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2014 DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar

Event | 02.20.14 - 02.21.14, 12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC

This year’s Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar will provide insider knowledge and critical information that you cannot get anywhere else—information you need to make sure you are in the forefront of emerging toxic tort and environmental issues. This year’s program includes presentations by several in-house counsel, a former senior EPA lawyer and enforcement official, and the vice president of regulatory and technical affairs of the American Chemistry Counsel. In addition, one of the most famous plaintiffs’ attorneys in the country will demonstrate and then discuss the tactics and strategies behind his winning trial techniques. From beginning to end, this program will provide concrete practice pointers and real-life “take-aways” that you can use in your law practice immediately. Please join us in New Orleans and learn from nationally recognized lawyers and scientists, as you network with colleagues and industry professionals from all across the country.


Clifford Zatz is one of the speakers on the topic entitled, "Does This Chemical Make Me Look Fat? The New Frontier of Endocrine Disruption."


For more information, please visit these areas: Litigation and Trial, Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation, Environment and Natural Resources

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Event | 02.20.25

Has the Buss Stopped? Recoupment Today

Has the Buss Stopped? Recoupment Today: In 1997, the California Supreme Court decided Buss v. Superior Court. In Buss, the court concluded that a liability insurer that defended a mixed action could seek reimbursement from the insured for the defense costs associated with the claims that were not even potentially covered. Since then, numerous courts have held that insurers are entitled to recoup their defense costs associated with uncovered claims or causes of action. On the other hand, a significant number of courts have rejected insurers’ right to recoupment, at least in the absence of a policy provision granting the insurer that right. Some commentators have even suggested that the current judicial trend might be away from permitting insurers to recoup their defense costs. Is that correct? Has the Buss stopped? This panel of coverage experts will analyze insurers’ claimed right to recoupment today, and offer their perspectives on what the law on recoupment should perhaps be and might be in the future.

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