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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thomson Reuters has recognized SHB Philadelphia Managing Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1110"&gt;Sean Wajert&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products, Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation) in &lt;em&gt;Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2013&lt;/em&gt; following a  patented, multiphase selection process  that identifies the top 5 percent of lawyers in the region.



&lt;p&gt;Candidates for &lt;em&gt;Pennsylvania Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; are identified through peer recognition ballots, as well as by an independent research staff. Nominees are graded on a point scale that considers 12 indicators of professional achievement, including experience, representative clients, verdicts and settlements, scholarly lectures and writings, honors and awards, and pro bono and community service.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1521</link>

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      <title>Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Recognizes Sean Wajert</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1140"&gt;Charlene Wright&lt;/a&gt; will co-present an upcoming EUCI course on  Pipeline Safety Regulations: DOT Enforcement Trends and Guidance,  focusing on recent actions taken by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and state agencies to  strengthen existing regulations, close loopholes, and add new safety initiatives and requirements  in the wake of several well-publicized incidents. Slated for June 24-25, 2013, in Houston, Texas, the course will examine  major initiatives that directly affect pipeline companies, such as integrity management,  as well as the practical and financial impact of new pipeline safety rules. To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.euci.com/events/index.php?ci=1940&amp;p=3455" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1522</link>

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      <title>Wright to Present on Pipeline Safety Regulations</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=958"&gt;Jennifer Stonecipher Hill&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored a chapter titled  Significant Settlements  in the Food and Drug Law Institute s (FDLI s)  &lt;a href="http://www.fdli.org/products-services/~/resources/resources-order-box-detail-view/top-20-food-and-drug-cases-2012-cases-to-watch-2013"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Top 20 Food and Drug Cases, 2012 &amp; Cases to Watch, 2013&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Co-author Rikin Mehta is with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research/Office of Medical Policy.  The chapter focuses on settlements that pharmaceutical manufacturers entered with government authorities at the state and local levels.  The claims were brought under the False Claims Act for fraud against federal health care programs, and under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Anti-Kickback Statute and Medicaid pricing laws.  According to the authors, more than one-half of the 2012 settlements with government authorities involved single-state agreements in cases instituted by state attorneys general.  The authors conclude,  Federal and state authorities are continuing to aggressively pursue a variety of claims against the pharmaceutical and food industries . . . As marketing and regulatory claims remain lucrative for government agencies and whistleblowers, the current trends may continue into 2013&    To read the chapter, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/SignificantSettlements.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1519</link>

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      <title>McDonough &amp; Stonecipher Hill Author FDLI Book Chapter Focusing on Pharmaceutical Co. Settlements with Governments</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1102"&gt;Lisa Bass&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty for the National Business Institute s (NBI s) Limited Liability Companies CLE seminar on May 21, 2013, in Washington, D.C.  Her presentation will focus on issues affecting Virginia LLCs, including articles of organization, property transfers, protections, dissolutions, one-owner and foreign LLCs.  To learn more, please click &lt;a href="http://www.nbi-sems.com/Details.aspx/R-62298ER" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1520</link>

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      <title>Bass to Present at NBI s Limited Liability Companies Seminar</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;During a recent Miami, Florida, event honoring recipients of &lt;em&gt;The Daily Business Review s&lt;/em&gt;  Litigation Department of the Year  awards, Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon was recognized for its successes in the Product Liability &amp; Mass Torts category.&lt;/p&gt;  



&lt;p&gt;Based on cases filed, tried or on appeal throughout 2012, including pro bono matters, SHB was specifically cited for the work spearheaded by the firm s Miami and Tampa offices defending the &lt;em&gt;Engle&lt;/em&gt;-progeny litigation, which involves personal injury claims filed by individual smokers in Florida courthouses against cigarette manufacturers.&lt;/p&gt;  



&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Review&lt;/em&gt; noted that SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt; led four individual &lt;em&gt;Engle&lt;/em&gt; trials that ended in mistrials and that  [n]ewly minted Miami managing partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;William Geraghty&lt;/a&gt; first-chaired three of the [seven cases to go to trial in 2012], two resulting in defense verdicts and one that resulted in a $3.5 million award in Highlands County that is on appeal. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Because the &lt;em&gt;Review&lt;/em&gt; also looked to work that firms located in Florida do in courtrooms throughout the country as part of a national practice, SHB was further recognized for its successful product-liability defense of other &lt;em&gt;Fortune&lt;/em&gt; 500 clients from the pharmaceutical, retail and chemical industries.  To read more about this prestigious award, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/SHBLDOTY2013.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1518</link>

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      <title>SHB Recognized for Outstanding Outcomes by Florida s Daily Business Review</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1012"&gt;Evan Montgomery&lt;/a&gt; have authored an overview of U.S. life sciences law in PLC s &lt;em&gt;Life Sciences Multi-jurisdictional Guide 2013&lt;/em&gt;. Formatted as a question-and-answer guide, the overview summarizes key issues related to life sciences law,  including pricing and state funding, manufacturing, marketing, clinical trials, advertising, labeling, patents, trademarks, and product liability.  To view Kaplan and Montgomery s contribution, please click &lt;a href="http://www.practicallaw.com/0-500-7483" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1516</link>

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      <title>Kaplan &amp; Montgomery Author Overview for PLC s Life Sciences Multi-jurisdictional Guide</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Agribusiness &amp; Food Safety Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=98"&gt;Steve Thomas&lt;/a&gt; will participate in a June 12, 2013, panel presentation titled,  The Winners and Losers in the Food Litigation Wars   What Constituencies Benefit the Most from Consumer Fraud Class Actions Against the Food Companies?  at the InterContinental New York Barclay. For more information about this Perrin event    Challenges Facing the Food &amp; Beverage Industries in Complex Consumer Litigations,  please click &lt;a href="https://www.perrinconferences.com/html/upcoming_events-intercontinental-new-york-barclay.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1517</link>

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      <title>Thomas to Join Conference Panel on Consumer Fraud Class Actions Against Food Companies</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1141"&gt;Debra S. Dunne&lt;/a&gt; has joined the Philadelphia office of Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon L.L.P. as a partner.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Previously the chair of Stradley Ronon s Life Sciences Regulatory/Compliance Practice Group, Dunne brings to SHB significant experience in food and drug law, counseling companies regulated by the Food and Drug Administration on regulatory and compliance issues from pre-approval to post-launch with a focus on risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, labeling, advertising and promotional activities, reimbursement, good manufacturing practices, product recalls, and warning letters. With experience addressing the intersection of unique litigation risks with government safety and regulatory oversight, Dunne provides exceptional strategic guidance and legal counsel to her drug, medical device, food, dietary supplement, and cosmetics industry clients.  She has defended complex product-liability claims and has served as science and coordinating counsel in mass-tort litigation.  Dunne has also written and spoken extensively on prescription-drug marketing and off-label issues.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Dunne is a member of the Food and Drug Law Institute, Women in Bio and Attention Deficit Disorder Association Advisory Board.  She served as a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board Hearing Examiner from 2002-2008.  Dunne received her J.D. from the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law and her B.S. from Duquesne University.  Before she pursued a legal career, Dunne worked as a registered pharmacist in Pennsylvania and Ohio.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; We are delighted to welcome Debra to the firm,  said SHB Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Litigation Practice Chair Madeleine McDonough.   The range of her accomplishments, legal expertise, and practical experience will complement and enhance the services that we have long provided to our industry clients. &lt;/p&gt;  



&lt;p&gt;SHB Philadelphia Managing Partner Sean Wajert said,  I have known Debra for many years and recognize how clients have come to value her insight and guidance on complex regulatory questions.  We are excited to have her join us in Philadelphia and believe her FDA and Life Sciences expertise fits well with our existing practice, including serving many leading pharmaceutical and food clients in the Delaware Valley and tri-state area. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1514</link>

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      <title>Debra S. Dunne Joins Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon in Philadelphia</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon has been selected as a recipient of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit s 2012 Pro Bono Service Award for outstanding pro bono contributions to the Tampa community. One of only two firms in Tampa chosen for the honor, SHB was recognized at the annual Pro Bono Awards Ceremony on April 25, 2013.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The Pro Bono Service Awards are administered by the Circuit s Pro Bono Committee, which provides  oversight and direction of pro bono legal services for the indigent in Hillsborough County.   The Pro Bono Committee is chaired by The Honorable Catherine Peek McEwen of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and consists of members from the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County Bar Association, and various independent legal organizations.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; We consider it a privilege to contribute our services to the Tampa community, and are delighted that the Pro Bono Committee has found us worthy of this recognition,  said &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=249"&gt;Dave Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, a partner in SHB s Tampa office and member of the firm s Pro Bono Committee.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;As a leader in the delivery of pro bono legal services, Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon provides approximately 30,000 hours of free legal counsel on an annual basis. In recent years, SHB attorneys have assisted unaccompanied minors in immigration proceedings, staffed legal clinics and advocated on behalf of disabled individuals. SHB s Tampa office has been especially active in adoption proceedings, and attorneys regularly contribute their expertise to Americans for Immigrant Justice and Bay Area Legal Services.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1515</link>

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      <title>SHB-Tampa Honored as Pro Bono Service Award Recipient</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Managing Intellectual Property&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;MIP&lt;/em&gt;) magazine has named Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon to its list of Tier 1 intellectual property firms in Missouri, recognizing eight individual attorneys as  IP Stars  in areas such as contentious patent litigation, copyright law and counseling.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB Kansas City partners recognized as  IP Stars  include 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=312"&gt;Jean Dickman&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=48"&gt;Michael Gross&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=706"&gt;Peter Knops&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=299"&gt;Patrick Lujin&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=326"&gt;Bart Starr&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt;, and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=639"&gt;Tawni Wilhelm&lt;/a&gt;. In particular, the publication highlighted the work of Garretson in  closely-watched litigation&  involving automated seed  chipping,  or sampling,  as well as the firm s experience handling both patent litigation and prosecution for high-profile clients.&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt; Shook Hardy is increasingly competing with many of the powerhouse firms on the East and West Coasts,  reports &lt;em&gt;MIP&lt;/em&gt;, which based its rankings on practitioner feedback from the 2013 World IP Survey.  Part of the reason, according to peers and clients, is affordable billing rates combined with highly respected patent litigation, prosecution and counseling practices. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete listing, please click &lt;a href="http://miphandbook.com/Guide/913/1/IP-Stars.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1513</link>

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      <title>Managing IP Recognizes SHB s Intellectual Property Practice</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Miami Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; moderated and presented a panel discussion on "Creating A Data Breach Response Plan" as part of the inaugural Consortium on Litigation, Information Law, and E-Discovery held May 1, 2013, in San Jose, California. Transmitted via video conference to large audiences in New York, Chicago and San Jose, the panelists focused on how companies can best identify and prepare to respond to threats to their sensitive information. The speakers included in-house counsel, information security officers, and other experts in data security and privacy from a variety of multinational companies. To read more about the conference, please click &lt;a href="http://westlegaledcenter.com/program_guide/course_detail.jsf?courseId=100003974" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Saikali Presents at Law Consortium on Electronic Information Law</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  Unsafe products: identifying risks and notifying the relevant authorities  appearing in the April 2013 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;  Newstead discusses the obligations of businesses and regulatory authorities once a non-food consumer or professional product is deemed a  serious  risk and how that information is disseminated throughout the European Union (EU) via the RAPEX system. Established under Article 12 of the General Product Safety Directive, 2001/95/EC, the RAPEX system was designed to  ensure that information about dangerous products found in one member state was rapidly circulated to other members states and the European Commission.   The article explains how it works and how the commission distinguishes between serious and non-serious product risks.  Newstead concludes by advising product manufacturers to understand  how to evaluate the risks that a product may pose.  The seriousness of the risk directly affects how information about the problem will be disseminated throughout the EU.   To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/UnsafeProducts_Risks.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Newstead Authors Article on EU s System for Reporting Unsafe Products</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=806"&gt;Alexandra Bach Lagos&lt;/a&gt; has been selected to join the inaugural class of The Florida Bar Leadership Academy,  a multi-session training program designed to assist a diverse and inclusive group of lawyers in becoming better leaders.   An Academy kick-off meeting is scheduled during the Florida Bar s Annual Convention on June 28-29, 2013, in Boca Raton.  To learn more about the Academy, please click &lt;a href="http://www.floridabar.org/leadershipacademy" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1511</link>

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      <title>Bach Lagos Selected as Florida Bar Leadership Academy Fellow</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;William Martucci&lt;/a&gt; will participate in this year s MoBar CLE  Annual Law Update,  which includes live seminars beginning on May 23, 2013, in Kansas City and concludes in St. Charles on June 27, 2013.  Video replays will occur at various locations between June and November.  This CLE program will provide 10 MCLE hours including 1 hour of ethics.  Martucci will present on new developments in  Employment Law  during the live program in Kansas City.  To review the conference brochure, please click &lt;a href="http://members.mobar.org/cle-web/cle-programs/ProgramBrochurePdf/AnnualLawBrochure.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Martucci to Take Part in MoBar Annual Law Update</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;James F. (Jamie) Thompson and Charlene B. Wright have joined Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon as partners in the firm s national Environmental and Toxic Tort Practice.  Thompson will be resident in the Kansas City office.  Wright will be resident in Houston.  Both were previously partners at Lathrop &amp; Gage in Kansas City.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Thompson s practice focuses on representing clients in federal and state environmental litigation, insurance, compliance and real property matters.  He advises oil and gas companies on environmental permitting, compliance and enforcement actions.  Thompson also represents companies in real property and commercial transactions, as well as environmental cost recovery litigation.  He has helped clients obtain financial benefits from Brownfields initiative programs, negotiated cleanup cost-cap and property transfer insurance coverage, and created innovative contract solutions to enable Brownfields projects to succeed.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;A frequent lecturer on environmental and real property issues, Thompson earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law and his B.S. from the University of Kansas.&lt;/p&gt;  



&lt;p&gt;Wright is an energy and pipeline specialist whose practice focuses on regulatory matters and litigation arising from the construction and operation of natural gas, crude oil, refined products and gas liquids pipelines and the transportation and storage of hazardous materials.  She advises clients on complex federal and state laws, agency regulations and industry standards including the Pipeline Safety Act, Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation law, OSHA, Toxic Substances Control Act, the PCB Mega Rule, LP Gas Code, NFPA, API, and CSA Standards.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Wright has represented clients in litigation throughout the United States in matters arising from ruptures, leaks, fires and explosions.  She earned her J.D. and M.P.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, where she has served as an adjunct professor, and her B.A. from the University of Connecticut.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; The addition of Jamie and Charlene is a great example of the firm s commitment to expand strategically rather than simply growing for growth s sake,  said SHB Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt;.   They each bring unique experience and areas of expertise in a way that complements what is already a very strong area for us. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chambers USA America s Leading Lawyers for Business&lt;/em&gt; describes Shook s Environmental and Toxic Tort practice as  market leading. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Jamie Thompson, Charlene Wright Join Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Environmental Team</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Representing the estate and family of a teenager who was raped and murdered by a man identified as a potential sexual violent predator (SVP) but released from prison without the evaluations required by law, SHB San Francisco Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=620"&gt;Patrick Gregory&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=505"&gt;Chris Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, and Associates &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1061"&gt;Ashley Cornwall&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1133"&gt;Jared Palmer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1001"&gt;Rachael Smith&lt;/a&gt; recently defeated the defendants  demurrer to their second amended complaint.  Captioned &lt;em&gt;Novoa v. California Department of Mental Health,&lt;/em&gt; the case is pending before the Los Angeles Superior Court.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Perpetrator Gilton Pitre was imprisoned for 24 months on a 2005 possession of a controlled substance charge and flagged by the Department of Corrections as an SVP months before his release in light of a prior offense involving the rape and attempted murder of a former roommate.  His file was forwarded to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for evaluation.  Under the law, individuals flagged as SVPs must undergo a full clinical evaluation by two experienced, licensed mental health professionals.  If they agree that the convicted sex offender has a mental disorder and presents a significant risk of re-offense, DMH must refer the case to the district attorney for civil commitment proceedings.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;After an abbreviated partial review of the file, DMH determined that Pitre did not need a full evaluation by anyone and allowed his release.  Four days after his release, he raped and murdered 15 year-old Alyssa Gomez, wrapped her body in a blanket and discarded her by a dumpster in the alley.  He was convicted of that rape and murder and sentenced to life.  DMV has based its demurrers on two arguments:  (i) while the statute frames its duties using the word  shall,  all DMH duties are wholly discretionary and immune from suit; and (ii) the plaintiffs did not and cannot sufficiently plead causation because the ultimate outcome civil commitment depended on the discretion of others.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In its April 15, 2013, ruling, the trial court confirmed that the duty to conduct two full evaluations was a mandatory duty for this case and for a parallel case in which SHB is involved in San Diego.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB San Francisco Attorneys Clear Hurdle in Pro Bono Representation</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB PMDLD Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty in Montreal, Canada, May 22-24, 2013, to discuss crisis communications and reputation management issues during the Personal Care Products Council s (PCPC s)  2013 Legal and Regulatory Conference.  The firm is a conference co-sponsor.  For more information about this event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/legal/2013-legal-and-regulatory-conference" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>McDonough to Discuss Crisis Communication Issues During PCPC Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thomson Reuters has recognized eight SHB attorneys in &lt;em&gt;Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; 2013 following a  patented, multiphase selection process  that identifies the top 5 percent of lawyers in the region.&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;SHB Washington, D.C. partners named to &lt;em&gt;Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; 2013 include 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; (Government Relations); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=90"&gt;Michelle Mangrum&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense; Products); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Tom Moga&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property, International); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; (Political Law, Class Actions/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Defense); and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=302"&gt;Peter Strand&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB Washington, D.C.  Rising Stars  include associates 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=847"&gt;Christopher Appel&lt;/a&gt; (Government Relations); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1102"&gt;Lisa Bass&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense, Business Litigation); and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1101"&gt;Ken Chase&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation, Bankruptcy &amp; Creditor/Debtor Rights, Criminal Defense: White Collar).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Candidates for &lt;em&gt;Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; are identified through peer recognition ballots, as well as by an independent research staff. Nominees are graded on a point scale that considers 12 indicators of professional achievement, including experience, representative clients, verdicts and settlements, scholarly lectures and writings, honors and awards, and pro bono and community service.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Intellectual Property (IP) Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=302"&gt;Peter Strand&lt;/a&gt;, who authors &lt;em&gt;IpQ,&lt;/em&gt; a complimentary monthly newsletter focusing on comprehensive analyses of patent damages issues, has launched a related law blog to offer  top-line thinking about top-of-mind IP damages topics.   Titled  IpDamQuick: Enhancing Your IP Damages IQ"!,  the blog allows Strand to address the latest IP litigation developments with  concise commentary on their immediate effect and possible long-term impact.   Recent topics include cases on damages experts, royalties, discovery on damages, and the entire market value rule (EMVR). To visit the blog, please click &lt;a href="http://ipdamquick.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=933"&gt;Rebecca Ocariz&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1065"&gt;Talia Zucker&lt;/a&gt; will assume their roles as Treasurer and Newsletter Editor for the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (MD-FAWL) during an installation and awards luncheon slated for June 13, 2013, at the Hotel InterContinental.&lt;/p&gt;  



&lt;p&gt;MD-FAWL seeks to  promote women's opportunities and rights, uphold the highest standards of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, promote reform in the law and facilitate the administration of justice. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB Attorneys to Be Installed as Miami-Dade FAWL Officers</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB s Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Litigation Practice has launched the firm s &lt;em&gt;Legal Trends Report&lt;/em&gt; to provide up-to-date information about regulatory and litigation developments in the cosmetics, cosmeceuticals, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, and personal care products industries.  According to PMDLD Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt;,  This newsletter will give us the opportunity to communicate with our clients about emerging trends at a time when plaintiffs and regulators are scrutinizing these industry sectors as never before.  Like our other informative newsletters, the &lt;em&gt;Legal Trends Report&lt;/em&gt;, which will be distributed electronically at no cost to recipients, will include objective summaries of domestic and international developments with hyperlinks to source materials when available.   Those interested in subscribing to the report can do so on the SHB.com &lt;a href="shb_newsletters.aspx" title="Register here"&gt;newsletter page&lt;/a&gt;.  To view the inaugural issue, please click &lt;a href="newsletters/LTR/LTR1.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>New SHB Newsletter to Monitor Cosmetics, Dietary Supplements and Personal Care Product Legal Trends</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=423"&gt;Donald Kemna&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=680"&gt;Thomas Duncan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1096"&gt;Christopher Warren&lt;/a&gt; have authored an article discussing the use of learned treatises during examination of experts in the most recent edition of DRI s &lt;em&gt;Toxic Torts&lt;/em&gt; newsletter. Comparing state and federal rules, the authors note that Federal Rule of Evidence 803(18)  allows parties to question an expert witness about a learned treatise on direct examination and the expert to read statements from the treatise into evidence,  whereas most state hearsay laws permit the use of learned treatises, if at all, only on cross-examination. Taking into account these differences, the article addresses techniques for (i)  preventing the use of treatises on direct examination under the federal rule ; (ii)  eliciting testimony regarding a treatise under direct examination under state rules ; and (iii)  establishing a text as a reliable authority under federal and state rules. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; The rules regarding the use of learned treatises during examination of experts vary significantly as between federal law and the law observed in a majority of state jurisdictions,  conclude the authors.  To maximize effectiveness, counsel must be aware of the distinction among jurisdictions on this point of law and employ well-adapted examination strategies.  To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://clients.criticalimpact.com/newsletter/newslettercontentshow1.cfm?contentid=13888&amp;id=1627" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=463"&gt;Jerami Kemnitz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1018"&gt;Therese Miller&lt;/a&gt; will join the distinguished faculty at the Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat slated for April 30-May 2, 2013, in Half Moon Bay, California. Esteban and Kemnitz will present on  The Why of eDiscovery: Understanding the Frameworks,  which will feature panel discussions about how to assess  the potential utility/value of current analytical tools  as well as international trends in data transfer, privacy and protection restrictions and their impact on discovery. Part of the track titled  The How of eDiscovery: Making It Work in the Real World,  Miller s sessions will focus on  Strategies &amp; Tactics for Protecting Data Throughout the Discovery Process  and "Using Big Data to Meet Discovery Objectives." To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://ediscoveryretreats.com/index.php/cvedr/cvedr-agenda" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB Attorneys to Present at Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Life Sciences &amp; Biotechnology Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt; will participate in a panel discussion on  Preparing for the Impending Reality of Biosimilars Patent Litigation:  Immediate Action Plans for the First Wave,  during the American Conference Institute s (ACI s)  4th Annual Advanced Forum on Biosimilars,  scheduled for June 5-7, 2013, in New York City.  Garretson joins a distinguished faculty including in-house counsel for major pharmaceutical companies focusing on biosimilar IP, regulatory, commercial, and policy issues.  Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is a conference co-sponsor. To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanconference.com/2013/823/biosimilars" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Garretson to Join ACI Biosimilars Conference Panel</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Miami Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; recently presented on  Emerging Data Security and Privacy Risks in 2013  as part of a panel sponsored by the South Florida Chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.  The April 19 presentation focused on the collection, use, storage, and disposal of sensitive information as it relates to litigation risks, the development of governmental cybersecurity standards, vendor management, and incident response planning. Attended by privacy professionals from a variety of South Florida industries in both the private and public sectors, the panel also featured a senior assistant attorney general for the state of Florida and senior counsel responsible for data security and compliance at a multinational data company.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Saikali Presents on Emerging Data Security and Privacy Risks in 2013</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=549"&gt;Greg Wu&lt;/a&gt; has been selected by &lt;em&gt;Ingram s&lt;/em&gt; as one of the business magazine s 2013 class of  40 Under Forty.   Described as emerging leaders both within their own organizations and in their communities, members of the class  demonstrate the best in what Kansas City business has to offer,  according to &lt;em&gt;Ingram s.&lt;/em&gt;  Greg was recognized for his legal accomplishments and commitment to pro bono service, as well as the time he has taken to mentor young lawyers and promote greater diversity within the legal community.  From his position as president of the Asian American Bar Association of Kansas City, Greg was able to  secure host-city status for the National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association s 2013 convention, slated to bring more than 1,200 attorneys to Kansas City in November.  To view his profile in &lt;em&gt;Ingram s,&lt;/em&gt; please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/WuIngramsProfile.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Wu Named to Ingram s  40 Under Forty  Class of 2013</title>

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&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=541"&gt;Arlen Tanner&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished group of speakers at SecureWorld Expo on April 16-17, 2013, in Kansas City, Missouri.  Titled  Legal Tripwires in the Cloud,  Tanner s presentation will focus on data security and whether government and the courts can access or copy such data.  To register for the conference, please click &lt;a href="http://secureworldexpo.com/event/index.php/2013-kansas-city-home" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Tanner to Address Cloud Computing Issues at SecureWorld Expo</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Litigation Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=660"&gt;Harley Ratliff&lt;/a&gt; will join a panel of speakers discussing  Total Recalls:  Counsel Perspective on Processes for Streamlining the Response to Product Issues and Effectively Working with the CPSC  at ACI s  Consumer Products Regulation &amp; Litigation  conference slated for June 26-27, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois.   Designed to provide consumer product manufacturers with a  safety net  in balancing regulatory compliance and litigation risks, this conference brings together a distinguished faculty of judges, regulators and in-house and outside counsel  to give consumer products professionals the most up-to-date, expert tested advice possible on navigating this terse terrain.  To register for the conference, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanconference.com/2013/845/consumer-products-regulation--litigation/overview" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Ratliff to Discuss Product Recalls at ACI s  Consumer Products Litigation &amp; Regulation  Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=590"&gt;Carrie McAtee&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=579"&gt;Kristen Page&lt;/a&gt; have contributed chapters to the third edition of Global Legal Group s &lt;em&gt;International Comparative Legal Guide to: Employment and Labour Law 2013&lt;/em&gt;. Titled  High-Stakes EEOC Class Action Litigation in America,  the general chapter authored by Martucci and Page focuses on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission s decision to prioritize the investigation and litigation of systemic cases   where the alleged discrimination has a broad impact on an industry, profession, company or geographic area.   Martucci and McAtee also authored the guide s  USA  chapter detailing federal, state and local employment laws that define, among other things, the terms and conditions of employment, employee representation and industrial relations, and prohibited discriminatory practices.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To read the general chapter on EEOC class action litigation, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/HighStakesEEOCClassActionLitigation.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the chapter about U.S. labor and employment law, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/USA_2013.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Both articles first appeared in the third edition of &lt;em&gt;The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Employment and Labour Law&lt;/em&gt; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London (&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.iclg.co.uk"&gt;www.iclg.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB Attorneys Contribute to Global Legal Group s Employment and Labour Law 2013</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1091"&gt;Timothy Moore&lt;/a&gt; recently published a commentary in ALM s &lt;em&gt;Daily Business Review&lt;/em&gt; on bills currently pending before the Florida Legislature to revise and expand  the state s False Claims Act.  House Bill 935 and Senate Bill 1494 have the support of Florida s attorney general who claims they will  enable her office to investigate the growing number of reports of fraud involving state money.   According to Moore, like the federal False Claims Act, Florida s law  is a whistleblower statute designed to protect public funds from fraud.   Among the changes proposed are provisions that would expand application  to the entire state government, not just the executive branch,  and give the attorney general the tools to investigate alleged violations, including the power to issue subpoenas and seek a court order compelling someone to respond to a subpoena  even if that person invokes the Fifth Amendment s protection against self-incrimination.  Moore warns that if the bills become law  there will be broad consequences for those who regularly do business with Florida government.   He recommends that businesses contracting with the state  analyze and update their compliance plans upon the passage of HB 935 and SB 1494.   To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/Billsgrantattorneygeneralexpansiveinvestigativepower.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Tim Moore  Comments on Proposed Florida False Claims Act Revisions</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB public policy attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; have authored an article in the &lt;em&gt;Fordham Law Review&lt;/em&gt; that explains why the few courts allowing brand-name prescription drug manufacturers to be held liable for injury allegedly caused by the ingestion of generic versions of their products, what they refer to as  competitor liability,  have improperly stretched traditional, rational boundaries on tort law duties.  Titled  Warning:  Shifting Liability to Manufacturers of Brand-Name Medicines When the Harm Was Allegedly Caused by Generic Drugs Has Severe Side Effects,  the article argues that  [i]t is a bedrock principle of product liability and tort law that a product manufacturer is subject to liability only for harms caused by its products. . . . Courts may be frustrated by the disparate treatment for users of brand-name and generic drugs, but they should not be tempted to radically alter tort law in search of defendants that users of generic drugs can sue.   To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/WarningShiftingLiability.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB Public Policy Attorneys Author Article on  Competitor Liability </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1091"&gt;Timothy Moore&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article published in the Winter 2013 issue of The Florida Bar s &lt;em&gt;Health Law Section Newsletter&lt;/em&gt;.  Titled  All Children s Health Qui Tam Case Is Latest Attack on Hospital Growth Practices,  the article outlines the state and federal statutes under which a hospital employee has sued her former employer alleging that it compensated doctors it hired at above market rate to induce them to refer patients and services to the hospital.  While acknowledging that it remains to be seen whether the defendants will be able to successfully defend their financial arrangements, Moore recommends ways for health-care providers to diminish future risk given  the immediate teaching point the All Children s Health case offers[, that is,] paying hospital staff above market rate may be a glaring signal for a qui tam claimant.   To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/QuiTamCaseisLatestAttackonHospitalGrowthPractices.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Tim Moore Authors Article on Pending Qui Tam Lawsuit for Florida Bar Newsletter</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB s Public Policy Group recently contributed to a favorable outcome for animal medicine manufacturers in the Supreme Court of Texas, which ruled in &lt;em&gt;Strickland v. Medlen&lt;/em&gt; that emotion-based damages, including loss of companionship and sentimental damages, are not permitted in pet injury claims in Texas. Presenting on behalf of amici during oral argument, SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; highlighted the public policy issues at stake after a lower appellate court in Texas broke with the majority of courts nationally by allowing broad, new emotion-based damages for pet deaths in a November 2011 ruling. SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; authored the amici brief on behalf of the Animal Health Institute and several animal health organizations, developed other amici and helped prepare defense counsel on key issues, while Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=201"&gt;Manuel  López&lt;/a&gt; served as local counsel on the SHB amici brief and provided expertise on the appellate process.&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;In its ruling, the court ultimately recognized that finding for additional liability for the loss of a pet could have significant downsides for pets themselves.  For example, the American Kennel Club, joined by the Cat Fanciers  Association and other pro-animal nonprofits, worry that  pet litigation will become a cottage industry,  exposing veterinarians, shelter and kennel workers, animal-rescue workers, even dog sitters, to increased liability:  Litigation would arise when pets are injured in car accidents, police actions, veterinary visits, shelter incidents, protection of livestock and pet-on-pet aggression, to name a few,   states the court, citing the amici brief authored by Goldberg.  As risks and costs rise, there would be fewer free clinics for spaying and neutering, fewer shelters taking in animals, fewer services like walking and boarding, and fewer people adopting pets, leaving more animals abandoned and ultimately put down. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To read SHB's amici brief, please click &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/newsletters/FBLU/Etc/StricklandvMedlen.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Public Policy Group Spearheads Victory in Texas Supreme Court on Damages in Pet Injury Cases</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=134"&gt;Angela Seaton&lt;/a&gt; has been appointed to a three-year term on the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Drugs/Biologics Committee.  Headquartered in Washington, D.C., FDLI is a non-profit organization  dedicated to providing a leading, innovative, open, balanced marketplace of ideas for education and discourse across the field of global food and drug law that enables key stakeholders to inform, debate, and shape the evolution of public policy and regulation."&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Seaton Appointed to FDLI Drugs/Biologics Committee</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1108"&gt;Kori Carew&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished group of faculty during the American Bar Association s (ABA s) 25th Anniversary Minority Counsel Program slated for May 15-17, 2013, in New Orleans.  She will serve on a panel titled  Law Firm &amp; In-House Counsel Diversity Practices: What s Working?   To view the event agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/images/racial_ethnic_diversity/MCP%2025%20preliminary%20agenda.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Carew to Serve as Panelist During ABA Minority Counsel Program</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=65"&gt;Mark Hegarty&lt;/a&gt; will participate in a April 9, 2013, Webcast about the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court s &lt;em&gt;Mensing&lt;/em&gt; decision and its possible impact on generic drug manufacturers. Presented by DRI s Drug and Medical Device Committee, the Webcast will address (i)  the litigation and regulatory efforts in response to &lt;em&gt;Mensing&lt;/em&gt; ; (ii)  strategies to litigating future generic drug product liability cases ; and (iii)  the scope of preemption in the wake of &lt;em&gt;Mensing&lt;/em&gt;.  To learn more about the Webcast, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/WhatsLeftAfterMensing.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Hegarty to Discuss Mensing Decision in DRI Webcast</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; will serve on a panel discussing the  New Normal: Big Data and the Future of Litigation  during an April 15, 2013, Webinar sponsored by the &lt;em&gt;New York Law Journal&lt;/em&gt; and Pangea3. In addition to addressing the  best ways for managing big data sets in keeping with new compliance regulations and case precedent,  the panel will discuss, among other things, how litigators  may defend their search parameters during discovery  and how companies   can comply with new collection and preservation standards.  To register for the Webinar, please click &lt;a href="http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=601128&amp;s=1&amp;k=D95B0A20FCA64E6E1FEBBE38A3461014" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Esteban to Discuss  Big Data and the Future of Litigation </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;William Martucci&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished in-house, government and judicial faculty during the American Conference Institute s (ACI s)  18th National Forum on Wage Hour Claims and Class Actions,  scheduled for May 30-31, 2013, in New York City.  Martucci will moderate a panel discussion of federal district court magistrates on  Views from the Bench Part II:  Federal Magistrate Judges Speak Out on Case Management, E-Discovery, and More. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the CLE conference brochure, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanconference.com/2013/804/wage--hour-claims-and-class-actions" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Martucci to Serve as Moderator for ACI CLE Judicial Panel in NYC</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=250"&gt;Michael Kleffner&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=232"&gt;Ann Songer&lt;/a&gt; recently secured a defense verdict on behalf of Thomas Built Buses, Inc. and Freightliner LLC in a civil trial stemming from a May 9, 2005, school bus crash that resulted in two fatalities and multiple injuries. Plaintiffs  attorneys had argued that faulty brakes were responsible for the crash, seeking damages from Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Thomas Built and Freightliner for allegedly failing to properly install and maintain the automatic slack adjusters for the bus s brake system. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), however, attributed the accident to  pedal misapplication  and SHB in its closing arguments noted that inspectors never identified any mechanical issues with the brakes.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The jury ultimately agreed with the NTSB assessment, concluding that the driver accidentally pressed the accelerator  in the moments before the crash. To read more about the trial in the &lt;em&gt;Kansas City Star&lt;/em&gt;, please click &lt;a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2013/03/22/4137876/jury-sides-with-school-bus-manufacturer.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB s Class Action &amp; Complex Litigation Practice has issued a March 29, 2013, alert about the U.S. Supreme Court s recent decision in &lt;em&gt;Comcast Corp. v. Behrend,&lt;/em&gt; No. 11-864 (U.S. Mar. 27, 2013) that  plaintiffs who relied on a statistical damage model not directly tied to their operative theory of liability failed to satisfy Rule 23 s class certification requirements, including  predominance.   According to SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=533"&gt;Rebecca Schwartz&lt;/a&gt;, this ruling  will likely prove to be a powerful tool for defendants opposing certification of Rule 23(b)(3) classes where plaintiffs propose to prove class damages using statistical methodologies. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To read the alert, please click &lt;a href="newsletters/CACLA/CACLA032913.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Class Action &amp; Complex Litigation Alert</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; and Allergan, Inc. s eDiscovery Manager Chris Garber will present a May 15, 2013, Webinar on creating a defensible legal hold process. Sponsored by Exterro, Inc.,  Legal Hold 2.0 for Defensible E-Discovery  will discuss  how to implement best practices beyond the basics,  including: (i)  recent cast law of past, sanctionable mistakes by in-house legal teams,  (ii)  a need-to-know checklist of legal hold requirements,  and (iii)  advances in technology for automating legal hold tasks and activities.  To register for the Webinar, please click &lt;a href="http://ci28.actonsoftware.com/acton/form/3377/0025:d-000a/0/index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The National Law Journal&lt;/em&gt; has named SHB Public Policy Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; to its list of  The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America,  which recognizes the recent accomplishments of those attorneys  who shape the legal world through their work in the courtroom, at the negotiating table, in the classroom or in government. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Described as  the patron saint of the tort reform movement,  Schwartz is singled out for authoring  the leading law school text on torts  and for his stint as chair of the federal inter-agency task force on product liability at the Department of Commerce.  For decades, he has shaped [the tort reform movement s] strategy, crafted its legislative proposals and coined its phrases such as  judicial hellhole,  the label for plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions,  notes &lt;em&gt;NLJ&lt;/em&gt;.  In January, he argued before the Texas Supreme Court against compensation for the sentimental value of pets. And he still does a mean imitation of the voice of former President Bill Clinton. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Last compiled in 2006,  The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America  are selected by the journal s editorial staff with input from the legal community. To view the complete list, please click &lt;a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202593197565&amp;The_100_Most_Influential_Lawyers" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Victor Schwartz Among  The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB attorneys will discuss the latest developments in class action litigation, diversity and other topics at the American Bar Association Tort Trial &amp; Insurance Practice Section's "2013 Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation" conference slated for April 3-5, 2013, in Phoenix, Arizona. Tort Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=219"&gt;H. Grant Law&lt;/a&gt; is an event co-chair and Class Actions &amp; Complex Litigation Associate 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=725"&gt;Amir Nassihi&lt;/a&gt; serves as program chair for this annual CLE on motor vehicle litigation. Nassihi will also serve as a co-moderator for a panel discussion titled  The Blockbuster Development in Class Action Litigation ; Global Product Liability Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=522"&gt;Holly Smith&lt;/a&gt; is scheduled to participate as a member of the panel. Nassihi and Tort Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=407"&gt;Alicia Donahue&lt;/a&gt; will co-moderate a panel discussion on  Managing the Corporate Counsel Relationship: The Inside View on Diversity, Retention and Client Expectations,  and Global Product Liability Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=620"&gt;Patrick Gregory&lt;/a&gt; will co-present a session titled "The Science Behind the Sentiment: Understanding Punitive Damages in An Era of Anti-Corporate Bias."&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The distinguished faculty includes senior in-house counsel for major automobile makers and experienced trial and appellate counsel. Program sessions will address class action developments, litigating brake pad asbestos cases, regulatory developments, and issues unique to component parts manufacturers.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the event agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanbar.org/calendar/2013/04/2013_emerging_issuesinmotorvehicleproducts/general.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <title>SHB Attorneys to Join Faculty of ABA's 2013 Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Public Policy Attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; have authored commentary in the March 20, 2013, issue of &lt;em&gt;Mealey s Litigation Report: Asbestos,&lt;/em&gt; calling for the Baltimore City Circuit Court to reject a mass consolidation proposal filed by counsel for asbestos plaintiffs.  Noting that the  practice has not been used in Baltimore for almost two decades and . . . has been abandoned by every other jurisdiction in the country,  the co-authors suggest that the court should first determine how many viable cases are pending before applying a questionable remedy.  According to the article,  evidence suggests that many of the claimants have no asbestos-related impairment, passed away due to causes unrelated to asbestos exposure, have received significant compensation from trust funds established by bankrupt former defendants, or may have no interest in proceeding on their claims. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/BaltimoreCourtShouldRejectConsolidation.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Behrens &amp; Silverman Call for Baltimore to Reject Consolidation of Asbestos Cases</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In a recent article published in &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer&lt;/em&gt;, Global Product Liability Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=669"&gt;Marc Shelley&lt;/a&gt; discusses the new global online consumer product recall portal launched by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).  Populated with product recall information from safety agencies around the world, the portal also apparently  includes information on product testing results, reports on incidents of injuries, market surveillance, reports on emerging product hazards, product bans and consumer product standards.   While acknowledging its laudable goals of communicating product risks that will eventually be translated into more than 100 languages, Shelley expresses some concerns about effects on company reputation and consumer purchasing decisions based on different levels of safety protection across borders.  He concludes by reporting on a manufacturer lawsuit that successfully challenged the posting of an inaccurate incident report on an equivalent U.S. product safety database, an outcome that  essentially validated many of the concerns regarding the CPSC s [Consumer Product Safety Commission s] database voiced by industry.  To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/TheOECDsnewglobalonlineproductrecallportal.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Shelley Publishes on OECD s Global Online Product Recall Portal</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Global Product Liability Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  Unsafe products: responsibilities for notification  appearing in the March 2013 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer&lt;/em&gt;.  Focusing on consumer products sold within the European market, Newstead outlines corporate obligations to actively monitor product safety and notify the appropriate national bodies about potential safety issues, and includes details about the notification process and timing.  She also sets forth the penalties currently imposed in the United Kingdom on those failing to provide the notification required to consumers and authorities.  She concludes,  The in-house lawyer may need to remind the board of these potential penalties in order to keep the notification process on track.  To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/UnsafeProducts.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Newstead Discusses Notification Responsibilities for Potentially Unsafe Products</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=810"&gt;Ann Havelka&lt;/a&gt; will discuss the latest food and beverage litigation developments at Sosland Publishing s 36th Annual Purchasing Seminar slated for June 2-4, 2013, in Kansas City, Missouri. Billed as an industry forum  to analyze and evaluate issues affecting ingredient markets,  the seminar will feature presentations on the global economy, food safety challenges and individual industry sectors, among other topics. To view the event agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.purchasingseminar.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Havelka to Discuss Food Litigation at Sosland Publishing s 36th Annual Purchasing Seminar</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB s Class Action &amp; Complex Litigation Practice has issued a March 20, 2013, alert about an unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting a precertification standard as an invalid attempt by a class plaintiff to avoid federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. According to SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=533"&gt;Rebecca Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1113"&gt;Melissa Plunkett&lt;/a&gt;, the ruling in &lt;em&gt;Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles&lt;/em&gt;  strips from plaintiffs a means of avoiding federal jurisdiction that had proven effective in some circumstances. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To read the alert, please click &lt;a href="newsletters/CACLA/CACLA032013.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Class Action &amp; Complex Litigation Alert</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; will present alongside a  noted faculty of seasoned e-Discovery litigators, in-house counsel, and federal judges  at The Sedona Conference Institute s annual  Staying Ahead of the e-Discovery Curve Conference  on March 21-22, 2013, in San Diego, California.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Esteban, chair of The Sedona Conference Working Group on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure, will join in-house counsel from Intel Corp. to present  Preservation &amp; Collection in Cloud-Based and Mobile Environments. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To learn more about The Sedona Conference Institute, please click &lt;a href="https://thesedonaconference.org/conference/2013/sedona-conference-institutes-7th-annual-ediscovery-program-living-ediscoverys" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Esteban to Serve on Faculty of Sedona Conference Institute</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=403"&gt;Tim Congrove&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=428"&gt;Jim Muehlberger&lt;/a&gt; will participate in the  2013 DRI Class Actions Conference  scheduled for July 25-26, 2013, in Washington, D.C.  Congrove, who is also serving as program vice-chair, will moderate a panel of distinguished in-house counsel discussing  Inside and Out:  A Wide-Ranging Discussion of Class Actions from the Client s Perspective.   Muehlberger  will discuss the current state of issue classes, techniques for addressing them, and his experience in trying a case involving a Rule 23(c)(4) class  during a presentation titled  Making an Issue Out of It:  The Trial of a 23(c)(4) Class.   SHB is a conference co-sponsor.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the conference agenda, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/2013DRIClassActionsConference.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB San Francisco and Of Counsel &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=1018"&gt;Thérèse Miller&lt;a/&gt; will host the San Francisco Chapter of Women in eDiscovery for a March 20, 2013, luncheon that will feature a presentation on International Cross-Border Discovery by Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban.&lt;/a&gt; Founded in 2007, Women in eDiscovery is  a pioneering organization that primarily provides educational opportunities regarding technology in the legal industry to its members. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;For more information on Women in eDiscovery, please click &lt;a href="http://www.womeninediscovery.org/"&gt;here.&lt;a/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=549"&gt;Gregory Wu&lt;/a&gt; was recently selected to join the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity s 2013 Fellows Program, which strives to  identify, train and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.  Wu, a member of the firm s Global Product Liability Practice and president of the Asian American Bar Association of Kansas City, is the third Shook partner to participate in the program since it was established in 2011.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is proud to once again partner with the LCLD and colleagues across the industry to advance diversity initiatives in the legal sector,  said &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=1108"&gt;Kori Carew&lt;/a&gt;, SHB s Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives.  Greg is a talented and well-respected attorney, and his acceptance into the Fellows Program strengthens our standing commitment to the development, retention and promotion of attorneys from diverse backgrounds. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The Fellows Program is overseen by a board of directors composed of in-house counsel from Fortune 500 companies, including Altria Group and Microsoft, that works to identify  high-potential  diverse  attorneys and place them  in the path of those who can teach them to lead their organizations. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB s involvement with the LCLD is one of several partnerships managed by the firm s Diversity &amp; Inclusion Committee, whose initiatives have garnered accolades from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum, Human Rights Campaign and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, among others.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB s Gregory Wu Selected as Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Public Policy Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; recently provided testimony in support of a bill (H.B. 153) currently pending before the Illinois  General Assembly.  Testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on March 6, 2013, Behrens discussed how dozens of companies with asbestos liabilities have gone bankrupt and how transparency was needed to prevent asbestos claimants from double-dipping, that is, recovering from the trusts set up in bankruptcy to pay claims against former asbestos defendants and then in suits for compensation against still viable asbestos companies.  These trusts operate independently of the tort system, making the situation, according to Behrens,  fertile ground for inequity.   Behrens testified on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce s Institute for Legal Reform.  Introduced by Rep. Dwight Kay (R-Glen Carbon), the bill would require plaintiffs to disclose their trust claim information within 30 days of the start of discovery in their personal-injury lawsuits.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Behrens Testifies During State House Hearing on Asbestos-Related Recoveries</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Toxic Tort Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1110"&gt;Sean Wajert&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty during the American Conference Institute s  4th National Forum on Chemical Products Liability &amp; Environmental Litigation,  scheduled for April 30   May 1, 2013, in Chicago.  Wajert will moderate a discussion by in-house counsel for major chemical and energy corporations on  In-House Perspectives:  Controlling Costs When Preparing and Trying Cases.   SHB is a conference co-sponsor.  To view the conference brochure, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanconference.com/2013/833/chemical-products-liability-and--environmental-litigation-forum" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Wajert to Address ACI's National Forum on Chemical Products Liability &amp; Environmental Litigation</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB San Francisco Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=407"&gt;Alicia Donahue&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty during the Diversity &amp; Flexibility Alliance Annual Conference slated for March 14, 2013, in Washington, D.C.  Donahue will serve on a panel discussing  Priming the Pipeline: Meaningful Succession Planning.  Other conference highlights include a preview of the American Bar Foundation s new report,  The Color of Glass: The Career Progress of Women of Color in Law Firms. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To learn more about the program, please click &lt;a href="http://dfalliance.com/events/annual-conference/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Donahue to Join Pipeline Panel at Diversity &amp; Flexibility Alliance Annual Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; has provided commentary for a March 1, 2013, &lt;em&gt;Thomson Reuters News &amp; Insight&lt;/em&gt; article discussing a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upheld Mississippi s $1 million cap on pain and suffering damages in civil actions.  Behrens, who submitted an &lt;em&gt;amicus&lt;/em&gt; brief in the case on behalf of Mississippi business groups and medical organizations, acknowledged that the decision is not binding on state courts, but suggested that it could influence them and could be extended to the state s $500,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases.  He also noted that such tort-reform initiatives were intended to address the state s former reputation as a magnet for personal injury lawsuits once jury awards began to skyrocket in the early 2000s.  To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2013/03_-_March/Appeals_court_upholds_Mississippi_damages_cap_for_personal_injury_cases/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Behrens Quoted on Potential Effect of Fifth Circuit Ruling on Mississippi Damages Cap</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=493"&gt;Frank Cruz-Alvarez&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1065"&gt;Talia Zucker&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored a post for the Washington Legal Foundation s (WLF s) blog  The Legal Pulse.   Titled  Will  Sea Change  in Florida Class Action Standards Unleash a Flood of Suits?,  the February 19, 2013, post discusses a Florida Supreme Court decision that they claim waters down the commonality requirement for the certification of a class action.  According to the authors, in &lt;em&gt;Soper v. Tire Kingdom, Inc.,&lt;/em&gt; No. SC11-1462 (Fla. Jan. 24, 2013), the court quashed  another well-reasoned Third DCA opinion that was fully aligned with [the U.S. Supreme Court s &lt;em&gt;Wal-Mart v. Dukes&lt;/em&gt; decision thus passing] up an ideal opportunity to correct  its mistake in an earlier ruling.  They conclude that the decision  is undoubtedly favorable to potential plaintiffs, but only time will tell if they will take advantage.  To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://wlflegalpulse.com/2013/02/19/will-sea-change-in-florida-class-action-standards-unleash-flood-of-suits/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Cruz-Alvarez &amp; Zucker Co-Author WLF Legal Pulse Post on Fla. Class Action Standards</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; will contribute his cross-border discovery expertise to a March 11, 2013, panel addressing  E-Discovery over State and Federal Lines  at the HarrisMartin Mass Tort Litigation Conference in New York City. Esteban, who currently serves as chair and editor-in-chief of The Sedona Conference s Working Group 6, will present alongside a distinguished faculty of former and current members of the judiciary, including The Honorable Richard A. Kramer of the California Superior Court in San Francisco County.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://harrismartin.com/conference/agenda/845/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Esteban to Join HarrisMartin E-Discovery Panel</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=379"&gt;Sam Sebree&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=669"&gt;Marc Shelley&lt;/a&gt; were recently selected by Who s Who Legal and Law Business Research Ltd. for inclusion in the 2013 edition of &lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal Switzerland: Product Liability Defense.&lt;/em&gt; Client feedback within the guide described SHB s Product Liability Practice as  globally acclaimed  and commended Sebree as  the guy you would want for high-stakes, intricate cases.  Shelley was recognized for his expertise in international litigation and praised by clients for   first-rate advice  to manufacturers concerning civil liability risks. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Selection for &lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal Switzerland&lt;/em&gt; is based upon a comprehensive research process that includes consultation with general counsel, interviews with lawyers in private practice and data compiled by financial and legal media outlets.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete chapter of &lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal Switzerland: Product Liability Defense&lt;/em&gt;, please click &lt;a href="http://www.whoswholegal.com/news/analysis/article/30320/switzerland-product-liability-defence/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1018"&gt;Thérèse Miller&lt;/a&gt; will present at  Document Retention and Destruction in California,  a March 8, 2013, program in Oakland, California. The seminar will highlight  current trends and key court cases  relevant to document retention and destruction practices, providing guidance for creating  a document retention program that protects your business in litigation.  Miller will join an impressive faculty roster that includes Matthew Nelson, e-Discovery counsel with Symantec and author of  Predictive Coding for Dummies. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To learn more about the program, please click &lt;a href="http://www.lorman.com/seminars/383316?c=3&amp;p=18103" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Public Policy Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty, including legal academics and federal judges, during Widener Law Journal's "Perspectives on Mass Tort Litigation" Symposium slated for April 16, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Schwartz will serve on a panel discussing  Emerging Issues in Mass Tort Practice,  and Behrens will address  Keystone State Civil Justice Issues. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/PerspectivesonMassTortLitigation.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=443"&gt;Denise Talbert&lt;/a&gt; will join the distinguished faculty at a joint conference presented by the University of Florida College of Law and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) on April 4-5, 2013, in Gainesville.  Titled  Electronic Discovery for the Small and Medium Case,  the conference will address how to  competently and cost-effectively  handle e-discovery in these matters, featuring  a new generation of right-sized e-discovery software and tools for each phase of the e-discovery process.   Talbert will serve on two panels discussing (i) effective budgeting and cost-benefit assessment across the entire EDRM and (ii) traditional analysis focused on key word searching. To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.law.ufl.edu/academics/ediscovery-conference" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Talbert to Address Conference on "Electronic Discovery for the Small and Medium Case"</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1110"&gt;Sean Wajert&lt;/a&gt; were recently selected to join &lt;em&gt;Law360 s&lt;/em&gt; 2013 Privacy &amp; Consumer Protection and Product Liability editorial advisory boards, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; Privacy &amp; Consumer Protection Editorial Advisory Board, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/Law360AdvisoryBoard_DataProtection.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. To view the complete &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; Product Liability Editorial Advisory Board, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/Law360AdvisoryBoard_Products.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Saikali, Wajert Join Law360 Editorial Advisory Boards</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Government Enforcement &amp; Compliance Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1091"&gt;Timothy Moore&lt;/a&gt; will present  Florida s Newest Hearsay Exception: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing  at The Florida Bar s Topics in Evidence seminar in Tampa on March 15, 2013. The event will feature  a slate of dynamic speakers  and  thorough discussions of emerging and recurring evidentiary issues. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Moore, who serves as chair of the Legislative Relations and Fast-Track Subcommittees for The Florida Bar s Standing Committee on the Code and Rules of Evidence, will detail forfeiture by wrongdoing s emergence and status in Florida law. He was the first in Florida to publish on the topic and has been cited as an authority on the issue by the First District Court of Appeals and the Florida Senate Committee on the Judiciary.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;For more information about the Florida Bar seminar, please click &lt;a href="http://www.floridabar.org/FBweb/CLEReg.nsf/507bc855bc05411f85256b5d004a0b2f/10a74a478a4f8cc385257ae100745a41/$FILE/1495-CL-TL-13.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Moore Addresses  Florida s Newest Hearsay Exception </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; and Of Counsel 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; recently co-authored a February 8, 2013, &lt;em&gt;Washington Legal Foundation Legal Opinion Letter&lt;/em&gt; titled  Warning: Alabama Court s Blame-Shifting Pharma Decision Will Have Serious Side Effects.  The letter details a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court, which held in &lt;em&gt;Wyeth Inc. v. Weeks&lt;/em&gt; that a  manufacturer of a brand-name prescription drug can be subject to liability even when a plaintiff alleges that he or she was harmed by a generic drug  from a competitor. The authors consider the decision s shortcomings, including the  overwhelming case law to the contrary  and the appearance that the decision was  driven by a search for pockets for paying claims.  They highlight the decisions of more than 70 courts which have ruled that  a manufacturer cannot be subject to liability for a product it did not make.  The letter concludes that the &lt;em&gt;Wyeth&lt;/em&gt; decision has allowed the   genie  of blaming one company for products made by a competitor out of a tightly sealed tort bottle  and advises defendants in Alabama to be on guard against  previously unforeseen liability. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete letter, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/Warning.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Schwartz, Goldberg &amp; Silverman Address Competitor Liability Issues Raised by Supreme Court of Alabama</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; and Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; have authored an article titled  Litigation Tourism in Pennsylvania:  Is Venue Reform Needed?  appearing in the most recent issue of the &lt;em&gt;Widener Law Journal.&lt;/em&gt;  They discuss how Philadelphia became a magnet for mass tort litigation thus earning it a  Judicial Hellhole  designation from the American Tort Reform Association in 2010 and 2011.  And they report that certain reforms to court procedures have helped stem the tide of filings by plaintiffs with no connection to the jurisdiction.  Still, they recommend that the state expand the venue rules adopted for medical malpractice cases to all personal injury cases.  This would mean that plaintiffs would be required to litigate their claims in the county where their cause of action arose.  Alternatively, they recommend that tort actions not involving medical liability be brought in the county where (i)  the plaintiff resides,  (ii)  all or a predominant part of the cause of action arose,  or (iii)  the defendant resides if the defendant is an individual, or where the defendant has its principal place of business if the defendant is a corporation or similar entity.   To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/LitigationTourism.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Behrens &amp; Silverman Widener Law Journal Article Calls for Venue Reform in Pennsylvania</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB San Francisco Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1018"&gt;Thérèse Miller&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty for a Records and Information Management panel at the Silicon Valley Chapter of Women in eDiscovery on February 13, 2013. Other panelists will include Vicki Lee Clewes, vice president of Global Records &amp; Information Management at McKesson Corp. in San Francisco.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;For more information on Women in eDiscovery, please click &lt;a href="http://www.womeninediscovery.org/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB was recently honored as the Midwest Product Liability Firm of the Year at Benchmark Litigation s inaugural U.S. Benchmark Annual Awards on January 31, 2013, in New York. SHB was selected for the award from a shortlist of eight finalists, and is one of only four firms in the nation to be recognized for excellence in product liability.



&lt;p&gt;The 2013 edition of &lt;em&gt;Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America s Leading Litigation Firms &amp; Attorneys&lt;/em&gt; recognized six SHB partners as Product Liability Litigation Stars, including Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, who was on hand in New York to accept the Midwest Product Liability Law Firm of the Year Award with Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=401"&gt;Walt Cofer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=228"&gt;Hildy Sastre&lt;/a&gt;.



&lt;p&gt;To view &lt;em&gt;Benchmark Litigation s&lt;/em&gt; complete profile of SHB, please click &lt;a href="http://www.benchmarklitigation.com/firms/2071-shook-hardy-bacon-firm?history=1"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB Named Benchmark s Midwest Product Liability Firm of the Year</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=795"&gt;Tristan Duncan&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=765"&gt;Brad Bodamer&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=492"&gt;Amy Crouch&lt;/a&gt;, and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=428"&gt;Jim Muehlberger&lt;/a&gt; have been recognized by &lt;em&gt;Missouri Lawyers Weekly&lt;/em&gt; as 2012 Legal Champions. The honor is based on  the importance of the principle or policy at stake  and was awarded to the SHB trial team for its successful defense of gas retailers in the nationwide  hot fuel  litigation.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The article details the origins of this class-action litigation, as well as the defense team s decision to go to trial after several defendants chose to settle. The article also highlights the team s unanimous defense verdict against claims that the defendants  violated Kansas  consumer protection laws by selling hot fuel. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/MoLawWeeklyLegalChampions.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Missouri Lawyers Weekly Features SHB Trial Team as Legal Champions</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; will present alongside a diverse panel of speakers on an International Arbitration &amp; International Law Panel during the Dade County Bar Association s Corporate Law &amp; Bench and Bar Conference in Miami, Florida, on February 8, 2013. Other distinguished panelists will include The Honorable Alicia Otazo-Reyes of the Southern District of Florida and The Honorable Juan Ramirez, former chief justice of the Third District Court of Appeal. The conference will also feature general counsel from the University of Miami and the Miami Heat, as well as the co-founder of Americans for Immigrant Justice.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete agenda, please click &lt;a href="https://www.dadecountybar.org/media/Html/BenchBarAgenda.htm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Barkett to Present at Corporate Law &amp; Bench and Bar Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt; was recently featured by &lt;em&gt;Ingram s&lt;/em&gt; magazine as the  head of the largest law firm in Kansas City  and one of the  50 Kansans You Should Know. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In the article, Murphy reflected on the Midwestern values that attracted him to SHB at the beginning of his career and elaborated on the opportunities that are made possible by the firm s international presence.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; I came to Kansas City in the fall of  78 and fell in love with the firm and the city,  he said.  I saw the opportunity to do cutting-edge litigation on a national basis and still live within 20 minutes of the office. I don t think I could find that anywhere else. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete article, please click &lt;a href="http://ingramsonline.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Public Policy Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; will be speaking at the American Conference Institute s 13th Annual Advanced Forum on Asbestos Claims &amp; Litigation conference on January 31 February 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Behrens will join a distinguished group for a session titled,  Year in Review: Examining Hot Jurisdictions, Emerging Trends, and What to Expect in 2013 After the Presidential and Congressional Elections.   For more information about the program, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanconference.com/2013/787/asbestos-claims--litigation" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Behrens to Discuss Hot Jurisdictions, Emerging Trends at ACI Asbestos Claims &amp; Litigation Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Agribusiness &amp; Food Safety Co-Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty for the American Bar Association s (ABA's)  Fuel, Food, Fibers and More:  Blazing New Trails in the Desert Sun  conference slated for April 4-6, 2013, in Phoenix, Arizona. During this 22nd annual spring meeting of the ABA Toxic Torts and Environmental Law and Corporate Counsel Committees, McDonough will participate in a panel discussion on  The Regulation and Oversight of the Nation's Food Safety: Perspectives and Insight into the Safety and Regulation of the Food Chain from Laboratory, to Factory, to Farm, to Your Table-and Possibly the Hospital." To view the event agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/brochure_2013_ttel.authcheckdam.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>McDonough to Discuss Hot-Button Food Safety Issues  at  Fuel, Food, Fibers and More  Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=795"&gt;Tristan Duncan&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=765"&gt;Brad Bodamer&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=492"&gt;Amy Crouch&lt;/a&gt;, and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=428"&gt;Jim Muehlberger&lt;/a&gt;  

will be honored by Missouri Lawyers Media as Legal Champions for their defense victory in the so-called  hot fuel  litigation. The Legal Champions recognition is awarded based on  the importance of the principle or policy at stake.  The awards event is slated for January 25, 2013, in St. Louis, Missouri.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB s team successfully represented 7-Eleven, QuikTrip Corp. and Kum &amp; Go LC throughout the litigation, including a September 25, 2012, defense verdict against claims that the vendors violated the Kansas Consumer Protection Act by selling  gasoline without revealing or accounting for temperature expansion. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=130"&gt;Adam Moore&lt;/a&gt; and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=229"&gt;Stan Sexton&lt;/a&gt;  

will also be honored for securing two of the largest defense verdicts in 2012 in Missouri. Moore and Sexton were part of an SHB trial team that obtained a defense verdict for Kansas City Power &amp; Light in a trial alleging $36 million in damages.  Adams successfully defended Ford Motor Credit Co. at trial against claims of $9.9 million.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;As the current chair of DRI s Drug and Medical Device Committee, SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt; will deliver opening remarks at the organization s 29th Annual Drug and Medical Device Seminar slated for May 16-17, 2013, in New York City. Co-sponsored by SHB, the event will feature presentations by judges, in-house and outside counsel, and other professionals on cutting-edge topics such as (i)  How to use your advocacy skills to persuade the toughest audience,  (ii)  The latest on consolidated drug and device proceedings in Philadelphia,  (ii)  What jurors are thinking about the FDA,  (iii)  How to help a jury understand a state-of-the-art case,  (iv)  The latest on  judicial hellholes,   (v)  How to try a multiple-plaintiff pharmaceutical case,  and (vi)  How to take the  junk  out of junk science.  To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.dri.org/Event/20130070" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The first part of a two-part summary of notable 2012 product liability decisions authored by SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1110"&gt;Sean Wajert&lt;/a&gt; appeared in the January 9, 2013, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt;.  While Wajert notes that from a defense perspective, the year  did not produce many momentous product liability decisions,  there were  plenty of interesting decisions.  They include an asbestos ruling from the California Supreme Court refusing to impose liability on a manufacturer whose non-defective product is added to post-sale with components containing asbestos, the use of a Lone Pine order to dismiss a lawsuit filed by toxic tort plaintiffs claiming that hydraulic fracturing had contaminated their well water, and the Texas Supreme Court s adoption of the learned intermediary doctrine in a prescription drug case.  To read Part I of the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/NoteworthyProductLiabilityDecisionsof2012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Wajert Provides List of Notable 2012 Product Liability Cases for Law360</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=669"&gt;Marc Shelley&lt;/a&gt; will present on  legal parameters for evaluating and managing risks in new markets  at an International Bar Association conference in New Delhi, India, on February 1, 2013. Shelley will present alongside an international panel of speakers and share his expertise on defending product liability claims in varied legal systems around the world. He will also provide insights into international litigation management and the shifting policies surrounding product liability and class action defense. To view the complete agenda for the conference, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/IBADelhiConference.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Shelley to Present at IBA Conference in New Delhi</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  A Letter to the Nation s Trial Judges:  Asbestos Litigation, Major Progress Made over the Past Decade and Hurdles You Can Vault in the Next,  appearing in the most recent issue of the &lt;em&gt;American Journal of Trial Advocacy.&lt;/em&gt;  The article details the progress made to address injustices in the asbestos claims system since Schwartz authored a similar appeal to the courts in 2000.  He notes that many courts have adopted measures to make the system fairer for the sickest plaintiffs by deferring action on suits brought by unimpaired claimants, providing a more active gatekeeping role by screening for-profit screening company results and abandoning mass trials, among other matters.  Schwartz expresses concerns about secondhand exposure plaintiffs, liability asserted against companies that made products used with asbestos-containing components that they did not manufacture and  any exposure  theories asserted against defendants with small exposures.  He concludes,  The war is still being waged but the battlegrounds have shifted to new issues.  It is imperative that the trial courts continue the progress of the past decade and work to solve the issues of today.   To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/ALettertotheNationsTrialJudges.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Schwartz Authors New Letter to U.S. Trial Judges on Progress in Asbestos Litigation</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=407"&gt;Alicia Donahue&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=690"&gt;Eva Weiler&lt;/a&gt; will join Food and Drug Administration Pacific Region Director Mark Roh on January 23, 2013, during an American Society for Quality (ASQ) Biomedical Division presentation in Newark, California, titled  Write  Right  and Depositions:  Avoid Document, Email and Deposition Problems.   Intended to help biomedical industry quality assurance and compliance professionals avoid the risks posed in litigation by  careless or emotional emails, voicemails or written documents,  this regional program draws on insights that SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=95"&gt;Frank Rothrock&lt;/a&gt; provided during the recent annual ASQ World Conference. For more information, please click &lt;a href="http://asq.org/java_members/calendar/displayEvent.jsp?event_id=12947" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner and Public Policy Practice Chair &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; recently argued before the Texas Supreme Court on behalf of amici, including The American Kennel Club, American Veterinary Medical Association and Animal Health Institute, as to whether Texas courts should award sentimental damages for the loss of a pet. Schwartz suggested that such totally speculative damages would adversely affect veterinarians, pet owners and pets themselves.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The case has garnered national media attention, including a &lt;em&gt;Texas Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; article that featured insight from SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt;, who opined that the damages in question would only prevent pet owners from gaining access to quality and affordable care.  If we inject emotion-based damages into the pet-care community the way it s been done in the human health-care system, the losers will be the pets themselves, who will suffer by not getting needed care or potentially being euthanized when their owners can no longer afford the cost of treatment,  Goldberg told the &lt;em&gt;Texas Lawyer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Nine SHB partners have been included in the 2013 &lt;em&gt;South Florida Legal Guide s&lt;/em&gt; listings of  Top Lawyers  and  Top Up and Comers.  SHB was also included on the guide s final list of South Florida s  Top Law Firms. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=227"&gt;Paul Reid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=233"&gt;Lea Souza-Rasile&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=271"&gt;Todd Wallen&lt;/a&gt; were named  Top Lawyers,  an honor reserved for peer-nominated practitioners who have  a distinguished record of achievement.  &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=493"&gt;Frank Cruz-Alvarez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=605"&gt;Dan Rogers&lt;/a&gt;  and &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; were named  Top Up and Comers  and recognized as  the next generation of leaders in the South Florida legal community. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete &lt;em&gt;South Florida Legal Guide&lt;/em&gt;, please click &lt;a href="http://issuu.com/sflg/docs/south_florida_legal_guide_2013_edition?mode=window&amp;viewMode=doublePage"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>South Florida Legal Guide Recognizes Nine SHB Partners</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The George Washington University Law School has appointed SHB Of Counsel &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; to serve on its adjunct faculty.  Cary will supervise and mentor students participating in GW Law s Field Placement Program, which provides students with the opportunity to work closely with judges or practicing lawyers as legal externs in governmental, public interest and private non-profit organizations while earning academic credit.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Our adjunct faculty brings prestige to GW Law, and we are grateful for their dedication to teaching.  They share real-world knowledge and show our students what it means to practice law on a daily basis, in a variety of capacities.  They also help our students figure out which area of law in which they may want to practice,  said Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Lisa Schenck.  Other law schools have part-time faculty, but none are better than our experienced lawyers in our nation s capital who hold an important and unique expertise that is invaluable to our students. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Silverman Appointed to GW Law Adjunct Faculty</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=40"&gt;Michelle Fujimoto&lt;/a&gt; will address using the Six Sigma program in outside law firms and litigation teams at the International Association of Defense Counsel s (IADC s) 2013 Mid-Year Meeting scheduled for February 9-14 in Boca Raton, Florida. Fujimoto will join Eli Lilly and Company s head of litigation, Eric Daniel Brown, in discussing how clients have revised their expectations of outside counsel based on Six Sigma and why it is important for outside counsel to be well-versed with its principles. To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.iadclaw.org/news/midyear/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Fujimoto to Discuss Six Sigma at IADC Mid-Year Meeting</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Life Sciences &amp; Biotechnology Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=159"&gt;Rob McCully&lt;/a&gt; will serve as a panel moderator during AdvaMed s  2013 Latin America Medical Device Industry Compliance Conference,  scheduled for January 17-18, 2013, in Miami, Florida.  SHB is a co-sponsor of the conference, described as  the most comprehensive medical technology meeting for device industry executives, specialty device industry lawyers, compliance professionals, international policymakers, and other industry stakeholders focused on Latin American compliance issues.   McCully s panel will address  Managing Third Party Distributors in Key Latin American Markets.   To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.advamed.org/MemberPortal/About/code/2013+LATIN+AMERICA+COMPLIANCE+CONFERENCE.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>McCully to Discuss Third-Party Distributors in Key Latin American Markets at AdvaMed Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In an article focusing on women s success in the legal profession, &lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; has named Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon among the three &lt;em&gt;Am Law&lt;/em&gt; 100 firms that stand out  for their higher proportion of women in top leadership roles.   SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=425"&gt;Lucy Mason&lt;/a&gt; opined that client influence and support, responsible in part for her own rise to the firm s executive committee, have had a significant effect on SHB s leadership gender balance.  With four women serving on the 11-partner executive committee (36 percent) and women making up nearly one-third of the firm s division and practice group leaders and 22 percent of its office managing partners, SHB has, according to Mason, responded to client demands for  more women in leadership positions.   She also noted that SHB has actively worked with its corporate clients to create diverse teams of lawyers and give women opportunities to lead and develop new business.  To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2013/TheLawofSmallNumbers.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB Singled Out Among Am Law 100 for Women Taking Leadership Roles</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner and Data Security &amp; Privacy Practice Co-Chair &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; was recently featured by &lt;em&gt;InsideCounsel&lt;/em&gt; magazine in an article detailing how an appellate court s decision in &lt;em&gt;Resnick v. AvMed, Inc.&lt;/em&gt; may have  lowered the threshold  for plaintiffs seeking class certification in data breach actions.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Before Resnick, class certification in data breach suits was often denied on the ground that damages or injuries from identify theft could not be directly tied to the alleged data breach. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Resnick, however, that  the plaintiffs  burden at the class certification stage was to show that their injury was fairly traceable  to the data breach,  a standard lower than proximate cause. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Plaintiffs will argue that this case provides support for their right to sue companies that suffer data breaches even where the harm is difficult to measure,  Saikali told &lt;em&gt;InsideCounsel&lt;/em&gt;.  So, whether right or wrong, you may see an increase in lawsuits against companies that suffer data breaches. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; With data breach incidents and risk from ensuing class actions increasing,  companies should be taking proactive measures to limit the risks associated with a breach,   Saikali said.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view the complete article, please click &lt;a href="http://www.insidecounsel.com/2012/11/28/class-certification-threshold-lowered-in-data-brea" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Saikali Provides Data Breach Insights to InsideCounsel Magazine</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=406"&gt;Sarah Croft&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article appearing in the December 2012/January 2013 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer&lt;/em&gt;.  Titled  Italian Supreme Court rules mobile phones can cause brain tumours,  the article contends that the weight of the scientific evidence does not support a correlation between mobile phone use and the development of brain tumors, which has led to criticism of the Court s decision to award a pension to a man who claimed that heavy mobile phone use caused his neuroma and subsequent disability.  Croft also observes that mobile phone makers, by complying with government guidelines on electromagnetic field emissions, are unlikely to be found liable for tortious conduct.  To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://www.inhouselawyer.co.uk/index.php/product-liability/10038-italian-supreme-court-rules-mobile-phones-can-cause-brain-tumours" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Croft Addresses Italian Supreme Court Ruling on Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Miami Partners &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=228"&gt;Hildy Sastre&lt;/a&gt; were recently featured in &lt;em&gt;Attorney at Law&lt;/em&gt; magazine s  Profiles of Professionalism for 2013. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Geraghty and Sastre were featured on the magazine s cover and highlighted in individual profiles as two of Miami s  outstanding lawyers.  Geraghty was recognized as a  client-friendly attorney who tenaciously defends his clients in the courtroom,  while Sastre received acclaim for her  solid reputation in the industry for her involvement in high profile cases,  especially in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To view &lt;em&gt;Attorney at Law&lt;/em&gt; magazine, please click &lt;a href="http://digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com/publication/?i=138952" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Geraghty, Sastre Featured in Attorney at Law Magazine</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; and Of Counsel &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article titled  WV s Resolution for 2013:  Lose  Judicial Hellhole  Label,  appearing in the December 19, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;The State Journal,&lt;/em&gt; a West Virginia business journal.  Noting that the American Tort Reform Association continues to include the state among  the worst places in the country for defendants seeking fair treatment in civil cases,  the authors contend that the state could lose that status by (i) addressing  the use of outside counsel to sue on behalf of the state,  (ii) providing  all litigants with a meaningful appeal,  and (iii) moving  the state s liability law into the mainstream.     They suggest that a new state attorney general, the establishment of an intermediate appellate court and recent high court rulings affecting civil plaintiffs presage the state s ability to improve its civil justice system.  To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://www.statejournal.com/story/20386158/wvs-resolution-for-2013-lose-judicial-hellhole-label" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Behrens &amp; Silverman Suggest Ways for W.Va. to Lose  Judicial Hellhole  Status</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Agribusiness &amp; Food Safety Co-Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty for GMA s Litigation Conference on February 19-21, 2013, in Miami.  During a general session, McDonough will discuss recent food and beverage litigation.  Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is a conference co-sponsor.  To review the program brochure or to register, please click &lt;a href="http://www.gmaonline.org/forms/meeting/Microsite/Litigation2013,1" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>McDonough to Join a Distinguished Faculty at GMA Litigation Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=428"&gt;Jim Muehlberger&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  Lincoln s Mercy:  A Confederate Spy and a Missouri Lawyer  appearing in the November/December 2012 issue of the &lt;em&gt;Journal of the Missouri Bar&lt;/em&gt;.  He tells the story of boyhood friends Billy Compton and Henry McDougal who served on opposite sides during the Civil War.  Compton was ultimately court-martialed by the Union as a Confederate spy and sentenced to hang.  McDougal, who would later become one of SHB s founders, and his father successfully secured help to explain to President Lincoln that Compton was traveling to see his fiancée when captured a second time by Union forces and not trying to recruit men for the Confederacy north of the Mason-Dixon line.  After reviewing the court-martial records, Lincoln spared Compton s life, choosing  to pardon a son of Baltimore, even though its citizens had tried to murder Lincoln just 24 months earlier.   To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/LincolnsMercy.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Muehlberger Pens Civil War Tale Involving SHB Founder</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Thomas Moga&lt;/a&gt; has authored a U.S. Chamber of Commerce report discussing the strengths and weaknesses of China s utility model patent (UMP) system. Titled  China s Utility Model Patent System: Innovation Driver or Deterrent,  the report focuses on the challenges arising from the more than 400,000 unexamined UMPs issued by China s State Intellectual Property Office each year. Comparing this system with those implemented by other countries, Moga recommends several potential changes that aim to address, among other things, shortcomings in enforcement as well as a system in which unexamined UMPs  have the same scope, presumption of validity, and enforcement or threat value as substantively examined patents.  To this end, he urges the Chinese government to (i) require the applicant to sign a declaration attesting to the genuineness of the invention, (ii) reexamine the UMP application and Evaluation Report, (iii) require the submission of an International Search Authority Search Report, (iv) allow third parties to comment, (v) increase the statutory thresholds for infringement, (vi) increase the ceiling on damages, (vii) establish a separate opposition proceeding for UMPs, (viii) eliminate or restrict subsidization of UMPs, and (ix) provide more robust compensation for abusive assertion of invalid rights.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; It would benefit both Chinese and foreign right holders if the original intent of the Chinese utility model patent providing individuals and small companies with an inexpensive and effective form of patent protection were again made central to the practice and spirit of the law,  concludes Moga, who argues that the current system poses a risk to innovation in China.  The response needs to be undertaken carefully and fully and must go beyond a response for  political  reasons, such as rejecting more cases or directing companies to file more applications for invention patents to offset the number of utility model patent application filings. The matter should be treated by the government of China with the highest degree of urgency. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To read the report, please click &lt;a href="http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/1211_china_patent_paper.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Moga Authors U.S. Chamber Report on Utility Model Patent Practice in China</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1018"&gt;Thérèse Miller&lt;/a&gt; will present a January 31, 2013, audio conference on employer rights and obligations when dealing with employee criticism posted online. Titled &lt;em&gt;When Employee Bloggers Attack: Responding to Negative Employee Comments on the Web,&lt;/em&gt; this Lorman Education Services CLE will provide employers with both a legal framework and strategies for handling these issues.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the audio conference, please click &lt;a href="http://www.lorman.com/audio-conference/audio-conference.php?sku=390957" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Martucci and Miller to Address Employee Blogging Issues in January 2013 CLE</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Miami Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=233"&gt;Lea Souza-Rasile&lt;/a&gt; was recently recognized by Catholic Legal Services (CLS) and the Archdiocese of Miami for her pro bono work in the Miami community. CLS Executive Director Randy McGrorty and Archbishop Thomas Wenski lauded her representation of unaccompanied minors in immigration court proceedings, as well as her many years of commitment to providing legal assistance to abused and trafficked women.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;For more information regarding the recognition, please click &lt;a href="http://www.miamiarch.org/ip.asp?op=Article_121120222956777" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Souza-Rasile Honored for Pro Bono Contributions</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=386"&gt;Carol Poindexter&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article appearing in the November 21, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt;.  Titled  Diabetes Test Strip Suppliers Should Expect Audits,  the article discusses a recent report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following an investigation into reimbursement practices for diabetes test strips (DTS) covered by Medicare.  The investigation found that few savings were realized from a competitive bidding program instituted in nine areas by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for DTS reimbursements.  According to the OIG report, durable medical equipment suppliers engaged in abusive and fraudulent practices, and 20 percent of the DTS reimbursement claims reviewed were improper.  Poindexter advises suppliers to  review their DTS billing practices to identify and remedy any potential legal risks.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/DiabetesTestStripSuppliersShouldExpectAudits.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Poindexter Authors Law360 Article on OIG Report Uncovering Fraudulent DME Supplier Practices</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=93"&gt;Debbie Moeller&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; will join the distinguished faculty at ACI s 17th Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference slated for December 3-5, 2012, in New York City. Moeller will serve as moderator for an in-house counsel panel that will discuss  Managing Litigation in a Tough Economy:  Containing Litigation Costs with a Restricted Budget,  and Woodbury will moderate a panel session titled  Implementing Best Practices for Bellwether Trial Selection in Mass Tort Litigation.   Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is a lead sponsor for this event. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.drugandmed.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Moeller &amp; Woodbury to Address ACI s Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=847"&gt;Christopher Appel&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article published in the November 20, 2012, issue of BNA s &lt;em&gt;Daily Environmental Report.&lt;/em&gt;  Titled  Time for Climate Change Tort Litigation to Cool Off Permanently,  this BNA Insights article discusses a case that Appel suggests should be dismissed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in light of other federal court rulings rejecting tort claims for injury allegedly resulting from greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change.  Appel shows how &lt;em&gt;Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.&lt;/em&gt; involves the same types of claims public nuisance, negligence, trespass rejected by other courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, because the judiciary is not the appropriate forum to decide who is responsible for climate change and what level of emissions may be reasonable.  According to Appel, these rulings  instruct the Fifth Circuit not to allow plaintiffs to hand-pick U.S. businesses and subject them to the threat of massive liability for doing nothing more than lawfully engaging in their respective spheres of commerce. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Appel Calls on Fifth Circuit to Reject Climate Change Tort Litigation</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The University of Kansas School of Law s Alumni Society has elected Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=588"&gt;Scott Kaiser&lt;/a&gt; to its Board of Governors. Representing districts in Kansas and the rest of the country, the board serves as the voice of alumni to the law school. Since it was established in 1967, the KU Law Alumni Society has grown to include more than 6,000 alumni dedicated  to advancing the intellectual and material development, growth and continued excellence of the School of Law in the tradition of service and dedication established by the School of Law s first dean, James Woods  Uncle Jimmy  Green.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To learn more about the association, please click &lt;a href="http://www.law.ku.edu/board-governors" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Kaiser Elected to KU Law Alumni s Board of Governors</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=279"&gt;Chris McDonald&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=446"&gt;David Thorne&lt;/a&gt;, and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1008"&gt;Dale Johnson&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article published in the November 13, 2012, issue of BNA s &lt;em&gt;Real Estate Law &amp; Industry Report.&lt;/em&gt;  Titled  Legal, Rebuilding Headaches From Mold May Last Long After the Storm Leaves,  the article  discusses issues that may face commercial property owners and managers, contactors and insurance companies in the aftermath of a significant storm event, such as Superstorm Sandy or Hurricane Katrina. They explain how mold forms and how it can affect building structure and human health.  They also provide an overview of the litigation landscape involving claims of injury from exposure to  toxic mold.   The article concludes with tips for mitigation of litigation risks.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://about.bloomberglaw.com/2012/11/20/mold-may-last-long-after-the-storm/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=455"&gt;Mark Cowing&lt;/a&gt; will serve on an eDiscovery panel at the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel s 34th Annual Conference slated for December 7 8, 2012, in Kansas City, Missouri.  The conference will focus on a variety of topics, including the use of technology in litigation management and Facebook ethics.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;For more information about the event, please click &lt;a href="http://kadc.org/NewsEvents/KADCAnnualConference.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Cowing to Address Litigation Management Technology at  KADC Annual Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon has earned 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign s (HRC s) 2013 Corporate Equality Index, a top rating that secures the firm a place on HRC s list of the  Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality  for the fourth consecutive year.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Inclusion makes us a stronger firm, and we are truly honored by HRC s recognition,  said SHB Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt;.  We better serve our clients by bringing a wealth of perspectives and experiences to the resolution of their legal issues. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The 2013 Corporate Equality Index rated more than 650 U.S. employers in various industries; more than 140 law firms were ranked, including a majority of The American Lawyer s 200 highest-grossing law firms. SHB was one of 71 law firms to receive a 100-percent score.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The current survey examined various industries  workplace protections and benefits for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees across the United States. Law firms and other companies were evaluated on a scale from 0 to 100 using criteria that included whether the businesses provide inclusive equal employment opportunity policies, provide equal employment benefits and publicly demonstrate support for LGBT equality. The full 2013 report is available &lt;a href="http://www.hrc.org/corporate-equality-index/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The Human Rights Campaign is the largest LGBT civil rights organization in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB Once Again Earns Top Rating on HRC s Corporate Equality Index</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon has been recognized as a nationally recommended firm in product liability and health and safety litigation in the newly released 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;The Legal 500 United Kingdom.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Partners 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=373"&gt;Simon Castley&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=406"&gt;Sarah Croft&lt;/a&gt; and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; were recognized as an  excellent  product liability team, and were commended for their successful representation of leading international companies in the consumer products industry.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Newstead was also recognized in the guide s health and safety listing for her successful defense of a national restaurant group against personal injury claims.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view &lt;em&gt;The Legal 500 United Kingdom,&lt;/em&gt; please click &lt;a href="http://www.legal500.com/books/l500" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>The Legal 500 UK Recognizes SHB</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=203"&gt;Laurie Novion&lt;/a&gt; discussed strategies and techniques for winning the class-expert war at the American Bar Association s 16th Annual National Institute on Class Actions seminar held October 24 25, 2012, in Chicago.  Novion and her co-speakers at the session addressed the fact that given the increasingly remote and uncertain opportunities for appellate review of class-action lawsuits  make-or-break class certification rulings, the role of class-action experts has grown considerably.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Novion Discusses State-of-the-Art Strategies for Managing Class Action Experts</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Legal Media Group has published the 2013 edition of &lt;em&gt;Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America s Leading Litigation Firms &amp; Attorneys,&lt;/em&gt; recognizing Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon as a national leader in product liability and intellectual property, and as a  highly recommended  litigation firm in Missouri. This sixth edition of the guide also recognizes eight SHB partners as national litigation stars and extends recognitions to partners in California, Florida, Missouri, and Texas.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Partners 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt; (Kansas City), 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/a&gt; (Kansas City), 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; (Kansas City), 

Gary Long (Kansas City), 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt; (Miami) and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=646"&gt;Gene Williams&lt;/a&gt; (Houston) were named national product liability stars. 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt; (Kansas City) was recognized as a national intellectual property star, and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/a&gt; (Kansas City) was honored as a national general commercial litigation star.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Missouri litigation stars include 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=413"&gt;Greg Fowler&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=424"&gt;Gary Long&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=166"&gt;Todd Ruskamp&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt;, and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt;, along with future litigation star 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=273"&gt;Paul Williams&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=95"&gt;Frank Rothrock&lt;/a&gt; and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=487"&gt;Tammy Webb&lt;/a&gt; were recognized as California litigation stars, while 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt; and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=646"&gt;Gene Williams&lt;/a&gt; were selected  as litigation stars in Florida and Texas, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the complete &lt;em&gt;Benchmark Litigation&lt;/em&gt; rankings, please click &lt;a href="http://benchmarklitigation.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=487"&gt;Tammy Webb&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=774"&gt;Ina Chang&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article appearing in the American Bar Association s Section of Litigation &lt;em&gt;Mass Torts&lt;/em&gt; publication on November 13, 2012.  Titled  Drawing the Line Between Class Action and Quasi-Class Action,  the article explains why Congress created the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and how some of the courts assigned to consider pretrial matters in consolidated litigation involving thousands of plaintiffs have expanded their role in the interest of filling the parties  need for global settlements.  The authors discuss the Zyprexa, Vioxx and Implantable Defibrillators multidistrict litigation proceedings, which have come to be referred to as  quasi-class actions,  and the criticisms of some jurists concerned that the device will be used to allow courts to assert jurisdiction over plaintiffs not before them.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/masstorts/articles/fall2012-1112-drawing-the-line-class-action-quasi-class-action.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Tammy Webb &amp; Ina Chang Publish Article on Creation of Quasi-Class Actions</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon has been selected 2013 Product Liability Litigation Law Firm of the Year by &lt;em&gt;U.S. News &amp; World Report&lt;/em&gt; and Best Lawyers LLC, which collaborated to develop a listing of the nation s most successful law practices. This top honor is one of the firm s 12 national rankings and more than 30 regional rankings in seven cities across the nation.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;U.S. News&lt;/em&gt; and Best Lawyers recognized SHB among the nation s top law firms for mass tort litigation/class actions   defendants, commercial litigation, environmental law, employment law   management, environmental litigation, patent litigation, antitrust law, environmental law, antitrust litigation, labor and employment litigation, tax litigation, and patent law. SHB s regional rankings spanned California, Florida, Missouri, Texas, and Washington, D.C., and included 33 practice areas ranging from labor and employment litigation to biotechnology law.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view a complete list of the firm s rankings, please click &lt;a href="http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/firms/shook-hardy-bacon-l-l-p-/overview/6387/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <title>SHB Ranked Among Nation s  Best Law Firms  by U.S. News &amp; World Report, Best Lawyers</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lawdragon&lt;/em&gt; magazine has honored six Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon partners in the 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;Lawdragon 500: Leading Lawyers in America,&lt;/em&gt; its seventh annual guide  to the very best of the legal profession. &lt;/p&gt;



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&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, 

Gary Long, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt;, and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt;

were chosen for the listing after a selection process that included law firm submissions, online balloting and editorial research. &lt;em&gt;Lawdragon&lt;/em&gt; made final decisions by selecting lawyers who  changed the law, our society and the businesses and people they counsel. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the 2012 edition of the &lt;em&gt;Lawdragon 500,&lt;/em&gt; which also includes a cover photograph of Reilly and a  Lawyer Limelight  article on Moss, please click &lt;a href="http://www.lawdragon.com/lawdragon_magazine/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Retired SHB Partner Pat McLarney will receive the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association s (KCMBA s) 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization s 128th Annual Meeting on December 7, 2012. The honor is reserved for those who have demonstrated a lifetime of outstanding service to improving the development and growth of the law, the administration of justice, and the increased recognition of the contributions of the legal profession to the welfare of society.&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;McLarney joined SHB as a litigator in 1968, and in 1985 was named the firm s first managing partner, a position he held for 17 years.  Throughout his career, McLarney has worked tirelessly to support a diverse group of organizations and causes, including serving as development director for the boards of three colleges, chairing the establishment of an endowed professorship at the University of Missouri School of Law, raising funds for a breast cancer learning center, establishing scholarships for minority law students, and chairing fundraising efforts for municipal and statewide issue campaigns.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In a recent profile of McLarney in &lt;em&gt;KC Counselor&lt;/em&gt; magazine, SHB Director of Pro Bono Services 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=328"&gt;Jolie Justus&lt;/a&gt; writes,  His success on the skywalk litigation would have been an impressive peak for any legal career, but it was really only the beginning of a string of impressive successes Pat accomplished for his firm and his community.   Among his many accomplishments, McLarney has also been awarded numerous honors, including Citizen of the Year by the mayor of Kansas City, and recognition from The Missouri Bar, KCMBA and the Missouri Judicial Conference.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Currently, McLarney maintains a solo practice where he handles mediations, arbitrations and pro bono work.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the &lt;em&gt;KC Counselor&lt;/em&gt; profile, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/2012LifetimeAchievemenAward.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt;  and Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt;  have co-authored an article in the October 29, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Bloomberg BNA Product Safety &amp; Liability Reporter.&lt;/em&gt;  Titled  Preemption:  Department of Labor Reversal and Ruling By Washington Supreme Court Could Impact Respirator Availability,  the article discusses a change in the government s position on whether federal regulation of respirators preempts state law-based product-defect claims and a state court ruling expanding the liability of respirator manufacturers to products they did not make.  According to Schwartz and Silverman, the Department of Labor, at the plaintiffs  bar urging, issued an opinion letter to state that federally certified respirators could be found defective in state-court proceedings.  They explain why this new view of preemption comports neither with statutory provisions nor case law and does not represent  a reasoned policy change.    They contend that it does not merit deference.  In light of a recent Washington Supreme Court decision allowing a plaintiff with mesothelioma to pursue respirator manufacturers for failing to warn him of the dangers of the asbestos to which he was exposed while cleaning the respirators, the authors contend that manufacturers have little incentive to produce and sell these safety products in the United States.  They suggest that courts could avoid the preemption issue altogether by applying a common-law compliance-with-standards defense under the &lt;em&gt;Restatement (Third) of Torts:  Products Liability.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://about.bloomberglaw.com/2012/11/05/preemption-department-of-labor/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Global Product Liability Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1089"&gt;John Reynolds&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  Counterfeit goods and product liability  published in the November 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;  The article suggests that more than loss of revenue and profits may be at stake for manufacturers whose products, such as pharmaceuticals, electronics and spare parts, are copied by counterfeiters.  A consumer injured by a counterfeit product may sue the brand manufacturer and embroil it in costly litigation requiring the company to prove that it did not produce a close imitation.  Reynolds advises in-house counsel to register IP rights, urge design teams to consider how to make their products  harder to replicate,  include sanctions in contracts with distributors that cross-contaminate the supply of genuine goods with counterfeit goods, and identify and pursue counterfeiters legally.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/CounterfeitGoodsandProductLiability.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Reynolds Explores Product Liability Risk in Counterfeiting Context</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Best Lawyers, LLC, has selected five Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon partners from four practice areas for 2013  Lawyer of the Year  recognition in the Kansas City and Miami areas.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Lawyer of the Year  honorees in Kansas City include 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=797"&gt;Tom Grever&lt;/a&gt;, Environmental Law; 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, Product Liability Litigation, Defendants; 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt;, Employment Law, Management; and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=348"&gt;Jay Simpson&lt;/a&gt;, Tax Litigation &amp; Controversy. SHB Miami Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; was recognized in Environmental Law. SHB s honorees were selected after a series of  exhaustive peer-review assessments  conducted with thousands of leading lawyers across 126 specialty areas. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored with  Lawyer of the Year  recognition.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Thirty-seven SHB attorneys spanning more than 40 practice areas were selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of &lt;em&gt;The Best Lawyers in America.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon s Global Product Liability and Health and Safety practices have been singled out for recognition in the 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;Chambers UK: A Client s Guide to the UK Legal Profession.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The legal directory praised SHB s London-based Global Product Liability Practice for performing  above its weight in a range of sectors,  including the global food, automotive, pharmaceutical, tobacco, and technology industries. SHB London Managing Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=373"&gt;Simon Castley&lt;/a&gt; received individual acclaim as  a very good lawyer in command of his subject, who understands the science not just the law. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB London s Health and Safety Practice also received &lt;em&gt;Chambers UK&lt;/em&gt; recognition, and Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; was listed as a  key individual. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view &lt;em&gt;Chambers UK s&lt;/em&gt; full report on SHB s rankings, please click &lt;a href="http://www.chambersandpartners.com/UK/Firms/4789-45057" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=228"&gt;Hildy Sastre&lt;/a&gt; will join the distinguished faculty of the American Bar Association s  Current Issues in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation  Workshop slated for November 16, 2012, in Natick, Massachusetts. Sastre will join a panel discussion on  Hot Topics and Recent Developments in Medical Device Regulation and Enforcement.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/litigation/materials/2012-pharma-med-lit/2012-pharma-med-lit-brochure.authcheckdam.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Sastre to Discuss  Hot Topics  at ABA s Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Litigation Workshop</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=446"&gt;David Thorne&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1008"&gt;Dale Johnson&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article published by the &lt;em&gt;New York Law Journal&lt;/em&gt; on October 26, 2012.  Titled  &lt;em&gt;Cornell&lt;/em&gt; Accepts Causal Connection Between Toxic Mold and Injury,  the article discusses the New York Appellate Division s recent decision pronouncing  undisputed  the causal relationship between mold exposure and respiratory injury.  The authors discuss prior case law under which tenants were unable to prove causation in a toxic mold lawsuit and note that the addition of two scientific studies cited by plaintiffs  expert in &lt;em&gt;Cornell v. 360 W. 51st Street Realty&lt;/em&gt; apparently convinced the court that the evidence was sufficiently strong to constitute  causation.   They recommend that landlords and contractors now  take proactive steps to identify and remedy mold issues so that tenants will be unable to bring claims based on long-term mold exposure.   The article concludes  &lt;em&gt;Cornell&lt;/em&gt; suggests that after general causation has been established, expert testimony based on a differential diagnosis is sufficient to satisfy Frye and demonstrate specific causation.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/CornellAcceptsCausalConnectionBetweenToxicMoldandInjury.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; will discuss  The Evolving Role of eDiscovery Counsel  at Georgetown Law s Advanced eDiscovery Institute slated for December 6-7, 2012, in McLean, Virginia.  The ninth annual institute will focus on advances in technology as well as new legal precedents requiring practitioners to develop sophisticated approaches to conducting eDiscovery during regulatory, civil and criminal investigations. McDonough s panel will  present a model inventory of the tools, methods, and resources that need to be acquired and used  by eDiscovery counsel, while offering  a methodology for balancing risk management and cost containment in a collaborative team process.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/continuing-legal-education/programs/cle/ediscovery-institute/agenda.cfm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Best Lawyers LLC has selected 44 SHB attorneys for inclusion in the 2013 edition of &lt;i&gt;Best Lawyers in America&lt;/i&gt;, the nation s oldest annual peer-review directory that is widely regarded as one of the definitive guides to legal 



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&lt;p&gt;The following SHB attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers for their expertise across 37 practice areas:&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Litigation   Defendants, Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/a&gt; (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; (Arbitration, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Mediation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=401"&gt;Walt Cofer&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=489"&gt;Chris Cotton&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=154"&gt;Stan Davis&lt;/a&gt; (Education Law); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=19"&gt;Jim Eiszner&lt;/a&gt; (Antitrust Law, Antitrust Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=51"&gt;Mischa Buford Epps&lt;/a&gt; (Tax Law); 

Willie Epps (Personal Injury Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation and Class Actions   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; (Mass Tort Litigation and Class Actions   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=40"&gt;Michelle Fujimoto&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=797"&gt;Tom Grever&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=246"&gt;Randy Haimovici&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=41"&gt;Justin Johl&lt;/a&gt; (Labor &amp;amp; Employment Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1006"&gt;Ethel Johnson&lt;/a&gt; (Employment Law   Management, Labor Law   Management); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; (Biotechnology Law, Mass Tort Litigation and Class Actions   Defendants, Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=66"&gt;Matt Keenan&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

Gary Long (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=299"&gt;Pat Lujin&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; (Commercial Litigation, Employment Law   Individuals, Employment Law   Management, Labor Law   Management, Labor &amp;amp; Employment Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=425"&gt;Lucy Mason&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=57"&gt; Scott McCandless&lt;/a&gt; (Real Estate Law); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Tom Moga&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=44"&gt;Dan Molony&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt; (Legal Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation   Plaintiffs); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=160"&gt;Jim Murphy&lt;/a&gt; (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/a&gt; (Commercial Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=605"&gt;Dan Rogers&lt;/a&gt; (Appellate); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/a&gt; (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking &amp;amp; Finance Litigation, Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=97"&gt;Andy See&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Litigation   Defendants, Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=229"&gt;Stan Sexton&lt;/a&gt; (Commercial Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation   Defendants, Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=348"&gt;Jay Simpson&lt;/a&gt; (Tax Litigation and Controversy, Tax Law); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=233"&gt;Lea Souza-Rasile&lt;/a&gt; (Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, Bankruptcy Litigation, Commercial Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=335"&gt;Gene Voigts&lt;/a&gt; (Commercial Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1110"&gt;Sean Wajert&lt;/a&gt; (Mass Tort Litigation and Class Actions   Defendants, Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=487"&gt;Tammy Webb&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property Litigation); 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=646"&gt;Gene Williams&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Litigation   Defendants, Product Liability Litigation   Defendants); and 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; (Product Liability Litigation   Defendants).&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=795"&gt;Tristan Duncan&lt;/a&gt; has contributed the first chapter to the 2012 edition of an Aspatore publication titled &lt;em&gt;The Legal Impact of Climate Change.&lt;/em&gt;  In her chapter,  The Past, Present, and Future of Climate Change Litigation:  How to Successfully Navigate the Shifting Landscape,  Duncan provides an overview of significant court decisions on climate change  and then outlines the constitutional issues at stake and the importance of mounting a multi-level defense strategy.  She closes the chapter with practical suggestions for the defense of such lawsuits from early jurisdictional challenges to merit-based arguments including due process and takings protection defenses.&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is a co-sponsor of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce s  13th Annual Legal Reform Summit  scheduled for October 24, 2012, in Washington, D.C.  Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will provide the keynote address, and presentations will be made by a number of U.S. attorneys general and Commissioner Nancy Nord, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, among others.  A spirited point-counterpoint on the 2012 elections will involve former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R).  &lt;span class="view"&gt;For additional information about the summit, please click &lt;a href="http://www.legalreformsummit.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=810"&gt;Ann Havelka&lt;/a&gt; will discuss product liability issues during a Food &amp; Drug Law Institute (FDLI)/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) training course at the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Maryland.  Scheduled for October 31   November 2, 2012, the program is titled  Introduction to Drug Law and Regulation:  How the Government Regulates the Drug Industry.   This  hot topics  program is intended as an in-house training course for new CDER employees.&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Thomas Moga&lt;/a&gt; recently authored an article titled  Obtaining and Enforcing Design Patents in China  in the October-December 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;China Business Review&lt;/em&gt;, the magazine of the U.S.-China Business Council. The article addresses the reluctance of foreign entities to file design patents in China due to concerns that the government will not adequately enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) on patents covering designs, shapes, patterns or colors  rich in aesthetic appeal [and] fit for industrial application.   Moga argues, however, that recent improvements to China s IPR system have made obtaining a design patent through the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)  a fast, low cost way  to secure protection against future infringers.&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt; China is a first-to-file country, so whoever gets to the patent office first with the application generally wins,  states the article, which covers all aspects of the filing process and how it differs from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office procedures.  In particular, Moga notes several enforcement challenges still facing SIPO, including the need to expand patent coverage and better police  junk  filings.   The design patent in China in underutilized by foreign companies, but it is a valuable tool that can both protect investment and potentially halt infringement,  he concludes.  [A] sustained and focused effort to halt rampant counterfeiting and to overcome inadequate enforcement by broadening the scope of design patent coverage will be required if China s IP system is embraced without reservation by the international community. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thomson Reuters has recognized 31 SHB attorneys in &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers &lt;/i&gt;2012 following a  rigorous, multiphase rating process  that identifies the top 5 percent of lawyers in the region. Five of them were also singled out with distinction in the Top 50 Women &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers&lt;/i&gt;, Top 50 Kansas City&lt;i&gt; Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers&lt;/i&gt; and Top 100 &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas City Super Lawyers&lt;/i&gt; 2012 listings. Six SHB attorneys were named  Rising Stars. &lt;/p&gt;





&lt;p&gt;SHB Kansas City partners named to &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers&lt;/i&gt; 2012 include &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt; (General Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=785"&gt;Ed Bullard&lt;/a&gt; (Real Estate); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=189"&gt;Mike Cargnel&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=154"&gt;Stan Davis&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Plaintiff   Products); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=19"&gt;Jim Eiszner&lt;/a&gt; (Antitrust Litigation); Willie Epps (Criminal Defense   White Collar); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=416"&gt;Roger Geary&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense   Products); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=66"&gt;Matt Keenan&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense   Products); Gary Long (Class Actions/Mass Torts); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; (Employment Litigation   Defense); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=287"&gt;Kirk Marty&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=57"&gt;Scott McCandless&lt;/a&gt; (Real Estate); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=21"&gt;Mark Moedritzer&lt;/a&gt; (Bankruptcy &amp; Creditor/Debtor Rights); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=428"&gt;Jim Muehlberger&lt;/a&gt; (Class Action/Mass Torts); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=386"&gt;Carol Poindexter&lt;/a&gt; (Health Care); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/a&gt; (Antitrust Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=166"&gt;Todd Ruskamp&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=97"&gt;Andy See&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense   Products); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=229"&gt;Stan Sexton&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense   General); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=348"&gt;Jay Simpson&lt;/a&gt; (Tax); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=335"&gt;Gene Voigts&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property Litigation); and &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense).&lt;/p&gt;





&lt;p&gt;Those singled out for special distinction include &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt; (Top 50 Kansas City&lt;i&gt; Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers&lt;/i&gt; 2012 and Top 100 &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers &lt;/i&gt;2012); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/a&gt; (Top 50 Kansas City&lt;i&gt; Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers&lt;/i&gt; 2012 and Top 100 &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers &lt;/i&gt;2012); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; (Top 50 Kansas City&lt;i&gt; Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers&lt;/i&gt; 2012 and Top 100 &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers &lt;/i&gt;2012); &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/a&gt; (Top 50 Women &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers &lt;/i&gt;2012); and &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; (Top 50 Women &lt;i&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers&lt;/i&gt; 2012).&lt;/p&gt;





&lt;p&gt;SHB Kansas City  Rising Stars  include Partner &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=184"&gt;Chris Aikin&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); Associate &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=742"&gt;Chad Beashore&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense   Products); Associate &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=878"&gt;Zach Chaffee-McClure&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); Senior Staff Attorney &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=699"&gt;Kelli Curry&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); Partner &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=579"&gt;Kristen Page&lt;/a&gt; (Employment Litigation   Defense); and Partner &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=660"&gt;Harley Ratliff&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense).&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=40"&gt;Michelle Fujimoto&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=518"&gt;Christopher Nease&lt;/a&gt; will serve as CLE panelists at DRI s 2012 Annual Meeting slated for October 24-28 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fujimoto will moderate a panel titled  Are Mortgages Really the Same as Toasters? Is a Credit Card Really Akin to an Anti-Depressant? A Deep Dive into Defending Industries Subject to Regulation,  addressing  the next wave of regulatory enforcement and consumer claims  driven by federal agencies as well as plaintiffs  lawyers acting on behalf of individual clients or the government.  Nease s panel,  A View from the Other Side of the Pond What You Need to Know About Europe,  will focus on  the increasing litigious nature of many European countries, the importation of U.S.-style litigation to Europe, [and] tips and thoughts on how to coordinate litigation issues effectively in a global environment.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://dri.org/Event/2012AM" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Public Policy Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; has authored a white paper published by the Federalist Society titled  Philadelphia Tort Litigation:  Forum Shopping and Venue Reform.   Noting that the American Tort Reform Foundation named Philadelphia to the top of its  Judicial Hellhole  lists in 2010 and 2011, Behrens discusses how the city s courts became a magnet for civil litigation by forum-shopping plaintiffs, efforts that have been undertaken to reduce the number of mass tort claims filed there and additional steps that lawmakers and courts could take to help refocus  Pennsylvania litigation on Pennsylvania citizens and . . . ensure that claims are heard in the county with the most logical connection to the case.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the white paper, please click &lt;a href="http://www.fed-soc.org/doclib/20120523_Philadelphia2012WP.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The University of Miami School of Law honored SHB Miami Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=806"&gt;Alexandra Bach Lagos&lt;/a&gt; with its 2012 Alumni Leadership Award at the annual Miami-Dade County Judicial Reception on October 2, 2012.



&lt;p&gt;Bach Lagos, who is the immediate past president of the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers and was recently appointed to the Florida Bar s Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, was selected for  excellence, specifically in the area of leadership. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; recently featured SHB Miami Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; in a September 21, 2012, article detailing SHB s growing Data Security &amp; Privacy Practice. Saikali, who co-chairs the practice with SHB San Francisco Partner Amor Esteban, said the impetus for formalizing the practice was a recent cyber attack suffered by an existing client.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; The client wanted to know what to do and what were the legal ramifications,  Saikali told &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt;.  As we were working through those issues with the client, we noticed that this was becoming an increasingly hot area of the law and an area that was in demand by several of our other clients, as well. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;As the practice developed its now-international presence, Saikali and his colleagues faced the challenge of  educating clients about why they need to care about data security law. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; They say that  breaches don t happen to us,  but they don t realize how common they actually are or how expensive they are,  said Saikali.  And if you do get breached, customers and regulators are going to want to know what steps you d taken before it happened, and you don t want to be that company that tells them you didn t think you had to do anything. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Kansas City Business Journal s&lt;/em&gt; 2012  Best of the Bar  listing has recognized SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=242"&gt;Doug Beck&lt;/a&gt;, 

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&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=549"&gt;Greg Wu&lt;/a&gt; as well as retired Partner John Johnston, as outstanding attorneys in the Kansas City area.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Honorees in the 11th annual program were selected based on the results of a citywide peer-balloting process.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  Risks following a product recall, part 2:  criminal offences for the company and directors,  appearing in the October 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;  The second in a two-part series, this article discusses potential criminal liability for a company and its directors following the recall of an unsafe product.  Newstead focuses on the General Product Safety Regulations of 2005 and the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act of 2007.  Their provisions and potentially wide-ranging penalties raise questions about the timing of notification to regulatory authorities about defective products and the level of culpability (e.g., gross negligence) in allowing such products to continue to be sold.  Newstead concludes,  While there have been many such individual prosecutions in respect of health and safety offences, so far no such prosecutions have been based on badly managed product recalls or indeed failure to instigate such recall.  However, the legal framework is in place and the possibility of such a prosecution remains.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Risksfollowingaproductrecall2.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Agribusiness &amp; Food Safety Practice Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=398"&gt;Jenny Brown&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=144"&gt;Paul La Scala&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=474"&gt;Kevin Underhill&lt;/a&gt; will participate in an Association of Corporate Counsel/Southern California Chapter Food &amp; Beverage Litigation CLE slated for October 11, 2012, in Seal Beach, California. Topics will include food addiction claims, youth marketing and  all natural  claims, in addition to a legal ethics presentation. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the program, please click &lt;a href="https://www.cvent.com/events/october-11-2012-sizzling-topics-in-food-and-beverage-litigation-/registration-f233fc3381224fb381db71d71ccef5ba.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=795"&gt;Tristan Duncan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=765"&gt;Brad Bodamer&lt;/a&gt; were featured in a September 25, 2012, &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; article for their successful defense of alleged claims that 7-Eleven, QuikTrip Corp. and Kum &amp; Go LC violated the Kansas Consumer Protection Act (KCPA) by selling  gasoline without revealing or accounting for temperature expansion. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The multidistrict proceeding, often referred to as the  hot fuel  litigation, began in 2007 after 52 lawsuits were filed by consumers in 26 states, the District of Columbia and Guam.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Our clients were very pleased with this result,  Duncan told Law360.  We were always hopeful that the jury would reach the right result upon hearing all the evidence.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the complete Law360 article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/7ElevenScoresWin.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=413"&gt;Gregory Fowler&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;William Martucci&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=669"&gt;Marc Shelley&lt;/a&gt; will be participating during this year s International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland, September 30-October 5.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Fowler, who serves as vice-chair of IBA s Product Law &amp; Advertising Committee, will speak during a  moderated speed-dating  roundtable on  hot topics  relevant to product law.  Participants will share the latest developments in the law with their table members before moving on to another hot topics table.  Among other matters, the topics during this session will include aggregated product litigation and compliance requirements for suppliers in supply chain agreements.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Martucci will speak about issues involved in  Post-merger integration,  focusing on employment and labor factors essential to successful M&amp;A transactions.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Shelley is serving as co-chair of a session on  Selling regulated products across borders:  discussions and case studies on the sale of booze, drugs and other regulated products.   His panel will focus on alcoholic beverages and cross-border issues relating to distribution and government restrictions.  Speakers will also address common trends and issues for regulated product sales in general, disputes that may arise and how to prevent them. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the conference program, please click &lt;a href="http://www.int-bar.org/binary/file/Dublin_2012_final_programme_FULL_LO.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Global Product Liability Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=273"&gt;Paul Williams&lt;/a&gt; and Tyco International Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel Dennis Lynch were among the law firm and corporate law department leaders featured in a recent &lt;em&gt;Metropolitan Corporate Counsel&lt;/em&gt; interview about the winners of The Association of Corporate Counsel s (ACC s) 2012 Value Champion Awards. SHB and Tyco were selected as Value Champions for  effectively driving value by cutting spending, improving predictability, and achieving better legal outcomes. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The article highlights the convergence model through which SHB and Tyco have  cut product liability cases in half, new case files by 65 percent and case cycle time by 40 percent.  Lynch credits the successful collaboration to  a deep level of mutual understanding between Tyco and Shook Hardy,  while Williams also noted SHB s ability to leverage  technology-based tools to enhance our workflow and project-management practices. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB clients GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer were also featured as ACC Value Champions for their value-focused legal management skills.&lt;/p.



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; has co-authored, with the current chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association s Animal Law Committee, a commentary titled  Barking Up the Wrong Tree,  published in the September 17, 2012, issue of the &lt;em&gt;New Jersey Law Journal.&lt;/em&gt;  The commentary discusses a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling denying emotional distress damages to a woman whose dog was attacked by a neighbor s dog and died.  Noting that more and more pet owners are seeking these types of damages when their pets are injured or killed, the authors contend that limiting pet owners to economic damages will best protect their pets in the long run.  According to the authors,  [p]et economics is simple.  At litigation-inflated prices, many owners will no longer be able to afford services and products their pets need.  The quality of pets  lives will be lowered, and in some cases, owners may be forced to euthanize their pets if they cannot or will not pay higher costs of care.   

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  Risks following a product recall, part 1:  disclosure and freedom of information requests,  published in the September 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;  This part of a two-part series addresses the documentation that occurs during a product recall and how sensitive and confidential information can reach external parties through disclosure or as a result of Freedom of Information Act requests.  Newstead recommends resisting disclosures of privileged material in litigation, but where this is not successful, she suggests that companies may want to weigh whether settling a small number of claims is preferable to disclosures that could go beyond the litigants in a particular lawsuit.  She also discusses the types of materials that are generally disclosed during a recall investigation by public authorities, noting that certain exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act will protect some of it.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Risksfollowingaproductrecall1.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=847"&gt;Christopher Appel&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article titled  The Church Autonomy Doctrine:  Where Tort Law Should Step Aside,  published in the August 2012 issue of the &lt;em&gt;University of Cincinnati Law Review&lt;/em&gt;.  Intended as a guide for courts developing liability rules where tort law should  not intrude upon what are ultimately faith-based practices, policies, and judgments,  the article posits that the church autonomy doctrine,  an essential element in the development of sound and consistent tort liability rules for religious institutions,  is underutilized and  provides a unifying thread that connects tort law, constitutional law, and sound public policy. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Among the types of claims to which the doctrine should apply, according to the authors are (i) clergy malpractice, (ii) church membership criteria, (iii) wrongful termination of clerics or ministers, (iv) violations of priest-penitent privilege, and (v) failure of a church to follow ecclesiastical standards.  The authors note,  Tort law needs to recognize that regardless of general forces that push to expand liability, religious organizations and faith communities are different from secular institutions both in their history and in their functions.  Their purposes and objectives differ from secular institutions; the roles they play in people s lives are fundamentally different.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ChurchAutonomyDoctrineArticle.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;South Florida Business Journal&lt;/em&gt; recently featured SHB Miami Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; in an August 31, 2012, article detailing the firm s new Data Security &amp; Privacy Practice. Saikali, who is among SHB s expanding group of attorneys specializing in data security litigation and data breach prevention policies, discussed the necessity for businesses to be familiar with the legal complexities surrounding domestic and foreign data breaches.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; This is definitely a major issue for business today,  Saikali told the &lt;em&gt;South Florida Business Journal&lt;/em&gt;.  We have more laws than ever that govern how companies use data about employees and consumers. You find that companies are suffering more data breaches, from foreign hackers to rogue employees. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Saikali also highlighted the evolution of laws and regulations requiring companies to report data breaches to their customers. Though regulations regarding the nature of a company s disclosure vary from state to state, Saikali said that all publicly traded companies must  disclose whether they ve suffered a data breach in their regular reporting. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Employment Litigation &amp; Policy Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=579"&gt;Kristen Page&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article titled  The EEOC s Systemic Initiative and High-Priority Enforcement Areas:  Compliance Strategies for Employers,  appearing in the September 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.&lt;/em&gt;  They note how the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has prioritized an approach to workplace discrimination that raises the stakes for employers through the investigation and litigation of so-called systemic cases, defined as  pattern or practice, policy, or class cases where the alleged discrimination has a broad impact on an industry, profession, company, or geographic area.  These high-profile matters can be costly and time-consuming to defend and often involve unwanted publicity. Martucci and Page discuss EEOC s aggressive pursuit of these cases, with 20 new lawsuits expected to be filed both this year and in 2013, as well as EEOC s strategies.  They provide specific compliance advice to employers  to help avoid garnering the attention of the EEOC.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/TheEEOCsSystematicInitiative.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Global Product Liability Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=588"&gt;Scott Kaiser&lt;/a&gt; and Associates &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1053"&gt;Jennifer Blues&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1015"&gt;Lindsey Heinz&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article titled  Strategies for Moving to Strike Class Allegations,  published by &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; on September 4, 2012.    The article discusses a Sixth Circuit decision that  provides a strong basis for the proposition that defendants do not need to engage in class discovery where it is obvious from the pleadings that the class cannot be certified.   They recommend that defense counsel focus on the procedural underpinnings of an early motion to strike class allegations, as well as the applicable burden of proof, standard of review and potential jurisdictional and timing considerations.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/StrategiesForMovingToStrikeClassAllegations.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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&lt;p&gt;Utilizing statutory fees awarded by Missouri and Kansas, SHB supports three separate scholarship funds for adopted and foster children, including the Kansas Foster and Adoptive Children Scholarship Fund and the Lawyers for Kids charitable fund, which SHB established in late 2006. The firm also provides funding for grants that cover school and educational expenses, music lessons, and sports registrations for adopted and foster children who otherwise could not afford to pay them.&lt;/p&gt; 









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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Public Policy Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; was recently featured by &lt;em&gt;The National Law Journal&lt;/em&gt; in an article discussing a D.C. Court of Appeals opinion that may have long-lasting effects on claims alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Titled  Tort laws tested in D.C.,  the article notes that the &lt;em&gt;en banc&lt;/em&gt; court altered a long-standing precedent  that plaintiffs can only claim damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress if they were within a  zone of physical danger.   Judge Vanessa Ruiz, writing for the court, found that certain relationships, such as the one before the court involving a man mistakenly diagnosed by a clinic as HIV-positive,  can carry an obligation to care for a person s emotional well-being.  In those instances, the court ruled, claims alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress  shouldn t be limited by whether there was a risk of physical harm. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Goldberg, a partner in SHB s Washington, D.C.-based Public Policy Practice, commented on the potential impact of the ruling.  There will be people testing the limits of this case and trying to expand those relationships and expand those circumstances,  Goldberg told &lt;em&gt;The National Law Journal&lt;/em&gt;.  It s incumbent on the courts to keep this ruling true to its core. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; was quoted in an August 21, 2012, article about the growth of foreign class and mass actions appearing in &lt;em&gt;The Legal Intelligencer&lt;/em&gt;. The article notes that a 2009 &lt;span class="view"&gt;&lt;a href="/attorneys/FowlerGregory/GlobalLitigationTrends2009.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;law review article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; co-authored by Behrens and International Litigation &amp; Dispute Resolution Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=413"&gt;Greg Fowler&lt;/a&gt; reported that  [u]ntil about 15 or 20 years ago, only a few other countries besides the United States had class action procedures.   This has changed, according to the article, and now, corporations sued by foreign plaintiffs in U.S. courts must weigh, as they consider seeking dismissal on inconvenient forum grounds, whether litigation in another country with different evidentiary and class certification standards may place them at risk of an adverse multi-billion dollar verdict that can be enforced in U.S. courts.  As Behrens observed,  an interest on the part of policymakers in these other countries to provide more rights for consumers, more restitution, more remedies for consumers,  has resulted in the increasing adoption of class and mass action procedures outside the United States.  

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      <description>SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=455"&gt;Mark Cowing&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=533"&gt;Rebecca Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an &lt;em&gt;eDiscovery Update&lt;/em&gt; titled  Court Orders Class Action Plaintiffs to Share Defendant s Discovery Costs.   The August 24, 2012, update discusses in some detail a Pennsylvania federal court decision requiring that when class action plaintiffs request  very extensive discovery, compliance with which will be very expensive,  they should generally share the discovery costs, at least until certification is decided.  According to the court,  discovery burdens should not force either party to succumb to a settlement that is based on the cost of litigation rather than the merits of the case.   Cowing and Schwartz provide recommendations for defense counsel, including careful documentation of discovery costs, particularized responses to requests for production and careful timing of a cost-shifting motion, which  will be stronger once a threshold volume of information has been produced and plaintiffs  requests begin to appear more onerous. 

&lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the &lt;em&gt;Update&lt;/em&gt;, please click  &lt;a href="newsletters/EDU/EDU08242012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>SHB London Partner/Solicitor &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=406"&gt;Sarah Croft&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article appearing in the July/August 2012 issue of The In-House Lawyer. Titled  PIP breast implants: lessons for all?,  the article discusses recent reports about a matter involving a French company that allegedly committed fraud by selling poly implant prothese (PIP) breast implants made with unauthorized silicone gel. Women in the United Kingdom (U.K.) who were implanted with the products and are considering their options may, in Croft s opinion, find that the reports affect their potential legal claims. An expert report released in June concluded that the gel material is not toxic and not carcinogenic although the implants do have a significantly higher rupture rate than implants made by other companies. A second report examined how U.K. agencies handled the matter and found that while the European regulatory system could be improved, the British agencies fulfilled their obligations, and thus, changes to the regulatory framework are not required. Among the lessons learned, according to Lord Earl Howe, who was asked to study the regulatory response, are that practitioners and the public need to understand the importance of adverse incidence reporting to strengthen data collection.

&lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/IHL202p40-42ProductLiability.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>SHB Philadelphia Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1110"&gt;Sean Wajert&lt;/a&gt; has published an article in the August 21, 2012, issue of Law360 titled  A Criminal Act Severs the Chain of Causation.  Wajert discusses a Texas appellate court ruling affirming the dismissal of design defect claims against Anheuser-Busch, Inc. by a woman who alleged that she was struck in the face with one of its longneck beer bottles during a bar brawl. As Wajert explains, the claim failed under Texas product-liability law, because the plaintiff  failed to produce evidence raising a genuine issue of fact that the risk of injury from the longneck bottle outweighs its utility and therefore that the bottle was defectively designed so as to render it unreasonably dangerous.  The court also determined that the plaintiff would be unable to prove negligence because she  failed to show why the general principle that no person has a legal duty to protect another from the criminal acts of a third person is inapplicable in this case.  According to the court, foreseeability that a legal product might be used to commit a crime  does not create a duty that overshadows the intervening criminal act. 

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB London Partner/Solicitor &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; has been appointed to the Health and Safety Panel of CBI, the United Kingdom s premier business lobbying organization which actively promotes a competitive policy landscape in Great Britain, the European Union and internationally. CBI speaks on behalf of 240,000 companies of every size and in every sector, such as agriculture, automotive, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, retail, IT, transport, and utilities. The panel that Newstead joins is composed of health and safety practitioners, including those with an occupational health focus as well as some that are safety specialists, and legal practitioners. It focuses on occupational health, workplace safety and legislation affecting business interests in these areas. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Miami Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  Google s $22.5 Million FTC Fine: Why Should Cos. Care?  that Law360 published on August 20, 2012. Saikali discusses how Google became subject to the largest civil penalty by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against a single defendant for violating a prior settlement agreement involving broken privacy assurances to Gmail users. He suggests that companies (i) take their compliance obligations seriously under FTC consent agreements, (ii) remain transparent with consumers  about the measures begin taken to protect their privacy and the procedures they should follow to change their privacy settings,  and (iii) ensure that they keep promises to consumers  about how their information will be accessed, maintained or used.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Googles22.5MillionFTCFine-WhyShouldCosCare.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Houston Managing Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=135"&gt;James Shepherd&lt;/a&gt; will address the Association of Corporate Counsel-Houston Chapter s &lt;a href="http://www.acc.com/chapters/houst/index.cfm?eventID=12338" target="_blank"&gt; Back to School CLE Symposium &lt;/a&gt; on August 23, 2012. Co-sponsored by SHB, the event will feature presentations on a range of issues in intellectual property, corporate compliance and energy law.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Shepherd s presentation will address issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, including  concerns about future litigation threats and how the fracking frenzy has affected regulation of the energy sector overall. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; will participate in two sessions during the American Conference Institute s (ACI s) October 29-30, 2012,  International Labor &amp; Employment Law  forum.  This continuing legal education conference, which will be held in New York City, brings together a distinguished international faculty to address a range of issues.  Martucci will serve on a panel that will discuss  Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility:  Global Codes of Conduct and Effective Supply Chain Management  and will lead a pre-conference workshop on October 28, titled  Employment Law Primer on the International Reach of Title VII, ADA, and ADEA.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanconference.com/2013/776/international-labor--employment-law" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB San Francisco Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=218"&gt;Frank Kelly&lt;/a&gt; was recently recognized by Thomson Reuters in the 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;Northern California Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt;. Kelly will be listed in the directory s  General Litigation  section, an honor that places him among the top 5 percent of lawyers in the region.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Candidates for &lt;em&gt;Northern California Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; are identified through a  rigorous, multiphase rating process  that includes peer recognition ballots, as well as research conducted by an independent, attorney-led staff. Nominees are then graded on a point scale that considers 12 indicators of professional achievement, including experience, representative clients, verdicts and settlements, honors and awards, and pro bono and community service.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;WDAF TV recently featured SHB Pro Bono Attorney &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1037"&gt;Megan Roth&lt;/a&gt; in report about two 13-year-old drivers who used an allegedly stolen vehicle to take a  cross-country joy ride  from Columbus, Ohio, to Kansas City, Missouri.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Roth, who focuses her pro bono practice on cases related to juvenile delinquency, provided legal expertise regarding the immediate ramifications of the alleged theft, as well as long term consequences should the juveniles face additional charges in the future.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Roth is part of SHB s full-time pro bono staff, which partners with the Pro Bono Committee to coordinate the firm s ongoing commitment to providing free legal counsel and resources.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; will address the Biotechnology Industry Organization s Livestock Biotech Summit scheduled for September 19-21, 2012, in Kansas City, Missouri.  Co-sponsored by SHB, the summit will feature thought leaders from industry, academia, and government on animal biotechnology and  opportunities for the utilization of science in the production of food, health products, and fibers necessary for the world s population.  Goldberg will deliver the opening remarks for the September 21 sessions, which will include  Political Pitfalls for Animal Biotechnology,   Around the World in GE Animals  and  Using Technology to Feed the World.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.bio.org/events/conferences/livestock-biotech-summit-program" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=302"&gt;Peter Strand&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article appearing in the August 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;Intellectual Property &amp; Technology Law Journal.&lt;/em&gt;  Titled  Disarming an  Atomic Bomb : Federal Circuit Clips Wires for Inequitable Conduct,  the article provides the context for understanding how a recent Federal Circuit ruling, &lt;em&gt;Therasense, Inc. v. Beckton Dickinson and Co.,&lt;/em&gt; has rendered the inequitable conduct defense to a patent infringement suit harder to prove thus making it applicable to only the most outrageous cases.  While the doctrine was intended to foster full disclosure to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it apparently led to a number of unintended consequences as it became a litigation staple, driving up costs, deterring settlements and spurring antitrust and unfair competition claims.  Strand concludes that the case, as well as  the supplemental examination provision in the America Invents Act allowing disclosure of prior art after issuance[,] may make this defense a dinosaur. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; presented a paper about the U.S. Supreme Court s 2011-12 term at the American Bar Association Section of Litigation s Annual Meeting held August 2-4 in Chicago, Illinois. Titled  The Roberts Court 2011-12: The Affordable Care Act and More,  the paper summarizes the 75 cases addressed by the Court during its sixth full term under Chief Justice John Roberts.  The Affordable Care Act decisions received the headlines in 2011-12 but the 2011-12 term was also marked by the number of five-vote decisions written by Justice Kennedy (9 or 14.3 percent of all signed opinions, and 5 or 33 1/3 percent of all signed five-vote decisions),  concludes Barkett.  The 2011-12 term was also marked by an unusually high percentage of six-vote majorities (20.6 percent in 2011-12 compared to 13.1% in 2010-11) and some atypical vote alignments.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the paper, please click 

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=847"&gt;Christopher Appel&lt;/a&gt; have authored an August 3, 2012, &lt;em&gt;Washington Legal Foundation Legal Opinion Letter&lt;/em&gt; titled  A Hazardous Precedent:  Federal Agency Proposal Targets Workers  Private Health Records.   They discuss a matter currently pending before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals raising questions about whether the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) properly considered the personal, business and legal implications of a rule it adopted to examine the personal medical records of mine employees when auditing mine records.  While MSHA sought the records to determine if the mines were complying with their reporting obligations for workplace injuries and illnesses, mining operators and employees objected to the release of confidential data without any guarantees to ensure their continued privacy.  The rules were apparently promulgated without notice and comment procedures.  The Mine Safety and Review Commission upheld the rules as within MSHA s authority, but the commissioners expressed concerns about how they were adopted.  The authors point to the potential pitfalls for employers forced to either resist a government demand or release information that could expose them to major tort litigation.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/AHazardousPrecedent.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Benchmark Litigation&lt;/em&gt; recently selected SHB San Francisco Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=487"&gt;Tammy Webb&lt;/a&gt; for inclusion in its inaugural edition of &lt;em&gt;Top 250 Women in Litigation&lt;/em&gt;, a directory of the nation s most successful female  litigation stars. &lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;The legal guide highlighted Webb s leadership on a  litigation team that eventually defeated more than 50 statewide class actions  and noted her successful representation of clients in the automotive, tobacco, telecommunications, and consumer goods manufacturing industries.&lt;/p&gt; 

 

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Benchmark Litigation&lt;/em&gt; made its selections after a six-month research period that included extensive interviews with litigators and in-house counsel, as well as an examination of the nominated attorneys  recent casework.&lt;/p&gt;

 

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Vault recently recognized Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon as one of the nation s top 25 law firms, ranking SHB 3rd with respect to diversity for minorities, 6th with respect to overall diversity, 6th with respect to diversity for women, and 15th with respect to LGBT diversity. The rankings were derived from anonymous surveys of nearly 17,000 law firm associates and aim to provide law students and lateral attorneys with information about workplace environments at major law firms across the country.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=428"&gt;Jim Muehlberger&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=549"&gt;Gregory Wu&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an online feature for &lt;em&gt;The National Law Journal&lt;/em&gt; to explore how the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to approach class certification issues presented by the interplay of Rules 23(a)(2), 23(b)(3) and 23(c)(4).  Titled  Does  Wal-Mart  doom expansive reading of rule authorizing class actions for  particular issues ?,  the July 11, 2012, article suggests that the Court s cautious approach to Rule 23 interpretations,  with careful fidelity to its current structure, text and its framers  intentions,  could portend that the Court will not allow plaintiffs to  make an end-run around the Rule 23(a)(2) commonality and (b)(3) predominance requirements by ignoring them and certifying a class  under (c)(4).  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/DoesWalMartDoomExpansiveReadingofRuleAuthorizingClassActionsforParticularIssues.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; moderated a Lorman Educational Services seminar titled  Best Practices in ADA, FMLA and Workers  Compensation in New York  held August 1, 2012, at the New York City Seminar and Conference Center. Among the FLMA and ADA topics covered were advanced issues concerning intermittent and reduced schedule leave, understanding and implementing the  interactive process,  and the intersection of federal, state and New York City laws. Martucci was recently named in Lawdragon and Human Resource Executive as one of America s Most Powerful Employment Lawyers.  He teaches Multinational Business Policy &amp; the Global Workplace at Georgetown University.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Philadelphia Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1110"&gt;Sean Wajert&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  The Role of Manufacturers  Duties in Asbestos Litigation,  appearing in the July 23, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360.&lt;/em&gt;  Focusing on a Florida appeals court ruling reversing a $6.6-million jury verdict for the plaintiff, Wajert explains how the trial court erred by applying the Restatement (Second) of Torts to design-defect claims brought against a component-parts manufacturer and by failing to provide an accurate jury instruction on its duty to warn.  According to the court of appeals, under the  risk-utility/risk-benefit  test of the Restatement Third, the defendant was entitled to a directed verdict on the design-defect claim, and both the Third and Second Restatements required the trial court to inform the jury that, while an asbestos manufacturer must warn end users of a product s dangers, this duty may be discharged by an adequate warning to intermediary manufacturers and reasonably relying on them to warn end users.  Whether that reliance by the component-parts manufacturer was reasonable is a matter for the fact finder, thus the court concluded that the trial court s instruction, which omitted reference to reasonable reliance on an intermediary, misled the jury and required that the case be remanded for a new trial.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/TheRoleOfManufacturersDutiesInAsbestosLitigation.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=56"&gt;Marty Warren&lt;/a&gt; will serve as a panelist at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association s (MCCA s) 13th Annual Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference slated for September 10, 2012, in New York City. The conference will offer session tracks focusing on career advancement for diverse lawyers, how organizations can better support diverse legal teams, and what the legal profession can do to increase diversity, among other topics. Titled  Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Working Mothers &amp; Career Advancement,  Warren s panel will discuss the special challenges of working mothers and provide key recommendations  to supervisors and organizational leaders on how to support these important team members.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.cvent.com/events/mcca-s-13th-annual-creating-pathways-to-diversity-conference/agenda-89711e0b8bca4594b048697923860cb9.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon has been recognized as a nationally recommended firm in litigation and intellectual property in the newly released 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;The Legal 500 United States&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;Lauded as  one of the beacons of the product liability world,  SHB received more tier-one and tier-two rankings in the product liability and mass tort defense section than any other U.S. firm. SHB was one of only three firms to receive top-tier recognition in the guide s product liability: consumer products section, and one of six to receive a top-tier ranking in the pharmaceuticals and medical devices category. Additionally, SHB s automotive/transport and toxic tort defense practices earned tier-two rankings, placing each group among the top 15 practices in the nation.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;SHB was also highlighted in the guide s intellectual property: patent prosecution section, which commended the firm for its  strong, broad-ranging patent prosecution and counseling practice,  singling out SHB s expertise in the biotechnology, computer software and agricultural industries.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Legal 500&lt;/em&gt; featured 18 SHB partners, including 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=401"&gt;Walt Cofer&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=154"&gt;Stan Davis&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=316"&gt;John Gibson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=48"&gt;Mike Gross&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=218"&gt;Frank Kelly&lt;/a&gt;, 

Gary Long, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=425"&gt;Lucy Mason&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=441"&gt;John Sherk&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=646"&gt;Gene Williams&lt;/a&gt;, and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view &lt;em&gt;The Legal 500 United States&lt;/em&gt;, please click &lt;a href="http://www.legal500.com/c/united-states" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB eDiscovery, Data &amp; Document Management Practice Co-Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=443"&gt;Denise Talbert&lt;/a&gt; will address data preservation requirements at Legal Hold Pro s 2012 Conference on Preservation Excellence (PREX12) slated for September 27-28, 2012, in Portland, Oregon. Billed as  the first legal conference focused exclusively on improving [the] legal preservation process,  PREX12 will offer participants  real-world techniques for navigating the challenges of preservation and meet the standards of care demanded by the courts while minimizing the burden in terms of both costs and labor.  Talbert will serve on two panels,  Determining the Scope of Preservation and Documentation  and  When Preservation is a Real Challenge.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www3.legalholdpro.com/PREX12_Home.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Pulse&lt;/em&gt; recently highlighted the firm s comprehensive approach to  creating a diverse workplace environment  and the arrival of &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1108"&gt;Kori Carew&lt;/a&gt;, SHB s new Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives, to lead those efforts.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;Carew joined SHB in April 2012 and has since been collaborating with each of the firm s offices worldwide to ensure that  our work environment is inclusive of everyone to where, regardless of differences, people have equal opportunities to succeed and be promoted through the ranks. &lt;/p&gt;

 

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=25"&gt;George Wolf&lt;/a&gt;, chair of the firm s General Litigation and Business Services Division and a member of SHB s Executive Committee, was recently featured in the &lt;em&gt;Kansas City Business Journal s&lt;/em&gt;  Newsmaker  interview series.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The interview detailed Wolf s role as general counsel for the national engineering and architecture firm HNTB Corporation and highlighted his civic leadership serving as a board member for the Port Authority of Kansas City and the Downtown Council of Kansas City.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=403"&gt;Tim Congrove&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=549"&gt;Greg Wu&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1096"&gt;Chris Warren&lt;/a&gt;  have co-authored a &lt;em&gt;BNA Insights&lt;/em&gt; article titled  &lt;em&gt;Uncertain Principles?&lt;/em&gt; Evaluating the Tension Between Rule 23(b)(3) and (c)(4) Post-&lt;em&gt;Dukes&lt;/em&gt;, and the ALI s Effort to Integrate the Provisions.   Published on July 13, 2012, the article details how the federal courts have split over the interpretation of Rule 23(c)(4), which allows an action to be maintained as a class action as to particular issues, and Rule 23(b)(3), which requires that issues common to a class predominate over individual issues for the action to be maintained as a class action.  Contending that the issue is ripe for U.S. Supreme Court review, the authors suggest that the Court would likely take a more restrictive approach to Rule 23(c)(4) to avoid rendering the predominance requirement a nullity.  They also explore the American Law Institute s (ALI s) attempt to integrate the rules in the 2010 version of its &lt;em&gt;Principles of the Law:  Aggregate Litigation&lt;/em&gt;, arguing that the approach is flawed and does not serve public policy interests.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/UncertainPrinciples.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=98"&gt;Steve Thomas&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=958"&gt;Jennifer Stonecipher Hill&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article in DRI s July 11, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;RX for the Defense&lt;/em&gt;, the newsletter of the Drug and Medical Device Committee, chaired by Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt;.  Titled  &lt;em&gt;Conte&lt;/em&gt; Reeling in the Wake of California Supreme Court Decision,  the article suggests that a recent California Supreme Court ruling  may signal the end of so-called  innovator liability  under &lt;em&gt;Conte v. Wyeth&lt;/em&gt;,  a 2008 appellate court ruling allowing brand-name prescription-drug manufacturers to be held liable for injuries allegedly caused by generic-equivalent drugs.  The California Supreme Court has refused to extend such liability, stating that the brand-name manufacturer  had no duty to warn of risks arising from &lt;em&gt;other manufacturers &lt;/em&gt; products.   Thomas and Stonecipher Hill also analyze the ruling in light of &lt;em&gt;PLIVA v. Mensing,&lt;/em&gt; 131 S. Ct. 2567 (2011) (federal law preempts failure-to-warn claims against generic drug makers), in which the Court understood that consumers may have no recourse under current law when injured by a generic medication, and conclude that nothing in that opinion  requires imposing a new duty on name-brand manufacturers.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://clients.criticalimpact.com/newsletter/newslettercontentshow1.cfm?contentid=11575&amp;id=1317" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Public Policy Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=847"&gt;Christopher Appel&lt;/a&gt; have published an article in the &lt;em&gt;Valparaiso University Law Review&lt;/em&gt; titled  Does the Judiciary Have the Tools for Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions?   Providing a comprehensive overview of energy law and policy, the authors  answer is an unqualified  no.   According to the article, the U.S. Supreme Court has stated quite clearly that common law tort actions cannot adequately address all of the competing interests involved in regulating greenhouse gas emissions and addressing global climate change, and that these issues are best left to the executive and legislative branches.  The authors conclude,  Lower courts should follow the Supreme Court s blueprint and reject climate change tort cases, regardless of the combinations and permutations of plaintiffs and defendants or how creative and inviting the pleadings may seem.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/RegulatingGHGEmissions.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Miami Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; has obtained the credential of Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), which is accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals and widely considered  the global standard in privacy and data security certification. &lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;To obtain the CIPP credential, an attorney must pass two exams that assess the candidate s understanding of basic privacy and data protection concepts, as well as more advanced  global protection models, information security controls and online privacy protections. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Benchmark Litigation&lt;/em&gt; recently selected SHB San Francisco Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=487"&gt;Tammy Webb&lt;/a&gt; for inclusion in its inaugural edition of &lt;em&gt;Top 250 Women in Litigation,&lt;/em&gt; a directory of the nation s most successful female  litigation stars. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The legal guide highlighted Webb s leadership on a  litigation team that eventually defeated more than 50 statewide class actions  and noted her successful representation of clients in the automotive, tobacco, telecommunications, and consumer goods manufacturing industries.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Benchmark Litigation&lt;/em&gt; made its selections after a six-month research period that included extensive interviews with litigators and in-house counsel, as well as an examination of the nominated attorneys  recent casework.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Agribusiness &amp; Food Safety Practice Co-Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; will participate in the American Conference Institute s [ACI s]  FDA &amp; USDA Compliance Boot Camp:  An In-Depth and Comprehensive Course on Regulatory Requirements for the Food and Beverage Industry,  scheduled for October 3-4, 2012, in Chicago.  Joining a faculty of expert in-house counsel, regulatory officials and seasoned practitioners, McDonough will address  Preemption Fundamentals:  Overview of Recent Case Decisions and How to Successfully Assert Federal Preemption.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To review the CLE conference brochure, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/USDABootCamp.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon s product liability practice was recently singled out for recognition in the inaugural edition of &lt;em&gt;LMG Life Sciences 2012&lt;/em&gt;, a directory of the life sciences industry s leading law firms and litigators.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;SHB s product liability practice was  highly recommended  by &lt;em&gt;LMG Life Sciences 2012&lt;/em&gt;, which highlighted the firm s  reputation as a litigation powerhouse.  The guide also included feedback from the firm s clients and peers, who described SHB and its attorneys as  without a doubt one of the best product liability practices and... titans in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. &lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;Five SHB partners received individual recognition, including &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=646"&gt;Gene Williams&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;Selection for the guide was based on extensive research that included nearly 1,000 interviews with law firm lawyers and in-house counsel, as well as surveys completed by attorneys in the life sciences field.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the entire 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;LMG Life Sciences&lt;/em&gt;, please click &lt;a href="http://www.managingip.com/Supplement/85815/Supplements/LMG-Life-Sciences-2012.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>SHB Recognized by LMG Life Sciences 2012</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=67"&gt;Michael Koon&lt;/a&gt; will participate in ACI s  National Forum on Pharmaceutical Pricing Litigation,  scheduled for October 2-3, 2012, in New York City.  Koon will join a distinguished continuing legal education faculty to present during a panel discussion on  Preparing Defenses to Allegations of False Claims Act Violations.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To learn more about the conference, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanconference.com/2013/761/pharmaceutical-pricing-litigation" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Koon to Participate in National Pharmaceutical Pricing Litigation Forum in NYC</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Who s Who Legal recently selected SHB for inclusion in the inaugural edition of &lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal&lt;/em&gt; 100, an international listing of the world s leading business law practices.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The listing provides a detailed profile of the 100 firms considered  to be the world s foremost legal practices.  While selections for previous Who s Who Legal listings were based on the practice of individual lawyers, recognition in the &lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal&lt;/em&gt; 100 is based on a firm s performance across all practice areas and offices.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB s product liability, intellectual property, environmental, life sciences, labor and employment, and commercial litigation practices were each recognized by Who s Who Legal, as well as the firm s pro bono practice, which managed more than 200 child advocacy matters in 2011.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view Who s Who Legal s complete profile of SHB, please click &lt;a href="http://www.whoswholegal.com/firms/1351/shook-hardy-bacon-llp/wwl100/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1332</link>

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      <title>SHB Highlighted in Inaugural Edition of Who s Who Legal 100</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/a&gt; has been named managing partner of the firm s office in Miami. Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=228"&gt;Hildy Sastre&lt;/a&gt; now serves as SHB Miami s administrative partner.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt; Bill and Hildy, who have been with our firm since we established a presence in Miami in 1998, have developed into dynamic litigators and business managers, and we look forward to the benefit of their leadership so that our firm may continue to grow and thrive in South Florida,  said Lea Souza-Rasile, a former managing partner of SHB Miami who currently serves on the firm s Executive Committee.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB is one of the 25 largest law firms in the Miami area, with 40 attorneys and 60 administrative staff working from the downtown Miami Center. &lt;em&gt;Chambers USA: America s Leading Lawyers for Business&lt;/em&gt; (2012) has recognized SHB as one of the strongest practices of its kind in Florida for its  expertise in complex commercial, product liability, environmental, employment and trade secret litigation. &lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;In addition to its recognition of the firm, Chambers USA specifically recognizes Geraghty as an  intellectual, client-friendly and a superb trial lawyer,  and Sastre as a  creative thinker with an easy demeanor and collaborative attitude. &lt;/p&gt;  



&lt;p&gt; Our new Miami leadership possesses a unique skill set with strengths not only in complex litigation but effective management styles that foster success among teams,  SHB Chair John Murphy said.  These traits would be considered a winning combination for any litigation firm, which is particularly why we are so pleased to have the benefit of their leadership at our firm. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Geraghty, Sastre Assume Leadership Roles at SHB Miami</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Noting that the American Bar Association s (ABA s) House of Delegates will consider proposed changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct during its August 2-7, 2012, annual meeting in Chicago, SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; explains how the amendments will address issues raised by new technologies in an article published in the June 25 issue of &lt;em&gt;Law Technology News&lt;/em&gt;.  According to Barkett, the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 has recommended an amendment to Model Rule 1.1 that would require, as part of the obligation to provide competent representation to a client, that lawyers keep abreast of  the benefits and risks associated with technology.   He explores the practical effects of such an amendment.  Proposed changes to Rule 1.6 would require  reasonable efforts  to prevent  inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to  confidential client information, a change that Barkett characterizes as  dynamic,  since it would  vary as technology improves data protection tools or practices.   Model Rule 4.4 would be changed to add electronically stored information to the receipt of material that a lawyer  knows or reasonably should know  was inadvertently sent and must be promptly brought to the sender s attention.  Barkett addresses other proposed changes, which, if approved by the House of Delegates, will have to then be adopted by each state s supreme court to take effect in that jurisdiction.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202560335059" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1334</link>

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      <title>Barkett Explains Proposed Technology-Related Changes to ABA Model Ethical Rules</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty addressing  eDiscovery in the Cloud  at the Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat slated for July 22-24, 2012, in Monterey, California.  Recognizing that  enterprises worldwide are moving Electronically Stored Information (ESI) to the Cloud at an accelerating rate,  the retreat will cover  the challenges, risks, rewards and best practice[s] of navigating eDiscovery  in this new environment.  Esteban will serve on a panel titled   Mitigating and Managing Risks Associated with the Cloud,  which will focus on compliance issues as well as reducing security,  privacy and intellectual property loss risks. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://cvedr.com/index.php" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1335</link>

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      <title>Esteban to Address Cloud-Related Risks at Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal: The International Who s Who of Business Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; has named 



Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon its 2012 Product Liability Defense Law Firm of the Year, an honor 



the firm has received in each of the eight years since the award s inception.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon once again stands out as the world s leading firm in this 



discipline, and the caliber and expertise of its lawyers are globally recognized by 



clients and peers alike,  said Callum Campbell, editor-in-chief of &lt;em&gt;Who s Who 



Legal&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Who s Who Legal&lt;/em&gt; recognizes 18 SHB partners, more than any other firm worldwide, 



as leading product liability defense attorneys, including 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=394"&gt;Tony Andrade&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=373"&gt;Simon Castley&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=401"&gt;Walt Cofer&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=405"&gt;Bill Crampton&lt;/a&gt;,

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=413"&gt;Greg Fowler&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=40"&gt;Michelle Fujimoto&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=218"&gt;Frank Kelly&lt;/a&gt;, 

Gary Long, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=95"&gt;Frank Rothrock&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt;, and 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The complete listing will be published in the 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal: 



The International Who s Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers,&lt;/em&gt; as well as the 



2013 edition of &lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal: The International Who s Who of Business 



Lawyers,&lt;/em&gt; which covers 31 practice areas in more than 100 countries.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In addition to the Product Liability recognitions, several other SHB attorneys have 



been honored in the following practice areas: 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental), 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=406"&gt;Sarah Croft&lt;/a&gt; (Life Sciences), 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; (Life Sciences, Commercial 



Litigation), 

Gary Long (Life Sciences), 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; (Employment), 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt; (Commercial Litigation), 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt; (Life Sciences), 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; (Life Sciences), and 

&lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt; (Patents).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view &lt;em&gt;Who s Who Legal s&lt;/em&gt; complete profile of SHB, please 



click &lt;a href="http://www.whoswholegal.com/firms/1351/shook-hardy-bacon-llp/wwl100/" 



target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1331</link>

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      <title>SHB Named Product Liability Defense Firm of the Year</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=588"&gt;Scott Kaiser&lt;/a&gt; was recently selected to join Kansas City Tomorrow, a Civic Council of Greater Kansas City program  committed to developing an expanded business leadership cadre that is capable of addressing and solving challenges facing the greater Kansas City region. &lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;After a  highly-selective recruiting process,  Kaiser was selected to join Kansas City Tomorrow s exclusive class of candidates for a nine-month program  broadly based on the Civic Council s current priorities for business leadership. &lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;To learn more about Kansas City Tomorrow, please click &lt;a href="http://www.kctaa.org/s/647/index.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Kaiser Selected for KC Civic Engagement Program</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Florida Trend&lt;/em&gt; magazine recently recognized SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=249"&gt;Dave Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=44"&gt;Dan Molony&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=160"&gt;Jim Murphy&lt;/a&gt; in the 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;Florida Legal Elite,&lt;/em&gt; an annual listing that identifies the top 2 percent of attorneys in the state.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;The selection process for &lt;em&gt;Florida Legal Elite&lt;/em&gt; begins with peer balloting by Florida attorneys and includes a review by a panel of previous &lt;em&gt;Legal Elite&lt;/em&gt; winners currently active in a range of practice areas across the state.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the Florida Legal Elite, please click &lt;a href="http://www.floridatrend.com/law_elite.asp" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1328</link>

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      <title>Florida Trend Magazine Recognizes Four SHB Partners</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1110"&gt;Sean Wajert&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article on the failure of a duty-to-warn claim in a case involving a caffeinated alcoholic beverage and a fatal motorcycle accident.  Titled  No Duty to Warn for  Nonconventional  Alcohol Beverages,  the article appeared in the June 27, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt;.  Wajert discusses the court s dismissal of such claims in &lt;em&gt;Cook v. MillerCoors LLC,&lt;/em&gt; and explains why  the court was reluctant to make an exception to the rule  that  the dangers inherent in alcohol consumption are well-known to the public.   With  hundreds of alcohol-containing products that are not  conventional  in one way or another, by taste, ingredients, color, manufacturing process, advertising . . . To shift responsibility from the person who over-consumes one of these and then drives impaired is to send the absolutely wrong policy message.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/NoDutyToWarnForNonconventionalAlcoholBeverages.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Wajert Published in Law360 on Legal Duties for Makers of Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Fulbright Academy of Science &amp; Technology (FAST) recently selected SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Tom Moga&lt;/a&gt; to serve on its board of directors. Established by alumni of the Fulbright Exchange Program, FAST is an independent organization that seeks to foster collaboration between Fulbright scholars and their institutions in science, technology and business. In 1997, Moga was a Fulbright scholar in China where he taught patent law at Jilin University and acted as a foreign advisor to China s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO). &lt;span class="view"&gt;To learn more about FAST, please click &lt;a href="http://www.fulbrightacademy.org/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Moga Joins Fulbright Academy Board of Directors</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon announced today that &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1109"&gt;William A. Yoder&lt;/a&gt; has rejoined the firm s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Global Product Liability Practice. &lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;Yoder rejoins the firm after serving as Assistant General Counsel for Altria Client Services Inc., where he managed and developed defense strategies for litigation filed against the company in federal and state courts across the country. Before joining Altria Client Services in 2007, Yoder was a partner in Shook s product liability practice group.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt; We are pleased to welcome William back to the firm s Global Product Liability Practice,  SHB Chair John Murphy said.  William left our firm as an experienced trial lawyer, and he returns with an equally valuable understanding of how law firms can improve the support they provide to in-house legal teams as they execute on strategies that meet their legal and business needs.  &lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;Yoder s litigation experience includes the successful defense of diverse claims ranging from negligence, fraud, design defect, conspiracy, professional malpractice, and strict liability to tortious interference, unfair trade practices and construction-related design/delay allegations. He has handled a wide array of complex civil disputes in various venues, including contract disputes involving architect/engineering firms with projects throughout the world.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;Yoder received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996, where he served as senior editor of the &lt;em&gt;Journal of Law &amp; Politics&lt;/em&gt;, and his bachelor s degree from the University of Kansas. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Kansas and Missouri.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Former Altria Counsel Rejoins SHB Global Product Liability Practice</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) has recognized Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon and Tyco International as inaugural ACC Value Champions for  effectively driving value by cutting spending, improving predictability and achieving better legal outcomes.  &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;As a component of the ACC s Value Challenge, the global bar association identified five law departments and seven law department/law firm collaborations that  delivered substantial value to their clients.  The honorees were selected  not only because of their significant results, but for their examples of interesting innovations or practices that could easily be replicated by others,  said Jeffrey Carr, member of the ACC Value Champions selection committee and senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of FMC Technologies. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The Tyco and SHB partnership was praised for its  radical convergence model that continues to expand and deliver results,  the ACC announced.  Tyco/SHB have cut product liability cases in half, new case filings by 65 percent, and case cycle time by 40 percent since 2004.  &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;  These law departments and law firms have developed and implemented initiatives to deliver bottom-line results for their clients,  explained ACC President and CEO Veta Richardson.  By demonstrating creative lawyering and good old fashioned business sense, these ACC Value Champions not only controlled legal spend, but they also improved legal outcomes for their clients.  &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In addition to the Tyco/SHB partnership, the ACC recognized SHB clients GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer as Value Champions for their value-focused legal management skills. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;  As a law firm committed to the Value Challenge, we commend the ACC for its leadership in encouraging our industry to be diligent about developing solutions that enhance value for clients,  SHB Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt; said.  SHB also congratulates all honorees for their successful leadership in transforming the way in-house law departments and law firms collaborate in pursuing value. Tyco, GSK and Pfizer have shown our law firm how we can better meet the needs of our clients, and we appreciate the opportunity to serve them.  &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The ACC praised GSK for its progress with value-based fees and  efficient use of technology to dynamically select outside counsel,  and the Pfizer Legal Alliance was honored for its  commitment to continuous improvement   as evidenced by recent innovations supporting teamwork and bench development.  &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To learn more about SHB s commitment to value, please click &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/value" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. To learn more about the ACC s Value Champion award, please click  &lt;a href="http://www.acc.com/aboutacc/newsroom/pressreleases/acc-value-champions-announced.cfm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the ACC profile on the Tyco/SHB model, please click &lt;a href="http://www.acc.com/valuechallenge/valuechamps/2012champ_profile78.cfm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>ACC Recognizes Tyco/SHB Partnership as  Value Champion </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Human Resource Executive (HRE)&lt;/em&gt; magazine and Lawdragon recently recognized SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1006"&gt;Ethel Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=579"&gt;Kristen Page&lt;/a&gt; in the fifth edition of the  Nation s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Published in the June 16, 2012, edition of &lt;em&gt;HRE&lt;/em&gt;, the listing is produced by a Lawdragon research staff and recognizes  employment lawyers nationwide for their excellence in guiding employers through today s ever-intensifying legal landscape. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Lawdragon s research process included formal nominations, interviews with in-house counsel, and  rigorous vetting  by an independent advisory board. The attorneys selected for the final listing are recommended to corporate counsel as  the best, most powerful lawyers who are poised to help them resolve difficult employment situations and keep them in compliance with the country s increasingly complicated and changing workplace-related laws and regulations. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the  Nation s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys,  please click &lt;a href="http://www.humanresourceexecutive-digital.com/humanresourceexecutive/20120616/?pg=27&amp;pm=2&amp;u1=friend#pg15" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Three SHB Partners Honored as  Nation s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ingram s&lt;/em&gt; magazine has selected SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1051"&gt;Justin Smith&lt;/a&gt; as one of Kansas City s  20 in Their Twenties,  a listing of young professionals who  bring entrepreneurial skills to their jobs. &lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;The June 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;Ingram s&lt;/em&gt; profiled the early successes of Smith s career, which has included trial support and preparation for environmental and toxic tort litigation, the negotiation of consent decrees with federal and state regulators, and graduating second in his class at the University of Missouri School of Law. Smith has also authored multiple articles published by legal journals and directories, and served as campaign manager for winning candidates in a school board and mayoral race.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the  20 in Their Twenties  roster, please click &lt;a href="http://ingramsonline.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Smith Selected for Ingram s  20 In Their Twenties </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thomson Reuters has recognized eight SHB attorneys in &lt;em&gt;Florida Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; 2012 following a  rigorous, multiphase rating process  that identifies the top 5 percent of lawyers in the state. In addition, four SHB attorneys were named  Rising Stars. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB attorneys named to &lt;em&gt;Florida Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; and the categories in which they were recognized include: &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Environmental Litigation); &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=998"&gt;Bill Gillen&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=44"&gt;Dan Molony&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=160"&gt;Jim Murphy&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=227"&gt;Paul Reid&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB s Florida  Rising Stars  include: &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=493"&gt;Frank Cruz-Alvarez&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=756"&gt;Hassia Diolombi&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: General); &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense, Technology/Outsourcing); and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=758"&gt;Jennifer Voss&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Candidates for &lt;em&gt;Florida Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; are identified through peer-recognition ballots, as well as by an independent research staff. Nominees are then graded on a point scale that considers 12 indicators of professional achievement, including experience, representative clients, verdicts and settlements, honors and awards, and pro bono and community service.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) has recognized Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon as one of only four firms in the nation to meet all six criteria for its 2012 Gold Standard Certification, an industry measure of the progress law firms are making with integrating women into leadership positions.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Shook, Hardy made the exclusive list of firms meeting all the requirements two years in a row,  Bloomberg noted in its coverage of WILEF s announcement that 50 U.S. firms have received its 2012 certification for satisfying at least three of its six standards of measurement. WILEF certification requires that women equity partners in firms with more than 100 practicing attorneys in the United States satisfy at least three of the following criteria: 20 percent of equity partners, 10 percent of firm chairs and managing partners (firm-wide, U.S. or North American regional and U.S. branch offices), 20 percent of the firm s primary governance committee, 20 percent of the firm s compensation committee or its equivalent, 25 percent of the firm s practice leaders and/or department heads, and 10 percent of the top half of the most highly compensated partners in the firm.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The certification is unique, in part, because  the determination by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum is made by measuring specific benchmarks of women s achievements that address money and power, rather than family-friendly policies or initiatives,  &lt;em&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/em&gt; reported.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;WILEF, which has been assisting women in law to assume leadership roles for the past six years, launched the certification initiative in 2011 to  set the bar for all law firms to help recognize and promote women,  by identifying and singling out  law firms whose support for women has led to real results at the highest levels of firm management, leadership and compensation. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; The reality is   the world is diverse. Juries are diverse, clients are diverse, customers are diverse,  SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; told &lt;em&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/em&gt;.  The most successful law firms need to be able to incorporate diverse perspectives in solving problems for clients, whether those problems are resolved in the courtroom, the board room or the marketplace. &lt;/p&gt;  



&lt;p&gt;SHB will be honored at the WILEF Gold Standard Awards Luncheon in September 2012 at The Yale Club in New York City.&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To read more about the award, please click &lt;a href="http://www.wilef.com/cert2.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Kansas Bar Convention honored SHB attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=66"&gt;Matt Keenan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=789"&gt;Joy Springfield&lt;/a&gt; at its June 15, 2012, Installation and Awards Dinner in Overland Park, Kansas. The Kansas Bar Association (KBA) awarded Springfield a Pro Bono Certificate of Appreciation, which recognizes Kansas attorneys who have voluntarily contributed a significant portion of time to providing legal services to the poor without charge.  Springfield worked with clients from Kansas Legal Services and the Volunteer Attorney Project, helping foster families adopt children who have experienced abuse, neglect or abandonment.&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;KBA also recognized Keenan with its Outstanding Service Award, an honor given to lawyers and judges for service to the legal profession that significantly advances  the administration of justice or the goals of the legal profession. Keenan has contributed a monthly column to the &lt;em&gt;Journal of the Kansas Bar Association&lt;/em&gt; for the past seven years and, in doing so, has profiled many Kansas lawyers who exemplify the finest qualities of the profession&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=806"&gt;Alexandra Bach Lagos&lt;/a&gt; presented at the Cuban American Bar Association s (CABA s) annual Corporate Counsel Retreat on June 9, 2012, in Key West, Florida. Bach Lagos, who was the only outside counsel invited to speak at the three-day retreat, presented  Valuing Diversity and Valuing Litigation: How Can These Principles Co-exist?  and served on an expert panel with counsel and executives from NBC Universal, Del Monte Fresh Produce Co., and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To learn more about the CABA, please click &lt;a href="http://www.cabaonline.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner Sean Wajert has commented on a proposed rule that would allow first responders and certain other victims with many types of cancer to be compensated for their health-care costs from the Sept. 11 Victims  Compensation Fund in a &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; article appearing on June 11, 2012.  If coverage is expanded to benefit these individuals, critics contend that the fund could run out of money or its extension beyond the current 2016 expiration date could be jeopardized.  Wajert noted that federal officials have admitted the evidence is not sufficient to definitively link exposure to dust from the World Trade Center collapse to cancer.  He also observed, with respect to the potential for those without cancer to resent use of the fund for more speculative claims,  Any time you have a limited fund, you have at least the potential for conflicts.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/911CancerCoverageRuleCouldImperilFundsLongevity.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Wajert Provides Commentary for Law360 on Expanded 9/11 Victims  Compensation Fund Coverage</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp;amp; Bacon s product liability, environmental, general commercial litigation, intellectual property, and labor and employment practices have been singled out for recognition in the 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;Chambers USA: America s Leading Lawyers for Business&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;SHB s product liability practice was again ranked in the top tier (Band One) of all firms nationwide, and was one of only two practices nationwide that Chambers recommended for both client service and commercial awareness. SHB s commercial litigation and environmental practices each earned Band One rankings in Kansas City and Band Three rankings in Florida, while the firm s labor and employment practice earned a Band One ranking in Kansas City.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;This year s edition of &lt;i&gt;Chambers USA&lt;/i&gt; features a new intellectual property section for the state of Missouri. SHB received a Band One ranking, with &lt;i&gt;Chambers&lt;/i&gt; noting that the firm s  national IP practice is a front runner in this space, and provides a full range of IP services  to Microsoft, Sony, Coca-Cola, and Nike.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chambers&lt;/em&gt; also recognized 23 SHB partners, including &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=797"&gt;Tom Grever&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=590"&gt;Carrie McAtee&lt;/a&gt;, 

John McNally, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=166"&gt;Todd Ruskamp&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=228"&gt;Hildy Sastre&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=335"&gt;Gene Voigts&lt;/a&gt;, Sean Wajert, and &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The legal guide includes feedback from many firm clients, one of whom noted that SHB ranks  highest in terms of client service out of any firm I ve come across; they are so responsive, they take the burden of the litigation.  Additional sources highlighted the firm s  robust team of trial lawyers,  noting that SHB attorneys are  easy to work with, practical and creative. They have a superb approach and are practical about how it affects the client s business. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view &lt;em&gt;Chambers USA s&lt;/em&gt; full report on SHB s rankings, please click &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA/Firms/3585-71032"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; has published an article in the June 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; titled  Product recall:  how well have you prepared.  Among other matters, Newstead recommends that product manufacturers review their recall policies and plans, establish an incident management team, train personnel, ensure that supply chain contracts adequately address recall risks, and assess the adequacy of their product traceability systems.  She concludes  Once a recall is underway, speed is of the essence.  In such a dynamic environment with many players, the potential for chaos is huge, but risks can be minimised with a robust and effective recall plan, and forward planning.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Productrecallhowwellhaveyouprepared.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=406"&gt;Sarah Croft&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article in the May 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; about new nanotechnology applications and their potential product liability risks. Outlining the current framework used by the European Union and its member states to regulate commercial products, Croft argues that these mechanisms often fail to address  the differences between the properties of nanomaterials and those of materials on the macroscale.  In particular, she notes that these differences could give rise to claims based on anti-fraud legislation or those seeking medical monitoring for a potential future risk.  While the science of possible health effects is still in its early days, in-house counsel should bear in mind that, particularly in some jurisdictions, there is the potential for claims where no personal injury has occurred,  writes Croft.  The science of nanotechnology presents many exciting possibilities but it should firmly on the radar of in-house counsel in terms of ongoing risk assessments.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Productliabilityandnanotechnology.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; has written an opinion piece appearing in the June 3, 2012, edition of &lt;em&gt;The Philadelphia Inquirer&lt;/em&gt;, to suggest that Pennsylvania adopt additional reforms  to address Philadelphia s reputation as a magnet for lawsuits.   According to court statistics, 47 percent of new mass tort actions filed in Philadelphia s Complex Litigation Center in 2011 were from out of state.  Characterizing this trend as  unnatural,  Behrens recommends the adoption of venue reforms to  refocus litigation on the commonwealth s citizens and relieve them of the burden of serving on juries in cases that belong elsewhere.   He reports that reforms adopted for medical malpractice cases have more evenly dispersed such litigation throughout Pennsylvania, demonstrating the value of venue reform.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the op-ed, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/PasModelforCommonsenseTortReform.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; discussed ways to ensure compliance with U.S. employment and labor laws during a June 4, 2012, seminar in New York for a trade delegation of Chinese industry and government officials interested in investing and conducting business in the United States. The event was presented by the ABA Tort Trial &amp; Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) and co-sponsored by the TIPS International Law Committee, ABA Rule of Law Initiative, Asia Council and Advisory Board, and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. &lt;span class="view"&gt;For more information about the program, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ABAChinaCouncilEvent.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel&lt;/em&gt; recently featured SHB Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt; in an interview detailing how the firm has leveraged its Midwestern roots to become the  world s largest litigation boutique.  In  Expertise and Value: Firm s Core Principles Enable Winning Results,  Murphy discusses SHB s efforts to sustain a business model that provides clients with the highest level of legal expertise at the greatest possible value.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Our aim is to offer clients more than just favorable trial results. The legal industry has evolved to the point where winning at trial isn t enough anymore,  Murphy said.  Shook is positioning itself as a leader in delivering excellent client service and value to clients long before a case ever makes it to the courtroom. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Murphy also discussed SHB s ongoing commitment to nurturing a diverse workplace environment  where all of our employees feel respected and appreciated and enjoy fulfillment in making meaningful contributions to our culture. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To read the interview, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ExpertiseandValue.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The University of Cincinnati College of Law has established the Victor E. Schwartz Chair in Tort Law to honor SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt;, who served as a professor and the dean of the law school until becoming chair of SHB s Public Policy Practice in 2001.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Victor was a powerful presence at the College, revered for his passion for teaching, for legal scholarship, and for the well-being of his students,  said Louis Bilionis, dean and professor at the College of Law.  It is only fitting that we establish a chair in his name that recognizes faculty excellence in the field of torts.  The university hopes to raise $2 million for the endowed faculty position; Schwartz was joined by colleagues and former law students as initial contributors to the endowment.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Among many other distinguished accomplishments, Schwartz is co-author of the most widely used torts casebook in the nation, &lt;em&gt;Prosser, Wade and Schwartz s Torts&lt;/em&gt; (12th ed. 2010). He has authored more than 150 law review articles and the textbook &lt;em&gt;Comparative Negligence&lt;/em&gt; (5th ed. 2010).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To learn more about the Victor E. Schwartz Chair in Tort Law, please click &lt;a href="http://law.uc.edu/news/victor-e-schwartz-chair" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt; served as faculty in a June 5, 2012, program titled  Key Product Liability Issues in 2012-2013: A Synthesis of the Academic Cathedral and the Practical  at the 2012 Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies in Naples.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Attended by many of the state s trial court and appellate judges, the course provided an overview of such issues as  punitive damages (including law and economic considerations), use of experts, discovery problems, and jury selection,  as well as emerging topics in product liability litigation. Schwartz also discussed current trends in tort law.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The South Florida Office of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation s (CFF s) Florida Chapter will recognize SHB attorney &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=806"&gt;Alexandra Bach Lagos&lt;/a&gt; at a November 3, 2012, fundraiser honoring  40 Under 40 Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County.  Bach Lagos was chosen for recognition by a 13-member committee that selected honorees based on their  demonstrated excellence in the legal field and contributions to the community. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The gala is expected to be attended by  leading members of the Florida Bar, the judiciary, and local community leaders,  and will include dinner, an awards presentation, and live and silent auctions benefiting CFF.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To learn more about the event and CFF, please click &lt;a href="http://www.cff.org/Chapters/ftlauderdale/index.cfm?ID=21828&amp;blnShowBack=True&amp;idContentType=1302&amp;Event=21828" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; will lead a panel discussion at the American Conference Institute s 15th National Forum on Wage &amp; Hour Claims and Class Actions slated for May 31-June 1, 2012, in New York, New York. Martucci s panel will address certification in the wake of &lt;i&gt;Wal-Mart v. Dukes&lt;/i&gt;, including (i) the applicability of &lt;i&gt;Dukes&lt;/i&gt; to wage and hour cases; (ii) how lower courts are applying &lt;i&gt;Dukes&lt;/i&gt; to wage and hour class actions; (iii) the evolving standards of certification in FSLA collective actions; and (iv) best practices for using &lt;i&gt;Dukes&lt;/i&gt; to clients  advantage in the wage and hour context.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the event agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/newsevents/2012/ACIWageandHourClaims2012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Martucci to Lead Discussion on Post-Dukes Class Action Litigation at May 31-June 1 ACI National Wage Hour Forum in New York</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Litigation Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=958"&gt;Jennifer Stonecipher Hill&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored a chapter in the 2012 annual &lt;a href="http://www.fdli.org/products-services/~/resources/resources-order-box-detail-view/top-20-food-and-drug-cases-2011-cases-to-watch-2012"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Top 20 Cases&lt;/em&gt; book&lt;/a&gt; published by the Food &amp; Drug Law Institute (FDLI).  The book features analysis and discussion of the most important food and drug cases of 2011 and cases to watch in 2012.  With Food and Drug Administration Consumer Safety Officer Rikin Mehta, McDonough and Stonecipher Hill discuss the Seventh Circuit s decision in &lt;em&gt;Walton v. Bayer Corp.&lt;/em&gt;  At issue was the propriety of removal to federal court based on the fraudulent joinder doctrine. According to the authors, the decision was significant because it  clari­fies how district courts can evaluate claims of fraudulent joinder when allegations against pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers are joined in suit.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read their book chapter, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Top20FoodandDrugCases2012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>McDonough &amp; Stonecipher Hill Author FDLI Book Chapter</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; has authored a white paper published in May 2012 by the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.  Titled  Philadelphia Tort Litigation:  Forum Shopping and Venue Reform,  the white paper explores how the Philadelphia courts became a  magnet  for plaintiffs who evidently believed that the state s venue rules gave them a litigation advantage.  Noting how medical malpractice reforms adopted by the state legislature significantly reduced the number of such claims brought in Pennsylvania, Behrens suggests that venue reforms adopted by lawmakers or court rule could go a long way toward  refocusing Pennsylvania litigation on Pennsylvania citizens and helping ensure that claims are heard in the county with the most logical connection to the case.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the white paper, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/PhiladelphiaTortLitigation.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB IP attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=900"&gt;Elena McFarland&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article appearing in the June 1, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Corporate Counsel&lt;/em&gt;.   It s (Not) Only Natural  discusses the U.S. Supreme Court s &lt;em&gt;Mayo v. Prometheus&lt;/em&gt; decision and a subsequent USPTO memorandum to patent examiners about continued use of existing guidance on patentable subject matter.  They provide practical tips for practitioners concerned about the patent eligibility of claims involving diagnostic activity. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ItsNotOnlyNatural.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=441"&gt;John Sherk&lt;/a&gt; will serve as a panelist at Perrin Conferences  National Complex Litigation Conference: A Symposium on Current &amp; Emerging Issues slated for June 27, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. Titled  Class Actions, New Risks and New Defenses,  the panel will discuss recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and other product liability, consumer fraud and employment cases. It will also consider the role of experts at the class certification stage as well as the risks and benefits of class action litigation as an effective means to resolve conflict. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="https://www.perrinconferences.com/html/upcoming_events-complex_liability_2012.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=474"&gt;Kevin Underhill&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=843"&gt;Erin Sparkuhl&lt;/a&gt;, and Christine Edwards have co-authored an article in the May 16, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Mealey s Litigation Report: Asbestos.&lt;/em&gt;  Titled  Asbestos Litigation  Magnet  Courts Alter Procedures:  More Changes on the Horizon,  the article provides an overview of reforms adopted or pending in several states  courts where procedures once deemed attractive to asbestos plaintiffs have in some instances been rebalanced  to better recognize the practical realities of the litigation today.   The reforms include changes to calendaring procedures, the coordination of all asbestos matters before a single judge and a requirement that asbestos damage awards be offset by amounts plaintiffs receive under asbestos bankruptcy trusts.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/AsbestosLitigationMagnetCourts.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB San Francisco Associate  &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1061"&gt;Ashley Cornwall&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article about an evolving preservation obligation on the part of corporations vis-à-vis outside contractors in the May 8, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360.&lt;/em&gt;  Titled  Extending Preservation Obligations of 3rd Parties,  the article discusses the recent ruling of a federal magistrate in the southern district of New York addressing a motion for sanctions arising during discovery in a contract dispute.  According to Cornwall, the magistrate found that the data of an outside contractor, hired by a corporation s retained counsel, while not within the corporation s legal control was within its  practical control  for preservation purposes.  The magistrate did not ultimately sanction the corporation, finding no prejudice to the opposing party, but Cornwall cautions,  This means that corporations may be responsible for the preservation of data maintained by a third-party consultant that they did not directly retain.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ExtendingPreservationObligationsOf3rdParties.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Miami Associate 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=806"&gt;Alexandra Bach Lagos&lt;/a&gt; was recently featured in a Miami Herald article profiling the challenges and successes of retaining full-time female employees who become first-time mothers.&lt;/p.



&lt;p&gt;Bach Lagos discussed her experience of balancing emerging professional and family responsibilities after the birth of her son, Nicholas, and recalled a recent stretch of depositions that required late nights and long travel.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;  What keeps me going is having a supportive work environment,  says Lagos, explaining that her partners offered to send someone else to conduct the depositions.  I said, no, I m fine. I want that opportunity and I m going to take it. But it s the fact that they care, and want to make it work that makes a difference.  &lt;/p&gt;





&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/MomsBackontheJob.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The University of Kansas School of Law presented SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; with a James Woods Green Medallion during a May 5, 2012, ceremony honoring distinguished alumni. Named for the law school s first dean, the medallion recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the school since graduation. In addition to Woodbury, the 2012 honorees included former SHB attorneys Kelley Sears and Shannon Spangler. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read more about the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.news.ku.edu/2012/may/4/lawalumni.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Woodbury receives James Woods Green Medallion at the University 

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/a&gt; will receive the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association s (KCMBA s) Baron of the Boardroom Award during the organization s annual Bench-Bar &amp; Boardroom Conference on May 11, 2012. The award recognizes distinguished careers in corporate law in the Kansas City legal community.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;One of just eight women among the 223 graduates of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 1974, Satterlee has devoted her career to environmental law in the public and private sectors for more than 35 years. She has also dedicated countless hours of community service on behalf of and for the advancement of women. Among other things, she was the second woman named to the Legal Aid of Western Missouri Board of Trustees, helped establish The Central Exchange and has been active in the Women s Public Service Network.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view a tribute to Satterlee authored by her SHB colleague Tom Grever, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Satterlee_KCCounselor.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; has provided commentary on H.R. 4369, the  Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency Act of 2012,  for an article appearing in the April 30, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Business Insurance&lt;/em&gt;, a publication of  Crain Communications, Inc.  The bill, by requiring asbestos trusts to make quarterly reports about claims and other activities to bankruptcy courts, would, according to Behrens,  help ferret out fraud in asbestos litigation by giving defendants a tool to verify that claimants are providing reliable and consistent exposure history information on bankruptcy trust claim forms and in civil litigation,  against solvent defendants.  Citing a need for greater transparency between asbestos trusts and the tort system, Behrens characterized the bill as modest and targeted.  Some 60 trusts with more than $36 billion in assets have been created from the bankruptcies of asbestos defendants to pay the claims of those allegedly injured by asbestos exposure.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=66"&gt;Matt Keenan&lt;/a&gt; will present a June 15, 2012, CLE panel on the current state of  Civility and Professionalism  at the annual Kansas Bar Convention in Overland Park. Scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and approved for one hour of ethics credit, the panel is composed entirely of military veterans, including two attorneys who served the country in WWII, one who served in Korea, and another who had distinguished service in Vietnam. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="https://m360.ksbar.org/event.aspx?eventID=47068&amp;instance=0" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Six SHB attorneys were recently recognized as 2011 inductees into The Missouri Bar s Pro Bono Wall of Fame, an honor reserved for lawyers who show  an exceptional commitment to the historic principle of pro bono service. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Inductees &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1029"&gt;Brittany Boswell&lt;/a&gt;, Willie Epps, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=845"&gt;Amanda Robinson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1037"&gt;Megan Roth&lt;/a&gt; and Claire Terrebonne were congratulated by Lynn Whaley Vogel, president of The Missouri Bar, in a letter thanking them for  serving as an example of professionalism to fellow lawyers and the public.   They will soon be featured in The Missouri Bar s weekly electronic publication, &lt;em&gt;ESQ&lt;/em&gt;, as well as &lt;em&gt;Precedent&lt;/em&gt; magazine.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;MultiCultural Law&lt;/em&gt; magazine has ranked Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon 78th in its 2012  Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity.  The firm also ranked 29nd in the magazine s  Top 100 Law Firms for Women  and 18th in the  Top 50 Law Firms for Partners. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The  Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity  listing ranks the nation s top firms for excellence in ensuring diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. &lt;em&gt;MultiCultural Law&lt;/em&gt; distributes surveys to law firms across the nation to compile its diversity statistics.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; has been selected as one of this year s 35 best law firm writers who will be recognized during a June 11, 2012, Burton Awards for Legal Achievement ceremony at the Library of Congress.  Chosen from entries submitted by the 1,000 largest law firms in the United States, Barkett received the distinguished legal writing honor for his article  &lt;em&gt;Skinner, Matrixx,&lt;/em&gt; Souter, and Posner:  &lt;em&gt;Twombly&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Iqbal&lt;/em&gt; Revisited,  which was published in the fall 2011 issue of &lt;em&gt;The Sedona Conference Journal&lt;/em&gt;.  The selection panel for the Burton Awards, now in its 13th year, included academics from Harvard Law School, the University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of California Law School at Irvine, as well as a retired California judge and the former chair of the White House Plain Language Committee.   The guest of honor and featured speaker for this year s black-tie gala will be U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens (retired).&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Division Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; will join the distinguished faculty of Georgetown University s O Neill Institute Summer Program on Global Health Law and Governance scheduled for June 18-22, 2012, in Washington, D.C.  Intended for global health practitioners, policymakers and advocates, the program will provide a foundation in global health law and governance, covering topics such as (i) international health and trade, (ii) the World Health Organization s International Health Regulations, (iii) health and human rights, and (iv) non-communicable diseases. McDonough will participate in a roundtable discussion titled  Roundtable on Actors and Institutions in Contemporary Global Health Governance.  

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;William Sampson&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=972"&gt;Guled Adam&lt;/a&gt; will speak during the National Business Institute s (NBI s)  Believe It or Not Business Lawsuit  CLE seminar on June 22, 2012, in Overland Park, Kansas.  They will serve on a product liability panel that will consider case studies involving (i) contaminated alcohol wipes and (ii) &lt;em&gt;Salmonella, E. coli&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Listeria.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To learn more about this seminar, please click &lt;a href="http://www.nbi-sems.com/SemTeleDetails.aspx/Believe-It-or-Not-Business-Lawsuits/Live-Seminar/R-59541ER%7C?NavigationDataSource1=Rpp:25,Nrc:id-3-dynrank-disabled,Nra:pEventDate%2bpEventStartTime%2bStates%2bCredits%2bScope+of+Content%2bpLocationCity%2bpDescription%2bpProductId%2bpProductDescription%2bProductCode+(HIDDEN)%2bpAdditionalFormats%2bDivision,N:303-46" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB San Francisco Managing Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=487"&gt;Tammy Webb&lt;/a&gt; will join the distinguished faculty of the 14th Annual Sedona Conference® on Complex Litigation Class Actions slated for May 3-4, 2012, in Del Mar, California. In addition to addressing the Class Action Fairness Act and other developments affecting class action practice, faculty panelists will discuss, among other topics, the management of class actions in a multidistrict litigation environment; the level and types of proof required for class certification; and indirect purchaser and unfair practice claims under state law. The conference will also include sessions on the coordination of U.S. and Canadian class actions as well as the challenges facing court appointed counsel. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To learn more about the event, please click &lt;a href="https://thesedonaconference.org/conference/2012/14th-annual-sedona-conference%C2%AE-complex-litigation-class-actions" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;William Martucci&lt;/a&gt; will join the Missouri Bar (MoBar)  Annual Update of the Law  faculty in Kansas City on May 24, 2012.  Speaking on  Employment Law,  Martucci will provide a review and analysis of key employment law developments over the past year. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the CLE conference brochure, please click &lt;a href="http://members.mobar.org/cle-web/cle-programs/PROGRAM%20CATALOG%20PAGES/Annual_Law_Live_Seminar.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Government Enforcement &amp; Compliance Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=159"&gt;Robert McCully&lt;/a&gt; will serve as moderator of a panel discussion during AdvaMed s  2012 International Medical Device Industry Compliance Conference,  scheduled for May 9-11, 2012, in Stockholm, Sweden. McCully s panel involves product distributors who will be discussing the latest compliance issues. Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is a conference co-sponsor. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.advamed.org/MemberPortal/About/code/2012+International+Medical+Device+Industry+Compliance+Conference.htm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1041"&gt;Patrick Fanning&lt;/a&gt; will present during two sessions of a National Business Institute (NBI) CLE seminar titled  Advanced Trial Tactics  that will be held June 28, 2012, in Overland Park, Kansas.  Fanning will present on  Summations and Jury Instructions  and will serve on a panel conducting a  Roundtable Discussion  that will focus on handling surprises at trial and sharing lessons learned.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To learn more about this CLE seminar, please click &lt;a href="http://www.nbi-sems.com/SemTeleDetails.aspx/Advanced-Trial-Tactics/Live-Seminar/R-58935ER%7C?NavigationDataSource1=Rpp:25,Nrc:id-3-dynrank-disabled,Nra:pEventDate%2bpEventStartTime%2bStates%2bCredits%2bScope+of+Content%2bpLocationCity%2bpDescription%2bpProductId%2bpProductDescription%2bProductCode+(HIDDEN)%2bpAdditionalFormats%2bDivision,N:303-46" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Judy O'Grady&lt;/a&gt; served as a breakout session moderator during the Food &amp; Drug Law Institute s (FDLI s) Annual Conference, April 24-25, 2012, in Washington, D.C.  This session, the  FDA Center Directors Roundtable,  featured representatives from each of the Food and Drug Administration s (FDA s) six product centers discussing  the three most important developments from the last year and their three most important goals in 2012.   O'Grady s panel focused on Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) issues and included CDER Deputy Director Douglas Throckmorton and a Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. representative.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;For more on the annual conference, please click &lt;a href="http://www.fdli.org/conf/annual/12/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="attorney_detail.aspx?id=92"&gt;Lori McGroder&lt;/a&gt; has been quoted in an April 24, 2012, &lt;em&gt;Law360 article&lt;/em&gt; about the Food and Drug Administration s (FDA s) recently released draft guidance documents on the safety of nanotechnology used in food, food contact materials and cosmetic products.  While the agency has chosen not to issue any new policy directives on the matter, it does address the types of issues manufacturers should take into account when conducting safety assessments of nanomaterials, which are those substances manipulated on an atomic and molecular scale.  According to McGroder,  From a litigation perspective, these assessments seem to impose a lot of new burdens without the benefit of protection.   She also noted, regarding an FDA recommendation that companies consult with agency personnel about the tests to use and data to collect to substantiate safety,  A cosmetics manufacturer should go talk to the FDA if they really have a concern, but from a litigation perspective, other than being in a position to say in a lawsuit,  Well, we talked to the FDA,  no real protection is given to the manufacturer to informally consult with the FDA.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/FDAsNanotechSafetyRules.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=817"&gt;Jason Zager&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  Defending Claims Premised on the Design Hierarchy  in the April 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;For The Defense magazine&lt;/em&gt;.  Noting how plaintiffs rely on the  design hierarchy,  a three-step process used in product development to reduce the potential for a product to cause injury, as a basis for product-defect allegations, Zager provides practical suggestions for defense counsel to effectively counter the theory.  According to Zager, the theory is popular because it  is easy for jurors to grasp and allows a plaintiff s attorney to simplify complex technical issues, sometimes inappropriately so.   He advises that defendants embrace the theory by having company witnesses address the product s development in depth and explain how it complies with the design hierarchy.  He also recommends attacking alternative designs, focusing a jury on a minimal complaint rate or lack of other injuries under similar circumstances and highlighting any improper use of the product by the plaintiff.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/DefendingClaimsPremisedontheDesignHierarchy.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; will serve on the faculty of Pincus Professional Education s June 1, 2012, seminar titled  E-Discovery in 2012: What Attorneys Need to Know.  The seminar will discuss the current state of e-discovery law in California, early case assessment and rule 26(f) in federal court, modern search and review techniques, managing large projects, coordinating with in-house counsel, and ethical issues. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the Los Angeles, California, event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.pincusproed.com/view_seminar.php?id=2qcq" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=493"&gt;Frank Cruz-Alvare&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1065"&gt;Talia Zucker&lt;/a&gt; recently provided guest commentary for &lt;em&gt;The Legal Pulse,&lt;/em&gt; a blog published by The Washington Legal Foundation.  Titled  Kentucky s Use of Contigent-Fee Counsel in Vioxx Suit Questioned in Court,  the post discusses &lt;em&gt;Merck Sharp &amp; Dohme Corp. v. Conway,&lt;/em&gt; a suit filed by Merck against Kentucky s attorney general after he retained outside counsel under a contingency-fee agreement in litigation alleging that Merck violated the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Merck argued that the attorney general  delegated [his coercive powers] to private lawyers having a clear, direct and substantial stake in the outcome  of the litigation.  In two separate rulings, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky found that  the state s use of a contingency-fee agreement with outside counsel is constitutional provided that certain safeguards are in place  to ensure the state s retention of direct control over the litigation.  While the court denied Merck s motion for preliminary injunction, it also denied the state s motion to dismiss, allowing the action to proceed to discovery on whether contingency counsel usurped control of the Vioxx litigation.&lt;/p&gt;





&lt;p&gt;Cruz-Alvarez and Zucker opine that the  state s ability to use outside contingency-fee counsel is just another area of worry  for corporate defendants facing prosecution under consumer protection laws and conclude,  corporations should keep an eye on this case to see what discovery reveals and what the court actually deems sufficient to  invade the sphere of control  reserved for the state.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the article, please click &lt;a href="http://wlflegalpulse.com/2012/04/16/kentuckys-use-of-contingent-fee-counsel-in-vioxx-suit-questioned-in-court/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=67"&gt;Michael Koon&lt;/a&gt; will serve on a panel addressing  average wholesale price (AWP)  litigation during the American Conference Institute s 10th Anniversary  In-House Counsel Forum on Government Regulation of Prescription Drug Pricing.   Scheduled for June 27-28, 2012, in New York City, the CLE seminar features in-house counsel for major pharmaceutical corporations, government regulators, U.S. attorneys, and distinguished practitioners who will provide insights on  proposed reforms in pricing methodologies and new trends in pricing litigation.   Koon s session is titled  The Status, Evolution and Continued Significance of AWP Litigation.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To request the conference brochure, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanconference.com/2012/880/in-house-counsel-forum-on-government-regulation-of-prescription-drug-pricing" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=273"&gt;Paul Williams&lt;/a&gt; and Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=240"&gt;Sandra Stigall&lt;/a&gt; have published an article about the optimal handling of notice of loss and inspection letters in the April 17, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360.&lt;/em&gt;  Titled  6 Tips for Responding to Notices of Catastrophic Loss,  the article suggests that third-party diligence in addressing notices of catastrophic loss issued by injured parties and their insurers in the wake of losses caused by fire, explosion, flooding, or other catastrophe  can facilitate a more accurate assessment of the risk, avoid future litigation and set the stage for a successful defense if litigation ensues.   Among other matters, the authors recommend promptly marshalling relevant information from the noticing party, requesting complete details about proposed inspections or testing, conducting initial independent investigation and research, and avoiding spoliation and chain-of-custody issues.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/6TipsForRespondingToNoticesOfCatastrophicLoss.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=66"&gt;Matthew Keenan&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1058"&gt;Christopher Kaufman&lt;/a&gt;  have authored an article in the April 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;Defense Counsel Journal&lt;/em&gt; that addresses the efforts of health insurance carriers to recover losses in the aggregate directly from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. Titled  New Healthcare Lien Recovery Theories by Third-Party Payors: Strategies and Tactics for the Defense,  the article provides strategies for defending against aggregate recovery suits claiming that third-party payors (TPPs)  suffered a direct financial injury because they are the  purchasers  of fraudulently overpriced drugs  or  incurred  otherwise unnecessary  medical expenses due to allegedly defective medical devices. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Although federal courts have been reluctant to allow TPPs to proceed with a direct liability theory of aggregate recovery, prescription drug and medical device manufacturers remain susceptible to adverse dispositive motion ruling, class certification, and even multi-million dollar judgments,  notes the article, which suggests directing the courts  attention  early in the litigation  to the practical difficulties of establishing Article III standing, that is,  (1) injury in fact, (2) a causal relationship between the injury and the challenged conducts, and (3) redressability of the injury.   To this end, Keenan and Kaufman urge defense counsel to emphasize  the various considerations  that may influence the treating physicians  judgment  in selecting a particular course of treatment for each individual patient,  as doing so could also serve to challenge class certification after initial pleadings if necessary and minimize the potential scope of damages.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Drug and device manufacturers should therefore insist that TPPs be required to present evidence of their alleged injuries on an individualized, insured-by-insured basis,  the authors conclude.  If drug and device manufacturers are ultimately successful in their attempt to halt this form of aggregate recovery at the initial pleadings stages, TPPs will have no choice but to return to the conventional method of recovering liens on a case-by-case basis via subrogation.  &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=795"&gt;Tristan Duncan&lt;/a&gt; recently authored commentary titled  Balancing Power: Lawyers, Guns and Money  in the April 11, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;The National Law Journal&lt;/em&gt;.  Duncan places in context recent headlines relating to the Affordable Care Act s constitutionality that included federal judges ordering the Obama administration to explain its position on judicial review.  The court was apparently indignant over President Barack Obama s statement that the U.S. Supreme Court would be taking an  unprecedented, extraordinary step  if it overturns a health care law that was enacted by our duly elected representatives in Congress.  The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals then demanded in a related case that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder submit a statement clarifying the president s position on the role of courts in reviewing congressional acts.  This led Harvard University Law Professor Laurence Tribe to question in a CNN.com post the propriety of the court s request given that such oversight authority is well-settled under our system of checks and balances.  According to Duncan, though  the stakes were high, the words heated and emotions intense, no blood was shed,  which is a tribute to the  power of the pen,  a lesson that even inner-city youths in this country understand.  She observes that each of the players  demonstrated this country s highest ideals this week.  If it weren t so easily taken for granted, that give-and-take ought to take our breath away. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;P&gt;SHB Miami Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=806"&gt;Alexandra Bach Lagos&lt;/a&gt; has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the Judicial Nominating Procedures (JNP) Committee by Florida Bar President-Elect Gwynne Young.&lt;/P&gt;

   

&lt;P&gt;The JNP Committee assists Florida Governor Rick Scott and the state s Judicial Nominating Commissions by providing information about judicial selection and the judicial nominating process, including relevant legislation and suggested operating rules and procedures.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In an official letter of appointment, Young called Bach Lagos  work  critical to the success of our bar, and the administration of justice in Florida,  noting that the committee is part of the  backbone of our bar. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Public Policy Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; and  &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt; authored a February 2012 Washington Legal Foundation opinion letter that was recently featured in a &lt;em&gt;Forbes&lt;/em&gt; article titled  Wisconsin Federal Judge Reverses Himself on Superfund Liability.   The opinion letter urged the court to reconsider its December 2011 ruling imposing liability under CERCLA on two businesses arising from environmental damage at the Lower Fox River in Wisconsin.  That ruling had reversed the court s earlier decision rejecting liability.  On April 10, 2012, the court did an about face and returned to its initial ruling, thus dismissing SHB client Appleton Papers Inc. from the $700 million suit in a decision featured by &lt;em&gt;Law360.&lt;/em&gt;  In their opinion letter titled  Judge s Double-Take For Double Liability Spells Trouble For U.S. Businesses,  Schwartz and Goldberg suggested that the court was concerned about jeopardizing cleanup efforts in the absence of obligations imposed by federal law and observed in this regard,  American jurisprudence does not allow the ends to justify the means. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The SHB National Employment Litigation &amp; Policy Practice has issued an April 13, 2012, client alert discussing the California Supreme Court s long-awaited ruling on meal break and rest break actions. &lt;em&gt;Brinker Restaurant Corporation et al. v. Superior Court of San Diego County,&lt;/em&gt; decided April 12, 2012.  The alert provides an overview of the Court s decision and what it means for corporate employers with obligations under the California Labor Code and related wage orders. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the latest issue of &lt;em&gt;National Employment Perspective: Focus on Wage &amp; Hour&lt;/em&gt;, please click &lt;a href="newsletters/NEP/NEP041312.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Miami Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=806"&gt;Alexandra Bach Lagos,&lt;/a&gt; who serves as president of the Miami-Dade chapter of Florida Association for Women Lawyers, was recently featured in a &lt;em&gt;Daily Business Review&lt;/em&gt; article about the placement of women on state and federal judicial nominating commissions (JNCs).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Two state-level commissions in Florida have made strides toward including female members, Bach Lagos told the Daily Business Review, but only five of 21 seats on the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission in South Florida are held by women.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; As far as the state goes, [in] both the circuit and third district commissions, there has been a great deal of progress and women are more represented than they have been in the past,  she said.  But it doesn t seem like they are making that kind of progress on the federal JNC. &lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Koriambanya (Kori) Carew recently joined Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon as the firm s Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives.  In coordinating efforts related to SHB s primary diversity drivers of Excellence, Education, and Equity, Kori will work closely with the Executive, Diversity, Search, Professional Development, and Associates committees as well as the Women s Management Council and Mentoring Task Force.  Kori will be based in Kansas City but will work actively with the firm s nine offices.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Kori s commitment to diversity has been clearly demonstrated by her dedicated service to professional and community organizations. Her DRI experience includes serving as liaison to the Diversity Committee and marketing vice chair for the Women in the Law Committee. In Kansas City, she has served as an Executive Board Member and president of the Jackson County Bar Association (JCBA), and also managed a JCBA mentor program for diverse students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.  Kori is currently an active member of the JCBA Foundation, which has provided 33 diversity scholarships since 1998 to students attending the four area law schools. She has served as a mentor for the Missouri Bar program and to diverse law students at the University of Kansas, and has provided leadership as a member of the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City Board of Directors. Kori has also served with the American Bar Association s House of Delegates and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.  In 2007, she was the Vice Chair for the New Lawyers/Law Student Committee and sat on the Young Lawyers Section Board of Directors for the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, where she is currently a member of the Community Service, Public Service, and Diversity Committees. Her community involvement also includes board memberships with Newhouse Domestic Violence Shelter, Kansas City Alliance Against Human Trafficking, and Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance. She has spoken and moderated on diversity and inclusion issues nationally and locally.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;A graduate of Drake University Law School, Kori joins SHB after nearly eight years at Baker Sterchi Cowden &amp; Rice, where she was the relationship partner for a &lt;em&gt;Fortune&lt;/em&gt; 100 client and tried several multi-million dollar exposure cases. Her work on tort and products liability and labor and employment matters has led to recognition as a  Rising Star  by &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers&lt;/em&gt; since 2009, an  Up &amp; Coming Lawyer  by &lt;em&gt;Missouri Lawyers Weekly&lt;/em&gt; in 2011, and one of the  Best of the Bar  by the &lt;em&gt;Kansas City Business Journal&lt;/em&gt; in 2011.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1029"&gt;Brittany Boswell&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  NPEs Trolling the ITC,  published in the March 22, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360.&lt;/em&gt; She describes how companies that hold patents without any intention of practicing them (non-practicing entities, or NPEs) have created an industry as  patent trolls  by suing other companies, especially those with deep pockets, for infringement.  While such suits  have become a staple in district courts,  writes Boswell,  they are now trying to establish their existence on a new playing field the U.S. International Trade Commission [ITC].    Although remedies in ITC proceedings are limited to injunctions, Boswell contends that patent trolls find this attractive as  great settlement leverage.   She discusses how NPEs have adapted to ITC rules requiring that the existence of a domestic industry be proven as a threshold question to an infringement determination.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/NPEsTrollingTheITC.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Life Sciences &amp; Biotechnology Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt; was featured by &lt;em&gt;InsideCounsel&lt;/em&gt; magazine in an April 2012 article discussing the recent release of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance on the approval pathway for biosimilar drugs.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In  FDA releases biosimilar draft guidances: Documents are first step in expedited pathway for generic biotech drugs,  Garretson described the overall impact the guidance could have on the industry, noting, however, that  it raises more questions than it answers  with few specifics provided to enable practitioners or the industry  to discern any bright-line rules for how decisions are going to be made in particular instances.  According to Garretson, FDA has set a high standard for the demonstration of biosimilar interchangeability, but it remains unclear how much additional clinical data will be required.  Garretson also addressed draft guidance provisions allowing applicants to include testing data submitted to foreign regulatory agencies in their overall package.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In addition to &lt;em&gt;InsideCounsel, Law360, Genetic Engineering &amp; Biotechnology News,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Ingram s&lt;/em&gt; magazine recently turned to Garretson for his expertise on biosimilars and the latest industry developments.&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity has named SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=756"&gt;Hassia Diolombi&lt;/a&gt; a 2012 Fellow.  The LCLD Fellows Program  brings together high-caliber Fellows and top leaders in the legal industry for professional development and networking opportunities that focus on relationship-building and leadership.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;For more information about the LCLD, please click &lt;a href="http://www.lcldnet.org/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; has been appointed to serve on the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The Judicial Conference of the United States serves  as the principal policy making body concerned with the administration of the U.S. Courts.  As a member of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, Barkett will contribute to the  continuous study of the operation and effect of the general rules of practice and procedure in use within the federal courts. &lt;/p&gt;





&lt;p&gt;Barkett s term on the Advisory Committee was immediately effective upon appointment and will run through October 1, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;





&lt;h2&gt;Media Contact:&lt;/h2&gt;

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  The aftermath of a product recall:  when the dust settles,  appearing in the April 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;  Among other matters, she identifies the issues that could affect liability in the wake of a product recall, including the requirement to disclose documents created before and during the recall in follow-on litigation and potential FOIA information requests to governmental authorities involved.  Newstead cautions in-house counsel to review recall systems to learn what worked and identify areas for improvement,  [o]nce the immediate investigations, recall logistics and notifications have been made and the recall is underway.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Theaftermathofaproductrecall.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; and Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; have authored an article published in the most recent issue of the &lt;em&gt;Journal of Health Care Law &amp; Policy.&lt;/em&gt; Titled  The Constitutional Foundation for Federal Medical Liability Reform,  the article makes the case for the constitutionality of a proposed federal law (H.R. 5) that would impose limitations on all lawsuits involving liability for professional negligence in medical care. Among other matters, the law would cap noneconomic damages, limit when lawsuits may be brought after an injury is discovered, strictly limit punitive damages, and reduce the contingency fees available to plaintiffs  counsel.  The authors point to improvements in and access to health care in those states that have adopted similar reforms and indicate that, by allowing states flexibility to enact their own medical liability laws, proposed federal legislation  respects states  rights and federalism principles.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/TheConstitutionalFoundationforFederalMedicalLiabilityReform.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; is serving as chair for this year s American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation  Annual CLE Conference,  scheduled for April 18-20, 2012, in Washington, D.C.  With 200 distinguished speakers participating in 45 CLE programs and seven networking sessions, this conference promises to be a  premier event for litigators.  Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; (SF   eD3) will also participate in panel discussion titled  Plunder or Blunder: E-Discovery in the Age of Social Media Mining for Gold and Dodging the Silver Bullet.  Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is a conference co-sponsor. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the event agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/litigation/2012/04/section_of_litigationannualconference/cle_brochure.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Seven Shook, Hardy &amp;amp; Bacon partners have been included in the 2012 South Florida Legal Guide s listings of  Top Lawyers  and  Top Up and Comers  in the legal industry.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/A&gt;, 

John McNally, 

&lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/A&gt;, and 

&lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=227"&gt;Paul Reid&lt;/A&gt; were named  Top Lawyers,  an honor that recognizes attorneys who are  well regarded in the legal profession, have many years of experience, and a distinguished record of achievement.  

&lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=605"&gt;Dan Rogers&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A 

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Al Saikali&lt;/A&gt;, and &lt;A 

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=271"&gt;Todd Wallen&lt;/A&gt; were named  Top Up and Comers,  an honor that highlights  the next generation of leaders in the South Florida legal community. &lt;/P&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=203"&gt;Laurie Novion&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=774"&gt;Ina Chang&lt;/a&gt; have authored an article appearing in the Winter 2012 issue of the American Bar Association s (ABA s) &lt;em&gt;Mass Torts Litigation,&lt;/em&gt; a publication of the Section of Mass Torts Litigation Committee.  Titled  The Evolving Burden for Removal under CAFA,  the article explores how the federal circuit and district courts have interpreted the amount-in-controversy provision of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA).  Because the law  is silent on whether the act alters the traditional rule that the burden of proving federal jurisdiction rests on the removing party,  the courts have grappled with questions such as (i) which party has the burden for removal, (ii) what is the level of burden for removal, and (iii) what evidence can be used to support it.  According to the authors, the law and standards addressing the issue have evolved since CAFA was enacted and vary to some extent by circuit.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/masstorts/articles/winter2012-burden-removal-cafa.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Ingram s&lt;/EM&gt; magazine recently published the 2012 edition of its annual  Professional Services Special Report,  recognizing Kansas City leaders in the wealth management, accounting and legal sectors.&lt;/P&gt; 



&lt;P&gt;SHB received the No. 1 ranking in &lt;EM&gt;Ingram s&lt;/EM&gt;  Top Area Law Firms  listing and was featured as a leading law firm in trial and litigation, employment and labor, and environmental law. SHB attorneys who received individual recognitions included &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=797"&gt;Tom Grever&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=590"&gt;Carrie McAtee&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=166"&gt;Todd Ruskamp&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=733"&gt;Lori Schultz&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=335"&gt;Gene Voigts&lt;/A&gt;, and &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;



&lt;P CLASS="VIEW"&gt;To view the &lt;EM&gt;Ingram s &lt;/EM&gt;listings, please click &lt;A href="http://www.ingramsonline.com/"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=443"&gt;Denise Talbert&lt;/a&gt; has contributed her expertise to the latest public commentary issued by The Sedona Conference® Working Group on Electronic Document Retention &amp; Production (WG1). Co-authored by Talbert, the March 2012 report provides practical guidance on protecting confidential metadata and fulfilling ethical obligations in both discovery and non-discovery contexts. It also addresses jurisdictional conflicts such as limitations on accessing metadata, as well as best practices for resolving these conflicts before issues arise. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To download a free copy of  The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Ethics &amp; Metadata,  please click &lt;a href="https://thesedonaconference.org/publication/The%20Sedona%20Conference%C2%AE%20Commentary%20on%20Ethics%20%2526%20Metadata" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon s efforts to sustain a diverse professional community were the topic of a recent interview with SHB Chair 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt; and SHB Miami Managing Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=233"&gt;Lea Souza-Rasile&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;em&gt;The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt; Diversity became a prominent part of the firm, largely because we recognized that it had to be,  Murphy said.  Certainly, there was a moral imperative, but we also identified a business imperative based on feedback from our clients that they expect diversity to be an important aspect of law firms that service their needs. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB s diversity and inclusion efforts have earned the firm various accolades that include three consecutive top ratings by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation s Corporate Equality Index, Gold Standard Certification from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum, and awards from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon s innovative flat-fee structure with Tyco International was the topic of a recent case study in the &lt;em&gt;ABA Journal.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Titled  Facing the Alternative: How Does a Flat Fee System Really Work?,  the article provides an in-depth analysis of SHB s partnership with Tyco and highlights the flat-fee system s success in minimizing Tyco s legal costs, reducing new case filings and increasing the predictability of legal expenditures.  Dennis Lynch, Tyco s vice president and chief litigation counsel, attributed the program s success to the trust shared between his team and SHB.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; I think it has worked well because we ve truly partnered with them,  Lynch told the &lt;em&gt;ABA Journal&lt;/em&gt;.  They ve gotten to know well the players here, the business, products and obviously the law department. And we do work as partners   and that trust, which goes both ways, goes a long way to building a relationship as good as this one is. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;ABA Journal&lt;/em&gt; highlighted SHB s capacity to apply its alternative fee arrangement across Tyco s entire product liability docket, which once numbered more than 500 cases, noting that  new cases filed against the company have dropped 60 percent since Shook Hardy s involvement. &lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Tom Moga&lt;/a&gt; will join the distinguished faculty of the Fordham Intellectual Property Law Institute s conference on "Understanding China s New Environment for Intellectual Property" slated for April 11, 2012, in New York City. Co-sponsored by Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon, the event will highlight the  the role of innovation in China s fast-changing IP environment,  featuring speakers from the U.S. and Chinese governments as well as top IP practitioners. Moga will address  American perspectives on Utility Models and Designs in China.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please &lt;a href="http://fordhamipconference.com/china/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=658"&gt;Jim Andreasen&lt;/a&gt; contributed to a recently published book, &lt;em&gt;FDA Regulation of Nanotechnology&lt;/em&gt; (ABA 2012), that comprehensively considers, by product category, how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews nanotechnology-based products.  Among the chapters are  Color Additives,   Food Additives and Related Substances,   Dietary Supplements,   Food and Animal Feed Products,   Drugs,   Medical Devices,  and  Biological Products.   They address  how FDA can, and to some extent, has, regulated nanomaterials in products falling under its multiple areas of responsibility,  and (i) identify  products that already feature nanomaterials ; (ii) review  FDA s regulatory program for the specific product category (such as particular pre-market and post-market controls) ; and (iii) discuss  how that program might apply to nanomaterials.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the book, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/FDARegulationofNanotechnology.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thomson Reuters has recognized 36 SHB attorneys for obtaining  outstanding results for their corporate clients. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;P&gt;SHB attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2012 &lt;I&gt;Super Lawyers Business Edition&lt;/I&gt; include: &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/A&gt; (Construction, Real Estate &amp;amp; Environmental); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=785"&gt;Ed Bullard&lt;/A&gt; (Construction, Real Estate &amp;amp; Environmental); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=189"&gt;Mike Cargnel&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=154"&gt;Stan Davis&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=19"&gt;Jim Eiszner&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=773"&gt;Willie Epps&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/A&gt; (Construction, Real Estate &amp;amp; Environment); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=416"&gt;Roger Geary&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=998"&gt;Bill Gillen&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); Kevin Haroff (Construction, Real Estate &amp;amp; Environmental); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1006"&gt;Ethel Johnson&lt;/A&gt; (Employment); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=66"&gt;Matt Keenan&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/A&gt; (Employment); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=287"&gt;Kirk Marty&lt;/A&gt; (Construction, Real Estate &amp;amp; Environmental); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=57"&gt;Scott McCandless&lt;/A&gt; (Construction, Real Estate &amp;amp; Environmental); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=21"&gt;Mark Moedritzer&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=44"&gt;Dan Molony&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=160"&gt;Jim Murphy&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=227"&gt;Paul Reid&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=166"&gt;Todd Ruskamp&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/A&gt; (Construction, Real Estate &amp;amp; Environmental); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=97"&gt;Andy See&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=229"&gt;Stan Sexton&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=335"&gt;Gene Voigts&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/A&gt; (Intellectual Property); &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=646"&gt;Gene Williams&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation); and &lt;A href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/A&gt; (Litigation).&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;The &lt;I&gt;Super Lawyers&lt;/I&gt; selection process includes peer nominations, as well as extensive research that evaluates each final candidate on experience, professional achievements, bar activities, pro bono and community service, and scholarly lectures and writings.&lt;/P&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=134"&gt;Angela Seaton&lt;/a&gt; will present during the Food &amp; Drug Law Institute s (FDLI s) March 12-13, 2012, program  Introduction to Drug Law and Regulation:  How the Government Regulates the Drug Industry.   Designed for those new to drug law and regulation or seasoned professionals interested in refreshing their skills, this program provides an overview of the laws and regulations affecting the drug industry.  Seaton will discuss  The New Drug Approval Process:  NDA Submission and Review.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To review the agenda for this annual CLE conference, please click &lt;a href="http://www.fdli.org/conf/drug/12/march/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; is quoted in the March 2012 issue of the &lt;em&gt;Illinois Business Journal&lt;/em&gt; in an article titled  Madison County Circuit Court expands role as king of asbestos torts.   According to the article, unusual docketing arrangements for asbestos cases, including the assignment of court dates to plaintiffs  firms rather than to cases, recently came to light when the former asbestos docket administrator was reassigned following revelations that her retention campaign had benefitted from contributions from some of those firms, which have been given favorable 2013 trial-date treatment.  Noting that  [t]he amount of money changing hands in Madison County asbestos cases is mind boggling,  Behrens also observed that the docketing system encourages the filing of lawsuits from other states because of  the opportunity for a quick settlement.    Knowing that there is a trial setting already in place on a case is going to foster the quick resolution of that case,  Behrens said.  He compared turning cases over quickly, a way for plaintiffs  lawyers to maximize profits, to flipping, or rehabbing and selling, houses in real estate.  The journal article reports that the vast majority of cases on the asbestos docket have no connection to Madison County.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/IllinoisBusinessJournal2012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon recently received the No. 1 ranking in &lt;em&gt;Law360 s&lt;/em&gt;  Product Liability 100,  a listing that distinguishes SHB as the home of the nation s largest product liability practice.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In an article accompanying the listing, &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; detailed SHB s recent successes, noting that the firm  followed up on a banner year in 2010, when it rolled off a series of victories for Philip Morris in the so-called Engle progeny litigation in Florida, with another major Engle win  in 2011. The article also highlighted SHB s representation of The Coca-Cola Company, Pfizer Inc., Bayer AG, and DuPont Co.&lt;/p&gt;

 

&lt;p&gt;SHB s environmental, intellectual property and white collar practice groups were also included in &lt;em&gt;Law360 s&lt;/em&gt; ranking of the top 100 groups in each respective practice area.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view Law360 s product liability practice area profile, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ShookHardyWieldsLargestProductLiabilityGroup.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Law360 Recognizes SHB as Nation s Largest Product Liability Practice</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; recently featured Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon s successful representation of Philip Morris USA in the first &lt;em&gt;Engle&lt;/em&gt; progeny case to go to trial in federal court.  The defense verdict was delivered after less than an hour of deliberation by the Florida federal jury and represents the 12th victory in the last 17 Engle trials.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The plaintiff alleged that her husband s lung cancer and other related health problems were caused by smoking cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris, but the jury found smoking was not the medical cause of the injuries and delivered a complete defense verdict.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=154"&gt;Stan Davis&lt;/a&gt; represented Philip Morris in the matter.&lt;/p&gt;





&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the Law360 feature, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/FederalEngleVictory.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=273"&gt;Paul Williams&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=584"&gt;Charlie Eblen&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=880"&gt;Kristi Burmeister&lt;/a&gt; have authored an article titled  Minimizing Tort Liability with the Right Terms  that appears in the February 28, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt;.  Focusing on a Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that strictly enforced contractual risk-allocation provisions in a consumer action involving a home alarm system, the authors outline the key provisions needed to effectively limit recovery to a contract s terms and preclude recovery in tort.  They conclude,  Inclusion of the above risk-allocation scheme as a base framework for most contracts, particularly when paired with effective field training and document retention, thus enables companies to better control on-going litigation risks and dispose more quickly of those risks when claims do arise.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/MinimizingTortLiabilityWithTheRightTerms.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Williams, Eblen &amp; Burmeister Author Law360 Article on Contractual Risk Allocation</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=406"&gt;Sarah Croft&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled "Product liability trends:  what to watch in 2012" in the March 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer.&lt;/em&gt; The article outlines product liability issues on the horizon for manufacturers, ranging from European proposals for collective redress and UK litigation funding and contingency fee proposals pending before the House of Lords to litigation developments in the United States. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ProductLiabilityTrends2012.pdf"  target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;h2&gt;Update&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In our  Look Ahead to 2012,  we refer to a case on limitation, &lt;em&gt;Ministry of Defence v AB &amp; ors [2010],&lt;/em&gt; in which claimants allege that they have suffered personal injury as a result of exposure to radiation during nuclear testing by the MOD.  The Supreme Court handed down its decision on 14 March 2012 and found that the claims were statute barred, thus dismissing the claimants  appeal against the Court of Appeal decision that reached the same conclusion.   The Supreme Court held that, to identify the date of knowledge at which time starts running for limitation purposes under the Limitation Act 1980, section 11(4), a claimant is likely to have sufficient knowledge when he first came to  &lt;em&gt;reasonably believe&lt;/em&gt;  that his injury was caused by the defendant. The test is objective and the Supreme Court drew a distinction between having knowledge of the  essence  of a claim and having the evidence necessary to prove it. The Supreme Court concluded that the claimants would all have reasonably believed that their illnesses might be attributable to the MOD s nuclear tests more than three years before issuing proceedings. The Supreme Court also held that the Court of Appeal was correct in declining to exercise its discretionary power under section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980, as the claimants had no real prospect of success.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Croft Article on 2012 International Product Liability Trends Article Published</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=66"&gt;Matt Keenan&lt;/a&gt; will discuss  Best Practices for Improving Partner Participation  at the Pro Bono Institute s Annual Conference slated for March 28-30, 2012, in Washington, D.C.  Billed as the legal community s premier pro bono event, the conference will provide new and veteran pro bono advocates with sessions on  best practices and emerging issues, trends and innovations, cutting-edge developments in the fast-changing world of pro bono, and new and compelling pro bono opportunities in public interest law.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.cvent.com/events/the-2012-pro-bono-institute-annual-conference/event-summary-b9f5f175d3134e9fa0a80e1fda126d9e.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Keenan Invited to Address Pro Bono Institute s Annual Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The International Law Office (ILO) recently announced Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon as its 2012 Client Choice Award recipient for the United States. The ILO Client Choice Awards are presented to a single law firm from 56 international jurisdictions that stands apart "for the excellent client care they provide and the quality of their service."&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;ILO based its selections on feedback received from senior in-house counsel during a survey process that involved more than 2,000 individual client assessments within its network. Evaluations were based on a firm s "quality of legal advice; value for money; commercial awareness; effective communication; billing transparency; tailored fee structures; depth of team; response time; sharing of expertise; and use of technology."&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In addition to being featured in ILO s &lt;em&gt;Client Choice Guide 2012&lt;/em&gt;, SHB was honored in February at the organization s awards gala in London.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the US Oil &amp; Gas Association have settled their suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  IPAA filed a petition for review to challenge EPA s Website pronouncement that it would regulate hydraulic fracturing using diesel fuel under the Safe Drinking Water Act s (SDWA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) regulations.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read SHB's Environmental &amp; Chemical Alert about the settlement, please click &lt;a href="newsletters/ECU/ECA022912.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Client Alert: IPAA Challenge to EPA Stance on Hydraulic Fracturing Using Diesel Fuel Settled</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Health Care Foundation (HCF) of Greater Kansas City recently elected SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=858"&gt;Jon Gray&lt;/a&gt; to a three-year term on its board of directors. According to HCF President and CEO Steve Roling, Gray will provide  a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and a great passion for our mission to help eliminate barriers to quality health for the uninsured and underserved. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Gray, a former circuit court judge, brings considerable board experience to his first term on the HCF Board of Directors. He currently serves on the executive committees of the Truman Medical Centers and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. He has also served on the board of directors for the Urban League of Greater Kansas City and the Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt; recently provided insight into ways of growing the biotech sector in the Kansas City region during a Biotechnology Industry Outlook seminar hosted by &lt;em&gt;Ingram s&lt;/em&gt; magazine.  He joined a panel of 12 experts from the biotechnology field to discuss the industry s potential and pinpoint obstacles that could limit local growth.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;According to Garretson, key factors to industry success in the region will hinge on  opportunity, money and identifying and helping the entrepreneurial talent.  He also addressed new procedures for litigating and processing patent cases, commenting that the potential shortage of patent judges to hear cases would  put pressure on early assessment of what is your IP [intellectual property]. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To read the entire recap, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/BiotechIndustryOutlook2012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt; has provided commentary in the February 10, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Law360 s IP&lt;/em&gt; news on the Food and Drug Administration s recent release of proposed guidance documents drafted to implement health-care reform law provisions requiring the creation of an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that are similar to an FDA-licensed biological product.  Legal commentators have observed that the guidance documents lack certain details that will ultimately determine the cost of biosimilar development.  Among other matters, FDA failed to address in any detail the issues of clinical trials and interchangeability. Regarding interchangeability, Congress set the evidentiary bar higher, requiring that sponsors show a patient can switch from the reference products to the biosimilar and back again with no adverse effects.  FDA s failure to address this aspect of biosimilarity left a  gaping hole,  according to Garretson.  He suggests that further agency guidance on this issue is  the other shoe that s going to drop. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Garretson also noted that while the draft guidance is  an important step, I don t know that people are going to immediately jump in the pool.  It s not detailed or specific enough for people to say,  We have the critical information we didn t have before,   and now we can submit an application.  FDA has yet to receive an application to approve a biosimilar drug, although nine applications have been filed for clinical trials.  The long-awaited guidance is considered, nevertheless, an important step in the development of an industry that is expected to generate $3.7 billion in sales by 2015. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012//BiosimilarGuidanceSilent.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=795"&gt;Tristan Duncan&lt;/a&gt;, who represented &lt;em&gt;amici&lt;/em&gt; in collaboration with Harvard Law Professors Laurence Tribe and Richard Fallon in climate change litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, has co-authored a paper in the February 2012 issue of the Washington Legal Foundation s (WLF s) &lt;em&gt;Critical Legal issues: Working Paper Series.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Titled  AEP s Tipping Point: Implied Preemption of Climate-Change Common Law Claims,  the paper takes issue with a &lt;em&gt;Yale Law Journal&lt;/em&gt; article that called for federal courts to allow climate change lawsuits raising common law nuisance claims to be used a means to prod Congress into taking action on this issue.  While the law journal authors conceded that such claims cannot succeed on the merits, they said that the courts should not dismiss these cases early in the proceedings on jurisdictional (standing or political question doctrine) or quasi-merits grounds (displacement or preemption), so that the courts could  simply . . . make a political statement that the government is not doing its job. &lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;According to the authors, this approach treats  Article III judicial proceedings essentially as a form of political theater,  ignores the limited judicial resources and institutional capital of the courts, brushes aside  the enormous financial and other burdens that defendants in such tort suits would be required to bear  thus diverting them from job-creating endeavors, and overlooks the  landmark significance  of &lt;em&gt;American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut,&lt;/em&gt; in which the U.S. Supreme Court  implicitly telegraphed  an implied preemption doctrine when claims involving global subject matter, such as climate change, implicate  uniquely federal interests  that should be addressed in an orderly progression at the federal level (i.e., Congress, administrative agency, judicial review).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The paper concludes that the law journal authors   approach would exact a terrible price.  It would permit self-selected plaintiffs, accountable to nobody, to arbitrarily single out their preferred handful of defendants to bear the burden of addressing their perceived harm, when there is no reason to believe their harm would thereby be addressed and every reason to believe that, even it if would, the burden should be borne by the public as a whole in a far more equitable way. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;This is the second working paper Duncan has published in WLF s &lt;em&gt;Working Paper Series,&lt;/em&gt; and the third article she has authored on climate change litigation doctrine.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/AEPsTippingPoint.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Tristan Duncan Addresses Climate Change in WLF Working Paper Series</title>

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Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt; has been quoted in the February 13, 2012, issue of &lt;em&gt;Genetic Engineering &amp; Biotechnology News&lt;/em&gt; (GEN), commenting on how the patent reforms recently enacted by Congress may affect biopharmaceutical companies. Garretson pointed to provisions allowing third-party challenges under the new provisions for &lt;em&gt;inter partes&lt;/em&gt; review. He suggested that the rules could generate more challenges to patents by competitors who might find the procedure a less costly alternative to litigation. And with the promise of more expeditious post-grant proceedings, Garretson believes that  courts may be more amenable to granting stays to wait for the administrative proceeding to conclude.  He also discussed how the first-inventor-to-file rule may affect biopharma startups as well as the proposed increase in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office fees, which could impose significant obstacles to small biopharmas unless they qualify as  microentities.  Garretson concluded by stating,  Early identification of issues, thorough prosecution, and very carefully drawn claim sets in light of what is known to be out there are going to have real benefits down the road for evaluating the strength of the resulting patent. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=386"&gt;Carol Poindexter&lt;/a&gt; has co-authored an article appearing in the February 2, 2012, issue of Bloomberg BNA s &lt;em&gt;Health Law Reporter&lt;/em&gt;.  Titled  Mandatory Disclosure:  The Physician Payments Sunshine Act and Proposed Regulations and Perspectives on Compliance,  the article discusses a proposed rule that would implement the provisions of a law requiring drug, device and medical supply manufacturers to track and report payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals.  The authors explain who is covered by the requirements, the information that will be reported, what the term  payments  will apply to, which payments will not have to be reported, how the data will be reported, when it will be posted online, and what penalties may be imposed for failure to report, among other matters.  They conclude with recommendations for ensuring compliance.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/MandatoryDisclosure.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=219"&gt;H. Grant Law&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;William Martucci&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; will participate in an April 19, 2012, American Bar Association (ABA) program in Beijing, China,  Doing Business in the United States:  What You Need to Know About Investing, Product Liability and Dispute Resolution. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Law will moderate a panel discussion on  Minimizing Exposure for Product Liability,   while Martucci will be a member of a panel addressing  Operations in the United States and Compliance with United States Employment and Labor Laws.   McDonough will introduce U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Attaché Jeffrey Hilsgen and U.S. Food &amp; Drug Administration Director Christopher Hickey and will provide an overview of their topic,  The United States Regulatory Landscape:  Focusing on the CPSC and the FDA.   Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is the premiere sponsor of this event, which is presented in conjunction with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the American Chamber of Commerce, Beijing.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the program brochure, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ABADoingBusinessintheUnitedStates.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Law, Martucci &amp; McDonough Join Faculty for ABA Program in Beijing</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1089"&gt;John Reynolds&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article titled  Product liability developments in 2011:  what do they mean for your business?,  appearing in the February 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;  Among other matters, they discuss decisions from Greece, Germany and the European Court of Justice involving moldy yogurt, an exploding glass bottle, floor tiles, and a dishwasher.  They also address product recalls, the fourth review of the European Product Liability Directive, a new EU safety surveillance scheme to improve the traceability of Chinese products, and a pilot project to align certain product safety standards in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia.  

&lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/Productliabilitydevelopmentsin2011.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Newstead &amp; Reynolds Provide 2011 Case Highlights for The In-House Lawyer</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; and Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; have published an article in the January 27, 2012, issue of the Washington Legal Foundation s &lt;em&gt;Legal Opinion Letter&lt;/em&gt;.  Titled  State Court Endorses Use of Equitable Powers to Reduce Asbestos Suit Double-Dipping,  the article discusses a recent Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling that they characterize as  what is believed to be the first appellate-level decision to approve the use of a trial court s equitable powers to deduct bankruptcy trust recoveries from an asbestos plaintiff s tort system recovery for claims involving the same alleged injury.   The trial court in the case deducted from the tort plaintiff s jury award the amount already collected from five asbestos bankruptcy trusts.  The intermediate appeals court agreed that the evidence justified the trial court s finding that the bankrupt companies involved in the trusts were joint tortfeasors under the state s Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, which allows joint settlement monies received by the plaintiff to reduce the verdict against the defendant in the tort suit.  The authors conclude that the ruling is  both logically and legally correct.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/StateCourtEndorsesUseofEquitablePower.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <title>Behrens &amp; Silverman Publish on Favorable Asbestos Ruling</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The BTI Consulting Group has selected Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=795"&gt;Tristan Duncan&lt;/a&gt; as  Client Service All-Stars  in &lt;em&gt;The BTI Client Service All-Star Team for Law Firms 2012,&lt;/em&gt; a directory featuring an exclusive group of attorneys  who impress corporate counsel with a keen understanding of business issues, thought-leading approaches to legal service and total commitment to client needs. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Woodbury was also chosen as a  Client Service All-Star  in 2010 and joins a select group of two-time winners.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view &lt;em&gt;The BTI Client Service All-Stars,&lt;/em&gt; please click &lt;a href="http://www.bticlientserviceallstars.com/the-bti-all-stars/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1222</link>

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      <title>Marie Woodbury &amp;  Tristan Duncan Named BTI Client Service All-Stars</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1029"&gt;Brittany Boswell&lt;/a&gt;

was recently selected for the  Young Lawyers  Section Pro Bono Honor Roll,  a Missouri Bar listing that recognizes attorneys younger than age 36 who have dedicated significant time to pro bono matters.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Boswell was one of only two attorneys on the  Pro Bono Honor Roll  to earn a  diamond level  classification, an honor reserved for those who contribute 500 pro bono hours in one year.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the entire  Pro Bono Honor Roll,  please click &lt;a href="http://www.mobar.org/data/ylsnews-winter12/honor-roll.htm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1223</link>

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      <title>SHB Attorneys Recognized for Pro Bono Service</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=806"&gt;Alexandra Bach Lagos&lt;/a&gt; and Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis recently presented an interactive lesson about the U.S. judicial system to high school students enrolled in the Academy of Legal Studies at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School in Miami, Florida.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The presentation was sponsored by the National Association of Women Judges as part of The Color of Justice, a program founded in 2001 to  encourage girls and minority high school students to consider careers in the law and judiciary.  The event was also attended by numerous local judges and voluntary bar association leaders.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1224</link>

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      <title>Bach Lagos Presents Lesson to High School Students</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The National Law Journal&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Legal Times&lt;/em&gt; have once again recognized Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon among the &lt;em&gt;Legal Times&lt;/em&gt; 150, a ranking of the  150 biggest players in the Washington legal market. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The ranking is based on a headcount of attorneys at each Washington-area firm, not including contract attorneys, patent agents or summer associates.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1219</link>

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      <title>SHB Attains Ranking in Legal Times 150</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Robert Adams&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=219"&gt;H. Grant Law&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=725"&gt;Amir Nassihi&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty discussing  Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Products Liability Litigation  during the American Bar Association s 22nd annual national CLE program slated for March 28-30, 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona. Adams will present on  Communicating with the Modern Juror at Trial,  and Law will serve as co-moderator of a panel addressing the topic,  An Automobile Is Only as Good as the Sum of Its Parts: The Component Parts Panel. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Nassihi, who is serving as conference co-chair, will join panels focused on  The Rise and Fall of the Consumer Expectations Test  and  The Blockbuster Developments in Class Action Litigation.  He will also participate as co-moderator of a panel discussion addressing  Managing and Developing the Corporate counsel Relationship: The Inside View on Diversity, Retention and Client Expectations. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is a conference co-sponsor. To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/tips/12_motor_vehicle_brochure.authcheckdam.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1220</link>

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      <title>Adams, Law &amp; Nassihi to Address ABA CLE on Motor Vehicle Products Liability Litigation</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon has received six national rankings and more than 30 regional rankings by U.S. News &amp; World Report and Best Lawyers LLC, which collaborated to develop a listing of the nation s most successful law practices.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The U.S. News   Best Lawyers  Best Law Firms  recognition places SHB among the top firms nationally for mass tort litigation/class actions   defendants, commercial litigation, environmental law, antitrust litigation, tax litigation, and patent law. SHB also earned 33 regional rankings in Kansas City, Houston, Miami, Tampa, and San Francisco.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;More than 9,600 law firms in 75 practice areas were assessed in a rigorous process that included  client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view all of SHB s  Best Law Firm  rankings, please click &lt;a href="http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/firms/shook-hardy-bacon-l-l-p-/Rankings/6387/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1218</link>

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      <title>U.S. News &amp; World Report, Best Lawyers Rank SHB Among Nation s  Best Law Firms </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; will present at the Fifth Annual International Conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) slated for January 25 27, 2012, in Brussels, Belgium.  Titled  European Data Protection: Coming of Age,  the CPDP conference will bring together academics, practitioners, policy-makers, and other stakeholders to discuss  emerging issues of information technology, privacy, data protection and law.  Esteban will participate on two panels,  Basic Principles of eDiscovery  and  Cross-Border eDiscovery in the EEA. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;For more information on the CPDP conference, please click &lt;a href="http://www.cpdpconferences.org/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1217</link>

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      <title>Esteban to Present at International Conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lawdragon&lt;/em&gt; magazine has honored six Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon attorneys with recognition in the 2011 edition of &lt;em&gt;Lawdragon 500: Leading Lawyers in America,&lt;/em&gt; its sixth annual guide  to the very best of the legal profession. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, 

Gary Long, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt;, and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt; were chosen for the listing after a selection process that included law firm submissions, online balloting and editorial research. &lt;em&gt;Lawdragon&lt;/em&gt; deemed its review of the candidates the "most exhaustive and intense yet," basing final decisions on which lawyers "brought in the biggest verdicts and settlements, handled the biggest deals and defined what law practice was in the year just past."&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Selected attorneys will be featured in a spring issue of the magazine, which will be accompanied by the release of its &lt;em&gt;Lawdragon&lt;/em&gt; 3000 listing.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the &lt;em&gt;Lawdragon&lt;/em&gt; 500 listing, please click &lt;a href="http://www.lawdragon.com/index.php/newdragon/ld_500_11/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1215</link>

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      <title>Six SHB Partners Recognized in Lawdragon 500</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=62"&gt;David Brooks&lt;/a&gt; will participate in DRI s Drug and Medical Device Seminar slated for May 10-11, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Co-sponsored by SHB, the event will feature  trial skills demonstrations, panel discussions of judges overseeing coordinated pharmaceutical proceedings, and litigation insights from leading defenders of drug and device cases. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Brooks will present a session titled  When a Good Medical Device Fails: Successfully Defending Medical Device Suits When Causation Is Not in Doubt,  which will discuss the substantive and strategic consideration of defending such a case. Sayler will also deliver remarks as chair of DRI s Drug and Medical Device Committee.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.dri.org/Event/20120070" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1216</link>

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      <title>Sayler &amp; Brooks to Participate in DRI s 2012 Drug and Medical Device Seminar</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; has recognized Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon in its inaugural  Litigation Power Rankings  for possessing one of the nation s most decorated litigation departments.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; ranked SHB at No. 11, noting that the firm won the product liability category of its Litigation Department of the Year contest in 2008 and 2012, and was named a finalist in the 2010 competition.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The listing recognizes the 25 litigation departments  that have fared the best  since the magazine launched The Litigation Department of the Year competition in 2002.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the rankings, please click &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202537227215&amp;et=editorial&amp;bu=The American Lawyer&amp;cn=Am_Law_Daily_20120111&amp;src=EMC-Email&amp;pt=Am Law Daily&amp;kw= Online Extra: The Litigation Power Rankings"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1213</link>

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      <title>SHB Receives High Marks in  Litigation Power Rankings </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Legalease has released the 2011 edition of &lt;em&gt;The Legal 500 United States,&lt;/em&gt; recognizing Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon as a nationally recommended firm in litigation and intellectual property.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB s product liability practice is highlighted within the product liability categories of automotive/transport, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and toxic tort.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; A formidable defense trial firm, Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon LLP s  first rate  practice has a longstanding history of success in the product liability field where its deep bench of first-chair trial lawyers is highly renowned,  &lt;em&gt;The Legal 500 United States&lt;/em&gt; reports.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The prestigious legal referral guide lauds SHB s intellectual property practice within the category of patent prosecution, noting that the firm s practice  boasts a number of high-profile clients and a history to rival most firms. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The

guide features SHB Partners &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=401"&gt;Walt Cofer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=48"&gt;Mike Gross&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=218"&gt;Frank Kelly&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=219"&gt;Grant Law&lt;/a&gt;, Gary Long, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=267"&gt;Doug Robinson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=646"&gt;Gene Williams&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To read &lt;em&gt;The Legal 500 US&lt;/em&gt; review of SHB, please click

&lt;a href="http://www.legal500.com/firms/51262-shook-hardy-bacon-llp/54109-kansas-city" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1214</link>

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      <title>SHB, Partners Recognized by The Legal 500</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; filed an &lt;em&gt;amicus&lt;/em&gt; brief on behalf a number of business and industry interests to support the dismissal of an asbestos plaintiff s negligence claims against a company that made a product to which asbestos-containing components were added post-sale.  On January 12, 2012, the California Supreme Court unanimously agreed with &lt;em&gt;amici&lt;/em&gt; and the defendants that  a product manufacturer may not be held liable in strict liability or negligence for harm caused by another manufacturer s product unless the defendant s own product contributed substantially to the harm, or the defendant participated substantially in creating a harmful combined use of the products.   Discussing the ruling s implications, Behrens was quoted in a &lt;em&gt;Daily Journal&lt;/em&gt; article stating,  Wherever the plaintiff may try to export this theory, now they re going to have a challenge in doing so.   He noted that the Washington Supreme Court has also rejected expanded liability.  Behrens added that he had called on the justices not to feel  compelled to take tort law in an unsound direction simply because you re afraid these people will get nothing.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To review the court s opinion, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ONeilvCrane.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1212</link>

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      <title>California Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Strict Liability in Asbestos Case, Behrens Filed Amicus Brief Urging This Result</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=403"&gt;Tim Congrove&lt;/a&gt; and Associates &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=839"&gt;David Northrip&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1054"&gt;Dana Strueby&lt;/a&gt; have published an article in the January 11, 2012, issue of DRI s &lt;em&gt;The Business Suit,&lt;/em&gt; the newsletter of the Commercial Litigation Committee, which is chaired by SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=302"&gt;Peter Strand&lt;/a&gt;.  Titled  Keep Talking, but Know the Law:  Ongoing Considerations Regarding Communications with Potential Class Members,  the newsletter feature updates their July 2008 article that addressed the legal and ethical considerations involved when defendants contact potential class members.  The authors discuss recent cases to assess how defense counsel should proceed when considering such communications and conclude that while these contacts can provide valuable insights and help shape a defense strategy, counsel must follow certain guidelines and practices to ensure consistency with  what the law permits.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://clients.criticalimpact.com/newsletter/newslettercontentshow1.cfm?contentid=9315&amp;id=1045" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1209</link>

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      <title>Congrove, Northrip &amp; Strueby Publish on Defendant Discussions with Potential Class Members</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Attorney at Law Magazine&lt;/em&gt; has recognized Miami Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=726"&gt;Alfred Saikali&lt;/a&gt; as one of its 12 South Florida attorneys to watch in 2012. The magazine s profile highlights Saikali s expertise in legal issues pertaining to data security, data information and cloud computing.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="view"&gt;To view the &lt;em&gt;Attorney at Law Magazine&lt;/em&gt; article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/TwelvetoWatch2012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1210</link>

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      <title>Saikali Featured in Attorney At Law Magazine s  Twelve to Watch in 2012 </title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Tom Moga&lt;/a&gt; recently addressed U.S. patent law at the Global IP Convention 2012 held January 5-8 in New Delhi, India. Focused on  innovation, technology transfer and IP commercialization,  the convention aimed to establish  constituencies of policymakers, business leaders and judicial stakeholders in the developing world who understand that effective, enforceable intellectual property rights can be a tool to promote economic development in their countries. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Moga discussed  Using Interviews, Declarations and Other Tools to Build the Bulletproof U.S. Patent.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To learn more about the event and download presentations, please click &lt;a href="http://www.iprconference.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1211</link>

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      <title>Moga Discusses "Bulletproof" U.S. Patents at Global IP Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;ABA Journal&lt;/em&gt; editors have chosen &lt;em&gt;Lowering the Bar,&lt;/em&gt; written by SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=474"&gt;

Kevin Underhill&lt;/a&gt;, as one of the top 100 legal blogs in America for 2011.  The blog made the list for the second year in the  For Fun  category. It also won the reader vote within that category.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;According to the nomination submitted by Jeff Richardson of &lt;em&gt;iPhone J.D.,&lt;/em&gt;  Kevin Underhill has a knack for finding the most absurd lawsuits and law-related events and then describing them with amazing wit. Every visit to &lt;em&gt;Lowering the Bar&lt;/em&gt; is guaranteed to bring a smile to my face. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;span class="view"&gt;&lt;p&gt;To read more about &lt;em&gt;ABA Journal's&lt;/em&gt; 2011 Blawg 100, please click &lt;a href="http://www.abajournal.com/blawg100" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1208</link>

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      <title>Lowering the Bar Selected by ABA Journal as a Top 100 Blawg</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=331"&gt;

Lori Burns-Bucklew&lt;/a&gt; was featured in a recent &lt;em&gt;Kansas City Star&lt;/em&gt; article for her efforts to reunite 19-year-old Kansas City resident Zenia Acedo and her brothers with their infant sister after the death of their mother in November. Acedo is attempting to become the legal guardian of her 1-month-old sister.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;According to the article, the infant, Camila Acedo, has been temporarily placed in foster care until Zenia  organizes how she is going to raise her new sister and care for four younger brothers. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB has been recognized for its work with foster care and adoption services in the past. In August 2010, SHB received an  Outstanding Community Partner  award from the Midwest Foster Care &amp; Adoption Association (MFCAA), and Burns-Bucklew was among six SHB attorneys and staff singled out for  amazing work  in support of the organization.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the entire article, please click &lt;a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3337938/mary-sanchez-bound-to-help-in.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1205</link>

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      <title>KC Star Recognizes SHB s Recent Pro Bono Efforts</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=405"&gt;William Crampton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=669"&gt;Marc Shelley&lt;/a&gt; have updated Chapter 7,  Class Action Developments Overseas,  in the Practicing Law Institute s treatise &lt;em&gt;Product Liability Litigation:  Current Law, Strategies and Best Practices.&lt;/em&gt;  Observing that the class action device is becoming increasingly popular in many countries, the authors eschew providing a comprehensive review of class action laws outside the United States, opting instead to  examine common themes and trends observed in class action law and debates around the world.   They highlight developments in the most active jurisdictions and discuss the intersection of new class action rules with product liability claims.  The article notes how different countries address the types of lawsuits that may be brought as class actions, which litigants have standing to pursue them, whether the rules follow an opt-in or opt-out model, and how certification procedures are handled.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the chapter, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/PLI_2011.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

      <link>http://www.shb.com/news_events_detail.aspx?id=1206</link>

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      <title>Crampton, Kaplan &amp; Shelley Update Chapter on International Class Action Developments for PLI Product Liability Treatise</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Chambers and Partners has released its 2011 edition of &lt;em&gt;Chambers USA,&lt;/em&gt; recognizing Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon s product liability and mass torts, environmental, general commercial litigation, and labor and employment practices. &lt;em&gt;Chambers&lt;/em&gt; noted SHB s  well-established reputation for representing the world s largest pharmaceutical and tobacco companies in product liability litigation  and added that the firm  has expanded to handle high-stakes commercial, class action, environmental, IP and labor and employment litigation. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB s product liability practice was again ranked in the top tier (Band One) of all firms nationwide. The firm s litigation practice earned a Band One ranking in Kansas City and a Band Three ranking in Florida, while the environmental practice earned a Band One ranking in Kansas City and a Band Two ranking in Florida. SHB s labor and employment practice also earned a Band Two rating in the Kansas City region.&lt;/p&gt;



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&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;,

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/a&gt;,

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt;,

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=417"&gt;Bill Geraghty&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=797"&gt;Tom Grever&lt;/a&gt;, 

Kevin Haroff, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1006"&gt;Ethel Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=590"&gt;Carrie McAtee&lt;/a&gt;, 

John McNally, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=222"&gt;Ed Moss&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=39"&gt;Ken Reilly&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=166"&gt;Todd Ruskamp&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=733"&gt;Lori Schultz&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=97"&gt;Andy See&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=335"&gt;Gene Voigts&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; will serve on a panel making a plenary presentation during a joint CLE seminar scheduled for January 19-21, 2012, in Hollywood, Florida, by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation s Environmental, Mass Torts and Products Liability Litigation Committees.  Behrens will discuss  Where to Draw the Line When Can the Government Hire Private Lawyers to Prosecute Actions?   He will be sharing the stage with, among others, a representative of the Pennsylvania Governor s Office of General Counsel.  Designed for in-house and outside counsel, the seminar also features presentations on mass torts, multidistrict litigation and bellwether trials.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the seminar brochure, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ABAEnviromentalMassTortsProductsCLE.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=455"&gt;Mark Cowing&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=406"&gt;Sarah Croft&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=443"&gt;Denise Talbert&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored an article appearing in the December 2011/January 2012 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;  Titled  E-discovery obligations in US product liability litigation,  the article provides document management and electronic discovery tips for manufacturers that may find themselves the target of litigation in the United States.  Among other matters, the authors note that significant sanctions can be imposed on those companies failing to comply with preservation obligations and also suggest ways that the costs of producing and reviewing litigation-related documents can be controlled.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/EdiscoveryObligations.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; and Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=17"&gt;Cary Silverman&lt;/a&gt; have prepared an amicus brief filed in the Missouri Supreme Court on behalf of insurance and business interests, asking the court to uphold the statutory upper limit on noneconomic damage awards in medical liability actions.  Filed in &lt;em&gt;Watts v. Lester E. Cox Medical Centers,&lt;/em&gt; No. SC91867, the December 30, 2011, brief contends that the trial court did not err in upholding the law s validity and notes that such limits  are an important element of a well-functioning health care system.   The brief also argues that the trial court did not err in establishing a payment schedule under § 538.220, RSMO, which is similarly  a valid exercise of legislative authority.   The issues arose after a jury awarded $3.371 million in economic damages and $1.45 million in noneconomic damages for injuries a baby allegedly sustained as a result of medical negligence.  Applying the statutory cap, the trial court reduced the noneconomic damages to $350,000 and allowed the defendants to pay the damages award on a periodic basis.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt; is Missouri counsel of record on the brief, and Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1076"&gt;Tony Luetkemeyer&lt;/a&gt; handled the filing. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the brief, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/WattsvCoxAmicus.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt;, who co-chairs the firm s Agribusiness &amp; Food Safety Practice, will join a distinguished faculty of in-house counsel and government regulators for the American Conference Institute s  2nd Advanced Legal &amp; Regulatory Summit on Food &amp; Beverage Marketing &amp; Advertising,  scheduled for March 19-20, 2012, in Washington, D.C.  McDonough will discuss  Minimizing Downstream Risk and Exposure to Consumer Fraud Litigation Based on Claims of False and Deceptive Advertising.   Presentations about behavioral advertising, product claim substantiation, front-of-pack labeling, food marketing to children, social media promotions, and  natural  vs.  organic  claims are also on the agenda.  Insights will be provided by officials with the Federal Trade Commission, Food &amp; Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among others.  Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is a summit co-sponsor. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the event brochure, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2012/ACI2012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; has named Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon its 2012 Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year, marking the third consecutive honor SHB has received in this biennial competition for the nation s 200 largest law firms. The firm was named winner and finalist in the same competition in 2008 and 2010, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; A deep bench of first-chair trial lawyers has given Shook, Hardy the ability to try multiple product liability cases around the country simultaneously and in a variety of fields, from tobacco to pharmaceuticals,  &lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; reported in its January 2012 issue.  Given that track record, it's not surprising that Shook has been a regular in the product liability section of the Litigation Department of the Year contest. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; noted that the depth of talent in SHB s product liability practice, paired with a flexible and efficient staffing strategy, allows the firm s lawyers to  try cases wherever they re needed. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; On a single day in October, the firm achieved defense verdicts for client Philip Morris USA Inc. in two separate cases in Florida, while also representing the tobacco company at trial in an Alaska town that is only accessible by boat or plane,  &lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; reported.  And on the same October day, the firm was preparing for trial in New Jersey for Tyco International Ltd., another longtime client. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; What separated Shook from the pack this year, and helped it take top honors again, was the additional trial load represented by the string of cases in Florida against cigarette manufacturers,  &lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; added, referencing SHB s lead role in the &lt;em&gt;Engle&lt;/em&gt;-progeny litigation.  More of those trials 22 have been defended by Shook than any other firm.  &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Murray Garnick, Associate General Counsel at Altria Group Inc., praised the firm for its results in the litigation.  These cases command a lot of case management attention because there are so many of them, but since we are trying them, they also require trial skills,  Garnick said.  Shook has delivered for us on both fronts. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; evaluated firms for its Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year contest based on results achieved from January 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011. In addition to citing SHB s work in the &lt;em&gt;Engle&lt;/em&gt;-progeny litigation, &lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer&lt;/em&gt; commended the firm for its successful representation of clients such as Akzo Nobel, Mylan, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Tyco International, General Dynamics Corp., and Lockheed Martin Corp. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Chair John Murphy has announced the promotion of 12 attorneys to the level of partner in the law firm s Kansas City, London, Miami, Geneva, Orange County, and Washington, D.C. offices.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Our firm is pleased not only for what this announcement means to each of our individual new partners, but for what it signals to our firm as a whole,  Murphy said.  We are fortunate to be in a position that allows us to steadily and confidently grow our practice in such areas as product liability, intellectual property and business litigation. &lt;/p&gt;



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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=184"&gt;Christopher Aikin&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation, Kansas City)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=455"&gt;Mark Cowing&lt;/a&gt; (Global Product Liability, Kansas City)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=654"&gt;John  Golian&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property, Kansas City)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=588"&gt;Scott Kaiser&lt;/a&gt; (Global Product Liability, Kansas City)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=859"&gt;Mathew  Larsen&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Law, Kansas City)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Thomas Moga&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property, Washington, D.C.)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; (Global Product Liability, London)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=933"&gt;Rebecca Ocariz&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation, Miami)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=660"&gt;Harley Ratliff&lt;/a&gt; (Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Litigation, Kansas City)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=669"&gt;Marc Shelley&lt;/a&gt; (Global Product Liability, Geneva)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=690"&gt;Eva Weiler&lt;/a&gt; (Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Litigation, Orange County)

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=661"&gt;Jonathan Zerger&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property, Kansas City)

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy, &amp; Bacon Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; has been named by The Sedona Conference® as the new chairperson of Working Group 6, its think-tank on the legal challenges related to  International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;According to its founder, Richard Braman, The Sedona Conference® conducts a Working Group Series  to move the law forward in a reasoned and just way.  Each of the Working Groups focuses on a specific area of the law  that may have a dearth of guidance  or is  otherwise at a  tipping point.  &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Prior to being named chair, Esteban served on the Steering Committee of Working Group 6 and as its editor-in-chief, guiding to conclusion the Working Group s most recent publication,  The Sedona Conference® International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure &amp; Data Protection: Best Practices, Recommendations &amp; Principles for Addressing the Preservation &amp;  Discovery of Protected Data in U.S. Litigation.  Esteban, who is also a member of the board of The Sedona Conference®, was thanked by Ken Withers, Director of Judicial Education for The Sedona Conference®, for his continued leadership and hard work relative to the publication of the &lt;em&gt;International Principles.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;International Principles&lt;/em&gt; endorse a three-pronged approach to cross-border processing and transfer of foreign data for purposes of U.S. litigation, where U.S. discovery rules are often at odds with foreign data protection laws. Esteban and Working Group 6 authored the &lt;em&gt;International Principles&lt;/em&gt;, after years of study and extraordinary input and guidance from data privacy experts, regulators, lawyers, judges, and academicians from around the globe, to provide practical solutions and best practices for dealing with these complications.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The publication of the &lt;em&gt;International Principles&lt;/em&gt; is the focus of the Fourth Annual Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border E-Discovery &amp; Data Privacy, to be held June 20-21, 2012 in Toronto. The conference provides an additional opportunity for public comment and dialogue regarding the new Sedona guidelines prior to final publication.&lt;/p&gt;  



&lt;p&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://www.thesedonaconference.org/dltForm?did=IntlPrinciples2011.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to download a free copy of  The Sedona Conference® International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure &amp; Data Protection: Best Practices, Recommendations &amp; Principles for Addressing the Preservation &amp; Discovery of Protected Data in U.S. Litigation. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt; and Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=38"&gt;Steve Aliber&lt;/a&gt; have been appointed to the Kansas City Area Development Council s (KCADC s) board of directors for 2012.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;KCADC is a non-profit corporation organized to  attract job-creating investment to the 18-county, bi-state metropolitan area.  The board of directors serves as the governing body for KCADC, which is supported by more than 250 private sector companies and 38 local economic development councils.&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Best Lawyers, LLC, has selected five Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon attorneys from six practice areas for 2012  Lawyer of the Year  recognition in the Kansas City area.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Lawyer of the Year  honorees include Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Robert Adams&lt;/a&gt;, recognized for both personal injury litigation and product liability litigation; 

Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt;, mass tort litigation/class actions; Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=299"&gt;Patrick Lujin&lt;/a&gt;, intellectual property litigation; Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt;, labor and employment litigation; and Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/a&gt;, product liability litigation. The SHB attorneys were selected after a series of  exhaustive peer-review assessments  conducted with thousands of leading lawyers across 126 specialty areas. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored with the  Lawyer of the Year  recognition.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The winners constitute only a portion of 35 SHB attorneys spanning 30 practice areas that were selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of &lt;em&gt;The Best Lawyers in America.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;















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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Tom Moga&lt;/a&gt; recently participated in a public discussion hosted by the George Washington University Law School and Fordham University School of Law on  Patents, Trade and Innovation in China.  Moga joined representatives from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Biotechnology Industry Organization and Microsoft on a panel addressing prosecution perspectives on China s patent laws. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the event agenda, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2011/PatentsTradeandInnovationinChina.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB partners &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=14"&gt;Phil Goldberg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=590"&gt;Carrie McAtee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=403"&gt;Tim Congrove&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a

href="http://www.shb.com/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/a&gt; will present a  Legal Issues Update  at the 2012 Missouri Governor s Conference on Agriculture slated for January 19-21 in Kansas City. Titled  Anticipating the Challenges That Lie Ahead: Agroterrorism, Food Safety, Water, and Ag Employment,  the session will cover these topics as well as food-related class actions and other litigation issues.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Co-sponsored by SHB, the conference will also feature sessions led by representatives from the Missouri Department of Agriculture, agribusiness and commodity organizations. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="https://mda.mo.gov/governor_conference/index.php" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;







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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Washingtonian&lt;/em&gt; magazine recently recognized &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=90"&gt;Michelle Mangrum&lt;/a&gt;, managing partner of Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon s Washington, D.C. office, as a Top Lawyer of 2011&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Washingtonian s&lt;/em&gt; Top Lawyer selections, published in the December 2011 edition of the magazine, recognize the city s  stars of the bar,  a collection of attorneys considered to be the  best legal minds  in Washington. Mangrum, who focuses her practice in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, has been selected as a top lawyer for two consecutive years.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt; was recently featured in a new interview series titled  From the Corner Office  in &lt;em&gt;KC Counselor&lt;/em&gt; magazine, a Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association publication. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Murphy discussed a variety of topics, ranging from his love for Kansas City and his commitment to a healthy work and life balance to some of his summer employment opportunities as a college undergraduate.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB London will host the U.K. Commerce &amp; Industry Group s next South Food and Drink event targeting product recalls and products liability in the food and retail sector. Slated for January 24, 2012, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., this meeting for in-house lawyers will address the challenges faced by companies in a global marketplace where  higher consumer safety expectations and tighter legislation have made the processes of crisis management even more important. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The event will feature presentations from SHB London Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; on the ways that recalls can affect brand value, share price and directors  liabilities; SHB Geneva Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=482"&gt;Trevor Bridges&lt;/a&gt; on emerging trends and issues in U.S. food litigation; and Tesco PLC s Litigation and Compliance Counsel Stuart Buckle on consumer product recalls from the retail perspective.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.cigroup.org.uk/regions.aspx?pagecontent=FOOD24.11" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=16"&gt;Victor Schwartz&lt;/a&gt;, Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=847"&gt;Christopher Appel&lt;/a&gt; and Vermont Law School Professor Mark Latham have authored a &lt;em&gt;Fordham Law Review&lt;/em&gt; article exploring how a proliferation of statutory remedies for environmental harms has affected traditional tort law which historically provided a way to address environmental injuries.  Among other matters, they note that  nuisance law has emerged as a widely used theory to address environmental interests, in part, because of the perceived vagueness and broad latitude of the tort action.   The authors urge courts to narrowly draw the intersection between tort law and environmental law and refrain from sacrificing  the guiding and fundamental principles of tort law . . . to afford short-sighted relief and distort the basis of the common law of torts.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/newsevents/2011/TheIntersectionofTortandEnvironmentalLaw.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon has earned a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation s 2012 Corporate Equality Index for a third consecutive year. The top rating secures the firm a place on HRC s list of the  Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality. &lt;/p&gt;



 &lt;p&gt; We work hard to foster an inclusive environment that provides equal opportunities for our LGBT staff and attorneys to achieve their highest potential, and we support events and activities in the larger community to demonstrate by example how critical it is for all of us to embrace workplace diversity,  said SHB Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt;.  We recognize that diversity is not an option it s the way we do business. We know that we best serve our clients by bringing a wealth of perspectives and experiences to the resolution of their legal issues.  Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon is proud of this HRC honor,  he said.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB was one of just 55 U.S. law firms to achieve a 100-percent rating. A total of 139 law firms were surveyed, including a majority of &lt;em&gt;The American Lawyer s&lt;/em&gt; 200 highest-grossing law firms.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;HRC s Corporate Equality Index examines various industries  workplace protections and benefits for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees across the nation. The current survey rates law firms and other companies on a scale from 0 percent to 100 percent using criteria that include non-discrimination policies and training which cover sexual orientation and gender identity and a public commitment to the LGBT community demonstrated by such efforts as philanthropic support to LGBT organizations or support of LGBT equality under the law. The full 2012 report is available &lt;a href="http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/corporate-equality-index-2011"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;HRC is the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization in the United States. It  envisions an America where LGBT people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. &lt;/p&gt;













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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=1074"&gt;John Garretson&lt;/a&gt; will participate in LAKC s 4th Annual IP CLE on December 8, 2011.  Joining a faculty of IP practitioners focusing on  Understanding Changes to Patent Law Under the America Invents Act,  Garretson will present on two topics:   New Procedures for 3rd Party Submission of Prior Art, Supplemental Review and Post-Grant Validity Challenges  and  Changes in Litigation Issues.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To learn more about this Lawyers Association of Kansas City program, please click &lt;a href="http://www.lakc.net/events?eventId=405118&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon has been selected by corporate counsel of &lt;em&gt;Fortune&lt;/em&gt; 1000 companies as one of the top four firms in the country for providing value, according to BTI Consulting Group.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; This recognition is particularly meaningful to our firm because it touches on the core of our mission   providing value,  SHB Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=34"&gt;John Murphy&lt;/a&gt; said.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;BTI Consulting made the announcement with the release of its &lt;em&gt;BTI Client Services A-Team 2012&lt;/em&gt; report, which includes results of a corporate counsel survey that measured individual law firm performance  through the eyes of the client.  Based on the in-house counsel feedback, BTI Consulting said that SHB is seen as a top value, ranking the firm as one of four in the category  Provides Value for the Dollar: The Best Law Firms. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;BTI Consulting describes its survey as 100 percent driven by clients with  fact-based, comprehensive analysis  that  relies on more than 240 independent, one-on-one interviews with corporate counsel. No law firms influence the results, submit nominations or provide client names. The research is independent and unbiased." &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;To learn more about SHB s commitment to value, please click &lt;a href="http://www.shb.com/value/"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;









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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=406"&gt;Sarah Croft&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article titled  When can international manufacturers be sued in the US?  in the October 2011 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer&lt;/em&gt;.  Discussing recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that involved whether state courts could exercise jurisdiction over foreign product manufacturers, Croft notes that  these decisions reaffirm that non-US manufacturers cannot be sued in a state court unless their commercial conduct has a link to that state.    Thus,  the focus of the courts should be on the commercial conduct of the companies rather than, for example, whether the ultimate location of a product is foreseeable.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2011/LiabilityofUSmanufacturers.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Associate &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=918"&gt;Alison Newstead&lt;/a&gt; has authored an article appearing in the November 2011 issue of &lt;em&gt;The In-House Lawyer&lt;/em&gt;.  Titled  International co-ordinating counsel in product liability cases:  is it really necessary?,  the article provides compelling reasons for global manufacturing companies  in-house attorneys to retain such counsel before lawsuits are filed in a multitude of foreign jurisdictions.  Newstead notes that international coordinating counsel can, among other matters, quickly locate reliable local counsel in other countries, handle a company s defense consistently across jurisdictions and provide advice on responding to emerging trends.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2011/Benefitsofinternationalcoordinatingcounsel.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Tom Moga&lt;/a&gt; recently participated in the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group held in advance of the 22nd Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Chengdu, China, where senior trade officials addressed  the removal of important barriers  to U.S. exports and jobs. At the behest of the U.S. Patent &amp; Trademark office, Moga discussed utility model patents in China and the challenges they present to both U.S. and Chinese industries.  The IPR Working Group s findings on patent quality were then taken into consideration as officials prepared their final comments to the JCCT.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; For the first time, China will establish a permanent leadership structure to enforce intellectual property rights. As enforcement becomes effective, those who infringe will no longer be able to lay low until a crackdown is over and then simply resume their illegal activities,  said U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; recently spoke with &lt;em&gt;Lawyer Monthly&lt;/em&gt; about the issues that have affected U.S. employment and labor law in 2011, including the U.S. Supreme Court s decision in &lt;em&gt;Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Betty Dukes, et al.,&lt;/em&gt; No. 10-277, 2011 WL 2437013 (U.S. June 20, 2011), to decertify the class action for lack of commonality.  In this case, the Supreme Court provided a great deal of guidance concerning employment discrimination class actions,  explained Martucci.  The Court carefully outlined what is required for a showing of commonality under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. &lt;/p&gt; 



&lt;p&gt;Martucci also examined how  the future of wage and hour class action litigation  could depend on  the impact of the Dukes case,  whether the majority of courts apply the ruling  with some vigor  or limit it to the Title VII context. He also discussed how the Supreme Court s ruling in &lt;em&gt;AT&amp;T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion&lt;/em&gt;  provides a strong basis for embracing arbitration in the wage and hour area, perhaps to extent of limiting or curtailing wage and hour collective action and class action litigation in the context of a predispute employment arbitration provision. &lt;/p&gt; 





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=95"&gt;Frank Rothrock&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=505"&gt;Chris Johnson&lt;/a&gt; will participate in the Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel s (SVAGC) All Hands Meeting on December 6-7, 2011 in Santa Clara, California. Titled  Evolving Product Liability Issues That Impact Manufacturers of Brand-Name and Generic Pharmaceuticals, Biologics, and Biosimilars,  Rothrock and Johnson s session will discuss  considerations for minimizing potential liability in product development and the design of clinical trials; liability issues facing manufacturers of biologics; an update on federal preemption; potential liability for failure to warn about another company's generic drug or biosimilar.  Founded over 20 years ago, SVAGC includes over 100 chief legal officers from publicly traded companies and multinational subsidiaries located throughout the Bay Area. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the 23rd Annual All Hands Meeting, please click &lt;a href="http://www.ivyevents.com/allhands/index.php?h=99909" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Class Actions &amp; Complex Litigation Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=522"&gt;Holly Pauling Smith&lt;/a&gt; and Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Practice Vice Chair 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; have co-authored the  USA  chapter in &lt;a href=" http://www.iclg.co.uk/index.php" target="blank"&gt;Global Legal Group s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Class &amp; Group Actions 2012,&lt;/em&gt; which provides country-by-country legal system analyses. The authors outline how class and group actions are litigated in the United States, describing court procedures, time limitations, potential remedies, costs, and funding issues.  While the article focuses on class actions in the federal courts, the authors note that states have their own class action rules, which are similar to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, but are generally interpreted more liberally. &lt;span class="view"&gt; To read the chapter, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2011/USA2012.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB Class Actions &amp; Complex Litigation Partner 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=398"&gt;Jennifer Brown&lt;/a&gt; and Tort Associate 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=774"&gt;Ina Chang&lt;/a&gt; also authored a chapter discussing the impact recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on class certification are likely to have on toxic tort actions, which are generally pursued as class actions in the United States.  They raise a hypothetical action and analyze the plaintiffs  claims in light of rulings that have fundamentally changed  the class certification landscape.   Concluding that &lt;em&gt;Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes,&lt;/em&gt; 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011), for example, presents major hurdles for plaintiffs by  raising the bar on commonality and narrowing the opportunity for class certification pursuant to Rule 23(b)(2),  the authors acknowledge that  dire predictions of the end of the class action in the United States are premature at best.  Creative lawyers inevitably will navigate their way around the pitfalls and discover the well is far from dry.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the chapter, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2011/HastheUSClassActionWellRunDry.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thomson Reuters has recognized 35 SHB attorneys in &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt; following a  rigorous, multiphase rating process  used to identify the top 5 percent of lawyers in the bi-state area. In addition, six attorneys were named  Rising Stars. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;SHB Kansas City attorneys named to &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt; and the categories in which they were recognized include:

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt; (General Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=50"&gt;Mark Anstoetter&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Gene Balloun&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); 

Ron Bodinson (Real Estate); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=785"&gt;Ed Bullard&lt;/a&gt; (Real Estate); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=189"&gt;Mike Cargnel&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=154"&gt;Stan Davis&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=19"&gt;Jim Eiszner&lt;/a&gt; (Antitrust Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=773"&gt;Willie Epps&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=32"&gt;Dave Erickson&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=416"&gt;Roger Geary&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=156"&gt;Bill Hays&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); 

John Johnston (Civil Litigation Defense); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Harvey Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=66"&gt;Matt Keenan&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=424"&gt;Gary Long&lt;/a&gt; (Class Action); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; (Employment Litigation: Defense); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=287"&gt;Kirk Marty&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=57"&gt;Scott McCandless&lt;/a&gt; (Real Estate); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=21"&gt;Mark Moedritzer&lt;/a&gt; (Bankruptcy); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=386"&gt;Carol Poindexter&lt;/a&gt; (Health Care); 

Dave Rameden (Business Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=18"&gt;Joe Rebein&lt;/a&gt; (Antitrust Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=166"&gt;Todd Ruskamp&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Bill Sampson&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Terry Satterlee&lt;/a&gt; (Environmental); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=96"&gt;Scott Sayler&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=97"&gt;Andy See&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=229"&gt;Stan Sexton&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: General); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=348"&gt;Jay Simpson&lt;/a&gt; (Tax); 

Gay Tedder(Civil Litigation Defense); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=335"&gt;Gene Voigts&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=304"&gt;Trent Webb&lt;/a&gt; (Intellectual Property Litigation); and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation Defense).&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt; Rising Stars  include:

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=184"&gt;Chris Aikin&lt;/a&gt; (Business Litigation); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=742"&gt;Chad Beashore&lt;/a&gt; (Personal Injury Defense: Products); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=590"&gt;Carrie McAtee&lt;/a&gt; (Employment Litigation: Defense); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=660"&gt;Harley Ratliff&lt;/a&gt; (Civil Litigation: Defense); 

Megan Redmond (Intellectual Property Litigation); and 

Adam Seitz (Intellectual Property). 

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Thomson Reuters singled out with distinction eight SHB attorneys for its Top 10, Top 100, Top 50 Kansas City and Top 50 Women &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt; listings. The attorneys named to these listings, include:

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Adams&lt;/a&gt; (Top 10 &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt; and Top 50 Kansas City &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt;); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=150"&gt;Balloun&lt;/a&gt; (Top 100 &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt;); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=35"&gt;Kaplan&lt;/a&gt; (Top 100 &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt; and Top 50 Kansas City &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt;); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Martucci&lt;/a&gt; (Top 100 &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt;); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;McDonough&lt;/a&gt; (Top 50 Women &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt;); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=167"&gt;Sampson&lt;/a&gt; (Top 100 &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt;); 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=799"&gt;Satterlee&lt;/a&gt; (Top 50 Women &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt;); and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Woodbury&lt;/a&gt; (Top 50 Women &lt;em&gt;Missouri &amp; Kansas Super Lawyers 2011&lt;/em&gt;).

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&lt;p&gt;Peer recognition ballots are used to nominate attorneys, and additional candidates are identified through an independent search. Final candidates are then graded on a point scale based on experience, professional achievements, bar activities, pro bono and community service, and scholarly lectures and writings.&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Agribusiness &amp; Food Safety Practice Partners 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=144"&gt;Paul La Scala&lt;/a&gt;  and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=474"&gt;Kevin Underhill&lt;/a&gt; will join a distinguished faculty presenting at GMA s  2012 Food Claims &amp; Litigation Conference,  scheduled for February 21-23, 2012, in Dan Point, California.  Underhill will discuss  Water:  The New Litigation Coastline for Food &amp; Beverage Companies,  while La Scala will serve on a panel addressing  The Bare-Naked Truth About Class Actions Involving  All Natural  Food Products.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To review the conference agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.gmaonline.org/forms/meeting/Microsite/FoodClaimsLitigation2012,1" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=826"&gt;Amor Esteban&lt;/a&gt; will participate in a December 2, 2011, Practicing Law Institute CLE in San Francisco, California.  Titled  Electronic Discovery Guidance 2011: What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know,  the seminar will provide an inside look  at the current state of e-discovery, give tips for avoiding pitfalls litigants have encountered in the years since the passage of the federal rules, and discuss important ethical issues in light of recent court decisions imposing discovery sanctions and outlining the duties of outside and in-house counsel.  Esteban will serve on a panel discussing  Litigation Begins:  Early Case Assessment and the Rule 26(f) Conference.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To register for the event, please click &lt;a href="http://www.pli.edu/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294939477-164&amp;ID=97000" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Employment Litigation &amp; Policy Practice Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=31"&gt;Bill Martucci&lt;/a&gt; will be addressing global employment law issues and related electronic discovery issues at a November 9-13, 2011, Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) conference in Hluhluwe, South Africa.  Titled  Lawyering in the International Market,  the conference will feature speakers from Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia on a variety of cross-border matters.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;CILS is a non-profit research, training and publishing institute that aims to promote the dissemination of information among members of the international legal community.  Martucci teaches international business policy and the global workplace at Georgetown. &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read more about the event, please click 

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=276"&gt;John Barkett&lt;/a&gt; will discuss the  Ethics of Working with Experts  at a November 10, 2011, teleconference sponsored by CLE Alabama. In addition to drawing  an ethical line between paying for time versus testimony,  the seminar will cover the ethics of  (i)  paying and preparing witnesses ; (ii)  conferring with witnesses about their testimony during breaks ; (iii) correcting  misstatements of witnesses ; (iv)  online and social media posting of videotaped depositions to embarrass opponents ; and (v)  using inadvertently produced information. &lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Public Policy Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=13"&gt;Mark Behrens&lt;/a&gt; testified before the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee at an October 24, 2011, hearing to consider legislation (H.B. 1552) that would allow a personal injury or wrongful death suit to be filed only  in the county in which the cause of action arose.   Behrens voiced support for the proposal, focusing his remarks on current venue rules that allow a disproportionate number of civil cases to be filed in Philadelphia, which the American Tort Reform Association has characterized as a  judicial hellhole.   According to Behrens,  plaintiffs  lawyers expect more favorable outcomes at trial in Philadelphia than in other areas of the Commonwealth.  Evidence suggests that they may be right.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the testimony, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2011/Behrens_PaVenueTestimony2011.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Litigation attorneys &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=99"&gt;Marie Woodbury&lt;/a&gt;, 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=119"&gt;Christopher Gramling&lt;/a&gt; and 

&lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=617"&gt;William Northrip&lt;/a&gt; have authored commentary in the October 24, 2011, edition of &lt;em&gt;Mealey s Personal Injury Report&lt;/em&gt; about a new litigation trend that threatens to undermine  the basic principles of negligence law itself.  Titled  Keeping the Lid on Pandora s Box:  Using Traditional Limits on Liability to Defend Corporate Defendants Against Civil Liability Based on Criminal Misuse of Legal Products,  the article explains how creative plaintiffs  lawyers have been trying in recent years to pin tort liability on product manufacturers for the harm caused by a criminal who misuses a product  in furtherance of some criminal scheme or activity.   Thus, corporations have faced litigation involving the criminal misuse of ammonium nitrate, insecticides, ammunitions, over-the-counter cold medications, chemical carcinogens, firearms, and automobiles.  According to the authors, by filing such complaints, plaintiffs  overlook and ignore well-established legal limits on liability.   The article discusses those limits and suggests that this attempted expansion of legal liability  would contravene sound public policy.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To read the article, please click &lt;a href="newsevents/2011/KeepingtheLidonPandorasBox.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Agribusiness &amp; Food Safety Practice Co-Chair &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; recently spoke with &lt;em&gt;Law360&lt;/em&gt; about the proliferation of lawsuits accusing food and beverage makers of misleading consumers with  All Natural  labels, questioning whether the burden to prove each plaintiff relied on the representation to purchase a given product would ultimately doom this class action trend. In the October 19, 2011, article titled   All Natural  Class Action Wave May Be Short-Lived,  even plaintiffs  lawyers concede that consumers expecting  all natural  products to provide some undefined quality will have difficulty proving that everyone relied on the representation when purchasing the product.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Noting that the Food and Drug Administration has not placed a priority on defining the term in conjunction with foods and beverages, which makes it a fertile ground for litigation, McDonough also said that plaintiffs face the hurdle of proving a concerted effort to defraud them. In her experience, however,  product manufacturers are trying to be careful, and they are aware of litigation threats.  She contends that while companies consider the litiga¬tion to be a  tempest in a teapot,  they have been conservative about product claims to avoid the considerable costs of defending putative class actions.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Kansas City Business Journal s&lt;/em&gt; 2011  Best of the Bar  supplement has recognized SHB Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=47"&gt;Rob Adams&lt;/a&gt;, John Johnston  and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=386"&gt;Carol Poindexter&lt;/a&gt; as outstanding attorneys in the Kansas City area.&lt;/p&gt;



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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Of Counsel &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=983"&gt;Thomas Moga&lt;/a&gt; recently met with Geoffrey Antell, congressional trade counsel for the Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, to discuss Chinese intellectual property law.  In particular, Moga and Antell addressed the impact of Chinese patent practice and policies, including enforcement, on U.S. companies, as well as how the United States can respond to these approaches. Moga has scheduled to confer with Antell and other staffers on these topics again.&lt;/p&gt;







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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Partner &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=413"&gt;Gregory Fowler&lt;/a&gt; will present at the International Bar Association s 2011 Annual Conference slated for October 30-November 4 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  Billed as  the largest gathering of the international legal community in the world,  the conference will provide more than 180 working sessions covering  all areas of practice relevant to international legal practitioners. &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Fowler will participate in two working sessions,  Hot Topics for International Sales, International Franchising and Product Law and Advertising  and  Damages for Product Liability: Is the Consumer Adequately Protected?.   &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the event agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.int-bar.org/conferences/Dubai2011/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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      <title>Fowler to Present at IBA 2011 Annual Conference</title>

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;SHB Pharmaceutical &amp; Medical Device Practice Partners &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=67"&gt;Michael Koon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/attorney_detail.aspx?id=91"&gt;Madeleine McDonough&lt;/a&gt; will join the distinguished faculty of the American Conference Institute s  16th Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation  event slated for December 5-7, 2011, in New York City. Co-sponsored by Shook, Hardy &amp; Bacon, this conference brings together leading litigators and in-house counsel to share their insights about current products liability defense strategies.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Koon will join a panel to discuss  Personal Liability Concerns for Life Sciences Counsel and other Industry Professionals.   McDonough, who co-chairs the firm s Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Practice, will participate on a panel addressing the topic  Creating Exit Strategies for Mass Torts and Selecting the Most Advantageous Settlement Model.  &lt;span class="view"&gt;To view the agenda, please click &lt;a href="http://www.drugandmed.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





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E: bgtaylor@shb.com&lt;br/&gt;

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