Jury Selection:  The Law, the Science and the Role of Common Sense

ALLAN N. KARLIN, ESQUIRE

Allan N. Karlin & Associates

Limiting the Scope of the Attorney-Client Relationship:  From “No Means No” to “Let's Just be Friends”

JILL MCINTYRE, ESQUIRE

Jackson Kelly

E-discovery

•Limitations on discovery requests for electronically stored information •Analysis of the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure •Review of the developing case law on cost allocation between the parties •Considerations when handling privileged and confidential electronically stored information •The litigation hold and avoiding spoliation of evidence

ERIK W. LEGG, ESQUIRE

Craig A. Komorowski, ESQUIRE

Farrell, Farrell & Farrell

Preserving the Proceeds: The Use of Special Needs Trusts in Catastrophic Cases

ROBERT G. TWEEL, ESQUIRE

Jackson Kelly

Litigating Claims Against State Agencies and Political Subdivisions: Constitutional Immunity for State Agencies

•Statutory 30 day Notice Requirement •Other Statutory Immunities •Qualified Immunity •Insurance Coverage Considerations •Political Subdivisions: Who and What are they? •Non for Profit and Charitable Organizations •Statutory Immunities •Common Law Immunities •Damages Limitations •Insurance Considerations

CHARLES R. BAILEY, ESQUIRE

Bailey & Wyant

Insurance Law:  Five Difficult Current West Virginia Problems

PROFESSOR THOMAS C. CADY

West Virginia University College of Law

Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation

•Preemption Overview •Settlements •Update on Current Litigation Nationwide •SER Johnson and Johnson v. Karl and the Learned Intermediary Rule  •Legislative Reforms and Battles

TERESA C. TORISEVA, ESQUIRE

Wexler Toriseva & Wallace

Selected Decisions of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

THE HONORABLE ELLIOTT E. MAYNARD, chief JUSTICE

EDYTHE A. NASH, DEPUTY CLERK

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

This seminar is worth 9.3 WV MCLE credits, including 2.2 Ethics credits.