REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST
Willow Foyer

WELCOME REMARKS
Anne Kearse, Motley Rice

DAMAGES: UNDERSTANDING TODAY'S ESSENTIAL TRIAL TOOLS
David Ball, Ph.D., Miller, Malekpour & Ball
How to win the cases you’ve been losing and get proper damages in one easy lesson. David Ball, one of the nation’s foremost trial and jury consultants, puts the latest research discoveries into your trial advocacy arsenal to show you how to use the new developments in research that are turning the corner against tort-”reformers.”

MORNING BREAK
Willow Foyer

ASBESTOS BANKRUPTCY FILINGS AND PROCEDURES
Joe Rice, Motley Rice
John Baden, Motley Rice
The asbestos claims filing process has become more automated and more complex with electronic claims filing. Join Joe Rice and John Baden to learn about the latest improvements to claims filing and what you can do to enhance your firms’ efficiency when filing claims.

FIRE TRAGEDIES: DEVELOPING THE THEORY OF THE CASE
Kevin Dean, Motley Rice
Although most deadly fires are residential, major fires have and can occur in public spaces resulting in mass casualties. The most tragic structural fires are predictable and preventable, and in many cases, several lives could have been saved by following well-understood rules. Learn about current investigations and fire protection initiatives, and how relationships with the key industries, insurers, local authorities and the media are helping to identify areas of concern and prevent fires. We will focus on the emerging concerns of large retail stores containing significant quantities of easily combustible fuel, with multiple ignition sources, inadequate exiting, and insufficient sprinkler systems, located on congested thoroughfares likely to obstruct fire and rescue workers.

LUNCHEON
Magnolia Ballroom
Remarks by Joe Lurie, President The Peggy Browning Fund

BREAK OUT SESSIONS PRESENTING OPPORTUNITIES IN:

1 - HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL DEVICE LITIGATION
Fred Thompson, Motley Rice Carmen Scott, Motley Rice
With threats of preemption on the rise in every pharmaceutical and device case pursued, it is more important than ever to select the right cases. Come learn about the challenges we face in this arena — what has worked and what has not worked. Join a discussion about emerging drug and device projects and an update on ongoing litigation.

2 - SURVIVING CAFA, ARBITRATION AND PREEMPTION: NAVIGATING THE CONSUMER FRAUD MINEFIELD
Bill Narwold, Motley Rice
Ingrid Moll, Motley Rice
Sub-prime mortgages, unfair insurance practices, credit reporting practices, debt collectors, payday loans, automobile, medical and consumer product defects, identity theft, and other aspects of consumer life remain fertile areas of litigation. On the other hand, CAFA, mandatory arbitration, class action waivers, preemption, “reliance,” “standing,” and the Roberts/Alito Court have made life more challenging. Learn about recent cases and trends and how to successfully navigate the minefield.

3 - TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORMERS
Mary Schiavo, Motley Rice
Caroline Bernard, Motley Rice
Rhett Klok, Motley Rice
Able to transform from your average attorney to litigators of accidents involving cars, airplanes, boats and more, the Transportation Transformers prove to be a tough enemy to any and all domestic and international Transportation Defendant Decepticons.

SETTING YOUR SIGHTS ON EGREGIOUS CORPORATE CONDUCT: SHAREHOLDER LAWSUITS
Ann Ritter, Motley Rice
Deborah Sturman, Sturman LLC
Criminal acts, environmental crimes, human rights violations and financial fraud can each form the basis for securities litigation. This discussion will highlight recent cases and important information on how to build relationships and alliances with stakeholders to further your fight for improving the way companies do business. Tort lawsuits are not the only tool we can use to “Litigate Today for a Better Tomorrow.” Guest speaker Deborah Sturman has used alliances and court systems across the globe for almost two decades to seek redress and effectuate change on many important societal issues. Her infamous victory in the Holocaust lawsuits won her wide acclaim and helped forge the path for creative lawsuits and creative legal solutions. She will share with us her insights on how alliances for justice are formed and executed both in the U.S. and abroad.

SCIENCE, COMMON SENSE AND STRATEGY: PRESENTING THE CHRYSOTILE CASE TO A JURY
John Herrick, Motley Rice
Fritz Jekel, Motley Rice
Keven Friedman, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer
Learn how to deal with the lack of epidemiology studies, and trades generally not considered at risk of developing asbestos diseases, cross examining the defense fiber release expert and how the defense strategy in these cases can be used to your benefit. Plaintiffs and straight talking experts can make a difference. Dryer felts, crane brakes and other low exposure products can be dusty to a juror on first impression.

HUMAN RIGHTS: DEFENDING RIGHTS WHEN THERE IS NO COURT
Ken Roth, Human Rights Watch
The use of a succinct methodology – investigation, exposure, pressure – has become a powerful tool in the human rights movement. It has succeeded in getting prisoners released, curbing war atrocities, and sending mass murderers for trial before international tribunals. Kenneth Roth joins us to discuss how the human rights movement has also underwritten lawsuits in the U.S. and how this methodology can be useful for pressing the government on issues that the courts are reluctant to touch.

9/11 AND ANTI-TERRORISM: BUILDING CASES BLOCK BY BLOCK
Ron Motley, Motley Rice
In a major new development for international terrorism litigation, Ron Motley recently won a forum non conveniens victory in the Taba Hilton case, where he convinced a Miami Court to rule from the bench at oral argument that defendant Hilton Hotels Corporation must stand trial in the United States against both U.S. and non-U.S. plaintiffs for events arising out of a terrorist attack in Egypt. On the 9/11 front, Ron is scheduled to try the first 9/11 aviation liability case starting in November 2007 against airlines and security companies who failed to implement basic security measures, enabling the terrorists to launch the September 11th attacks. Beyond the multiple 9/11 aviation liability cases set for trial, in recent months Ron’s team has successfully settled several 9/11 aviation cases, shattering a 50-year old settlement matrix forged by New York aviation firms. And on yet another front, critical depositions are now underway in the 9/11 terrorism MDL against financial sponsors of al Qaeda, five years of motions and three federal judges later.

BLUES, BREWS & BBQ
Live Oak Ballroom
Featuring The Blue Dogs

BREAKFAST
Willow Foyer

ETHICAL ISSUES IN E-DISCOVERY
Alan Blakley, RLS Legal Solutions & LIT Group
In today’s professional world, we are surrounded by electronic information. With few guidelines from bar associations, attorneys face several issues when using electronic information in litigation. Ethics speaker Alan Blakley will review the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from December 2006, as well as current opinions on e-discovery addressing issues such as client communications, law firm websites, inadvertent disclosure, data mining and data scrubbing.

CLEANING UP THE MESH IN RHODE ISLAND
Don Migliori, Motley Rice
Teresa Toriseva, Wexler Toriseva Wallace
With approximately 100,000 recalled Kugel Mesh devices in the United States, hernia repair patch failures continue to cause catastrophic complications in patients, providing yet another lesson of why consumers need more protection from companies that are driven by a profit motive. Join Kugel Mesh Federal MDL and Rhode Island Superior Court co-lead and liaison counsel, Don Migliori, and co-lead counsel Teresa Toriseva as they share how the defendant domicile has impacted this litigation. Also discover how the unique client screening process, along with continuing product failure, distinguishes it from other product liability cases.

INSURANCE CONSIDERATIONS
Scott Gilbert, Gilbert Randolph
The significance of insurance as an asset in tort, financial fraud and other claims is often overlooked or is realized too late by plaintiffs and, in many cases, by policyholder defendants. It is not hyperbole to say that over the years, hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars have been left on the insurer table as a result. Issues for discussion include: triggering different coverages as well as different policies; when coverage is unlimited; how the pleading and defense of a claim can determine the availability and amount of insurance as well as the strategic alignment of insurers and the parties; distinguishing among insurers and their mutually conflicting interests; the impact of prior insurance releases; valuing financially weak, insolvent or missing coverages; when plaintiffs stand in the policyholder’s shoes; tailoring settlements to insurers; and how the unseen reinsurers dramatically affect the process.

FILLING IN THE BLANKS
Joe Rice, Motley Rice
Elihu Inselbuch, Caplin & Drysdale
The status of the asbestos bankruptcies change daily. We are honored to have Elihu Inselbuch, counsel for the Asbestos Claimants Creditors Committee in almost all of the bankruptcies, present at TACTIX. Together, Elihu and Joe will be able to bring you up-to-date on the current status of each of the bankruptcies and give you the best information available on what you can expect for 2008 in the asbestos bankruptcy arena.

CLOSING REMARKS
Joe Rice, Motley Rice

LUNCH
Magnolia Ballroom

GOLFERS DEPART FOR BULL’S BAY GOLF COURSE

TACTIX GOLF TOURNAMENT
Join Motley Rice attorneys for a round of golf at the award-winning Bull’s Bay Golf Course in Awendaw, SC..The awards presentation will be during Saturday’s closing reception.

THE RED CARPET ROLL OUT
Live Oak Ballroom