Looking Back to Move Ahead: What Can We Learn from Dow Corning, Johns Manville, and the Early Mass Tort Cases?

In this program, featuring Lowenstein's Arielle B. Adler, a distinguished judicial and academic panel will examine, compare, and contrast the early and modern cases and explore how the bankruptcy system and strategies continue to evolve to address the manifold claims described as “mass torts.” The program will close with highlights of recent related legislative and case developments.

Speakers:

• Arielle B. Adler, Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
  
• Judge Judi Fitzgerald (Retired), Tucker, Arensberg Attorneys
  
• Judge Robert Mark, Southern District of Florida
  
• Judge Barbara Houser, Northern District of Texas
  
• Professor Bruce Markell, Edward Avery Harriman Law School Professor of Bankruptcy Law and Practice
  
• Camille Bent, BakerHostetler
  

Time: 1 p.m. ET