Emerging Litigation Podcast
Litigators and other legal and risk professionals share their thoughts on ELP about new legal theories or areas of litigation that plaintiff attorneys, defense counsel, corporations, risk professionals and others will want to be aware of. The host is Tom Hagy, long-time legal news enthusiast, former editor and publisher of Mealey's Litigation Reports, current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal on Emerging Issues in Litigation, and owner of HB Litigation Conferences and Critical Legal Content. ELP is a co-production of HB, CLC, Law Street Media, and vLex Fastcase. Contact Editor@LitigationConferences.com.
Episodes
99 episodes
IP Protection, Secure Transactions, and Bored Apes: NFTs with Cameron Pick
NFTs – or non-fungible tokens – have taken the digital world by storm – or perhaps just a downloadable picture of a storm – promising to revolutionize not only the way we perceive, protect, purchase, and own digital assets, but how we might ...
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Episode 97
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19:11
Last Days of Patent Eligibility Confusion with Ryan Phelan
As if the rocketing evolution of technology isn't presenting enough challenges to inventors under patent law, the Supreme Court has done its part, too. I just finished reading Graham Moore's novel "The Last Days of Night," where ...
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Episode 96
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29:06
The EPA's New PFAS Safe Drinking Water Rule with John Gardella
Once again we dive into one of the hottest topics in environmental law right now: PFAS. Specifically, our guest talks about the EPA’s new PFAS Safe Drinking Water Final Rule, which mandates acceptable levels of PFAS in public water sys...
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Episode 95
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35:47
When Chemical Crises Strike with Ed Gentle and Kip Benson
Soon after emergency response teams scramble into action to address chemical fires, explosions, or other toxic events, attorneys begin gathering and analyzing information either to mitigate corporate risk or to seek remedies for anyone impac...
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Episode 94
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Humans at Work with Leah Stiegler
People. We’re complicated creatures. We can be compassionate. We can fall in love. Sometimes we don’t care for each other, but here we are. Also, some people cross the lines of propriety, causing emotional or even physical h...
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Episode 93
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The Long and Brawny Arm of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with Mark Bini and Tom Suddath
The United Nations and World Economic Forum calculates that the cost of corporate corruption globally is $5 trillion a year, or 5% of the world’s 2022 GDP. Corruption can hamper economic growth by discouraging investment, in...
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Episode 92
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False Claims Act, Health Care Whistleblowers, and Whistling in the Wind with Justin Lugar
The DOJ’s annual report for 2023 revealed that the agency’s Health Care Fraud Unit was its busiest criminal enforcement section, responsible for convicting more than $3.8 billion in False Claims Act and whistleblower claims. There has report...
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Episode 91
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President Biden's Critical Infrastructure Cyber Memo and CrowdStrike's Whoopsie Daisy with Elizabeth Burgin Waller
How secure is our nation's critical infrastructure? One recent event serves as a cautionary tale. In this episode, we tackle this pressing question in the context of cybersecurity. We'll address President Biden's recent
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Episode 90
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Trademarks, Copyrights, Brands, T-Shirts, and Champagne with Tiffany Gehrke and Kelley Gordon
Listen as intellectual property attorneys
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Episode 89
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Algorithmic Software-Facilitated Price Fixing with Jonathan Rubin
Everyone knows that price fixing is against the law, chiefly Section 1 of the Sherman Act. Competitors may not collude, i.e., agree, to keep prices where they want them, but there are relatively new pricing platforms that some co...
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Episode 88
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Mitigating Greenwashing Litigation Risks with Ramya Ravishankar
Companies are grappling with how to market the eco-friendly, people friendly, and animal friendly characteristics of their products and services, while also not getting in trouble with the law. Some have learned this the hard way. Some have ...
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Episode 87
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Automation Comes to Our Litigation Nation with James Lee
In this episode we talk about litigation automation, and another case in which innovators are using artificial intelligence to transform legal operations.We also speak with our guest about his transformation from a litigator to a ...
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Episode 86
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Biometric Privacy Litigation and Coverage Disputes with John Leonard and Cort Malone
Biometric data is big business. It many cases it even helps make our lives better. It also presents significant risks for a variety of parties, in addition to those of us who surrender our data. Companies collecting, storin...
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Episode 85
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Mental Wellbeing and Fulfillment for Litigators: Sara Lord Interviews Gary Miles
This episode is dedicated to Mental Health Awareness Month -- May 2024 -- in which we explore some of the keys to achieving wellbeing as a human litigator. Lawyers contemplate suicide at "an exceedingly high rate." Whereas 4.2% o...
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Episode 84
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Litigation Prognostication with Dan Rabinowitz
The art and science of forecasting litigation outcomes just got a lot more sciencey. Years of immersion in complex business disputes is bound to shine a light on problems begging for solutions. In this case, our guest observed th...
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Episode 83
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Technology-Assisted Review: Sara Lord Interviews Data Scientist Lenora Gray
Our Legal Tech Host Sara Lord speaks with data scientist and eDiscovery expert Lenora Gray of Redgrave Data. Discovery is a staple in any litigation practice, and it has been transformed by technology assisted review tools ...
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Episode 82
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29:50
Jury Selection in the Age of Conspiracy Theories and Distrust with Tara Trask
Tom Hagy interviews jury and trial expert Tara Trask about picking juries in an age of misinformation, general distrust, tribalism, unleashed social media warriors, flamers, and ...
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Episode 81
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44:29
Transforming Legal Workflows with AI: Sara Lord Interviews Tara Emory and Wilzette Louis
“Of all the opportunities legal operations teams might identify to save time, money, and resources while potentially improving quality, Robotic Process Automation may currently offer the biggest and most immediate opportunities.”...
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Episode 80
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The Intersection of Generative AI and the Legal Profession with Niki Black
Surveys abound on artificial intelligence and the law – many of them by companies bringing the technology into their products for attorneys. One survey says three quarters of lawyers expect AI to be integrated into their ...
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Episode 79
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29:50
The Corporate Transparency Act: A New Attempt to Fight Money Laundering with Lori Smith
Laundering money generated in the drug trade. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that between $800 billion to $2 trillion is laundered annually. Laundering money intended to support terrorism. The International Monetary F...
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Episode 78
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“Litigators, YES Litigators: One Attorney's Journey Within and Without the Legal Industry” with Somya Kaushik
Litigators who do other things besides litigate -- you know them. Some perform comedy, act on stage or in film, or they are gifted musicians. Some are even drummers. (Drummer joke, if that’s not too edgy.) One highly a...
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Episode 77
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Massive Mass Tort Settlements and Liability Forecasting with Mark Eveland and Ed Silverman
Today we talk about liability forecasting and the role it plays in the administration of massive, sometimes multi-billion-dollar mass tort settlement trusts. These mechanisms were built to fairly and judiciously compensate current and future...
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Episode 76
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Machines Inventing Machines: Artificial Intelligence and Patent Law with Robert A. McFarlane
In this episode we talk about artificial intelligence in the world of invention. My guest recently co-wrote an article for the Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law about a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
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Episode 75
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41:47
The Awesome Potential of Advanced Dispute Resolution with Rich Lee
Annual U.S. litigation cost estimates vary wildly. Some say $250 billion, others say $430 billion. When you consider indirect costs, such as lost productivity or economic damages, some put the costs as high as $1.5 trillion. ...
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Episode 74
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Applying Business Strategy to Your Law Firm with James Grant
This isn’t going to be another theoretical sermon on the business of law, but how two partners – with the help of a business expert – re-envisioned their practice, throwing out traditional models and transforming their firm into someth...
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Episode 73
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