 2 - PREMISES LIABILITY - Watch Your Back: What You Are Not Seeing in Your Negligent Security Case	Download
  SESSION 2 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - A Higher Education For All: Title IX, Title VII and the New Administration	Download
  SESSION 2 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Medical Malpractice in Disguise: Causes of Action and Techniques Used by the Plaintiffs' Bar to Avoid Tort Reform Limitations	Download
  SESSION 2 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - The ADA almost 30 years later: Judicial Activism Versus the Administrative Pullback and The Impact on The ADA's Application to Websites	Download
  SESSION 2 - RELIGIOUS & NON-PROFIT - Challenges Faced When Sending the Non-Profit Employee Overseas	Download
  SESSION 2 – TRANSPORTATION – Defending Distracted Driving, Fatigue, and Sleep Apnea Claims	Download
  SESSION 2 -PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Fake News or Grim Reality	Download
  SESSION 3 - ADR - Out Of The Frying Pan, Into the Fire: When Reconstruction Goes Wrong Following a Property Loss Claim and How to Prevent Future Perils Through Mediation and Claim Resolution - 1 of 2	Download
  SESSION 3 - ADR - Out Of The Frying Pan, Into the Fire: When Reconstruction Goes Wrong Following a Property Loss Claim and How to Prevent Future Perils Through Mediation and Claim Resolution 2 of 2	Download
  SESSION 3 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - To Apologize or Not to Apologize -	Download
  SESSION 3 - CONSTRUCTION - License to Bill: Insurance Companies are Overpaying Excessive Restoration Costs	Download
  SESSION 3 - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun(damental) Workplace	Download
  SESSION 3 - ETHICS - Risk Management For Client Confidentiality	Download
  SESSION 3 - ETHICS - The Sand Box is Small: Play Nice	Download
  SESSION 3 - ETHICS -How Does Artificial Intelligence Affect Narrative	Download
  SESSION 3 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - Chicken Tenders or Why can't the Adjuster/Resolution Manager Cross the Road!	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - A Good Offense Is A Good Defense	Download
  SESSION 3 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Common Employment Decisions That Can Land You in Court and How to Avoid Them	Download
  SESSION 3 – PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY – Danger Zone: Healthcare Liabilities Associated With Natural Disasters	Download
  SESSION 3 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Hocus Pocus: Plaintiff's Lawyers Double Dipping Damages from the Non-Economic and Economic Well	Download
  SESSION 3 - TECHNOLOGY - Alexa, Help Solve My Case	Download
  SESSION 3 – TRANSPORTATION – Mass Catastrophe and Litigation: Mitigating Exposure Both Before and After Tragedy Strikes Through Efficient Use of Litigation Tactics, Media Presence, and Drones	Download
  SESSION 3 - WORKERS COMP - Historic Shift in Medicare Recovery Policy Looms Large in 2018	Download
  SESSION 3 - WORKERS COMPENSATION - The Uphill Battle in the War on Drugs	Download
  SESSION 4 - TECHNOLOGY - Understanding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence	Download
  SESSION 4 - ADR - Upping Your Mediation Game, It Doesn’t Have to be What it Used to be!	Download
  SESSION 4 – CLAIMS MANAGEMENT – Claims, SIU, and Legal Issues Attendant to Auto Total Loss Claims in Catastrophic Events	Download
  SESSION 4 - CYBER - Spokeo Across the Federal Circuits: Current Status of the Law and Implications for Insurers and Insureds	Download
  SESSION 4 - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - The Millennial Challenge: Why Generational Change is More Important Than You May Think	Download
  SESSION 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL - Environmental Claims in Property and Construction	Download
  SESSION 4 - EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL - Defending Against the Reptilian Theory to Avoid Extra-Contractual Damages in Cases Involving Catastrophic Injuries	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - Legacy Provisions in CGL Policies: Gone But Not Forgotten?	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - Social Media Defamation: Am I Liable? Am I Covered?	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE FRAUD - The Use and Abuse of Pain Management in Accident Claims	Download
  SESSION 4 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Death of the Jury Trial: The Past, the Present, and Future?	Download
  SESSION 4 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Rethinking Claims and Litigation Management with the Proposed Restatement of Law on Liability Insurance	Download
  SESSION 4 - OTHER - Primary Assumption of Risk and the Recreational Activity Doctrine	Download
  SESSION 4 – PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY – Defending Foreign Born Doctors In Today’s United States	Download
  SESSION 4 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Drones, Green Zones and Home-MobilesNavigating a New Design Era	Download
  SESSION 4 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Managing and Defending the High Stakes Insurance Agent and Broker E&O Claim	Download
  SESSION 4 - RELIGIOUS & NON-PROFIT - Sports Concussion Claims: Are You Ready for an All-Out Blitz?	Download
  SESSION 4 – RISK MANAGEMENT – After the Storm: Natural Disasters and Crisis Management for the Insurance Industry	Download
  SESSION 4 - WORKERS COMP - Improving Injury Outcomes: Living Abled and Caring Counts	Download
  SESSION 5 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - 1+1=10: Using Cutting Edge Strategies and Technologies to Effectively Manage/Resolve Claims	Download
  SESSION 5 - CYBER - Medical Device Ransomware: The New Reality	Download
  SESSION 5 - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - Moving Forward with Millennials: Maximizing Millennial Talent Among Claims Professionals & Outside Counsel	Download
  SESSION 5 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - Excuse Me. Do You Speak Fluent Insurance?	Download
  SESSION 5 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - A Critical Tool for Resolution Professionals: Tips for Using Structured Settlements Effectively	Download
  SESSION 5 - OTHER - Enhancing Our Relationships: Optimizing the Delivery and Quality of Litigation Management Services Through Data, Analytics, Technology and You!	Download
  SESSION 5 - OTHER - Enhancing Our Relationships: Optimizing the Delivery and Quality of Litigation Management Services Through Data, Analytics, Technology and You!	Download
  SESSION 5 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - The Impact of Cyber Attacks and Data Breach Events on Professionals	Download
  SESSION 5 - WORKERS COMP - Cost Mitigation & Claims Triaging in a New Medicare Era: Retooling Your Medicare Practices to Ensure Compliance and Settle Claims	Download

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