| Sophisticated New Tort Theories
Thomas F. Lambert Tort Law Conference
Sponsored with the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy and
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, October 29, 2004
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
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This Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Conference addresses the emergence of new tort theories and the role of new tort rights and remedies for the twenty-first century. The panels will be the vehicles for discussing the critical role of tort law in protecting consumers. The Lambert Conference is a forum that brings together nationally prominent law professors, practitioners, and jurists to consider the impact of tort law on the legal system and society. Professor Thomas Lambert greatly admired the work of Leon Green, who argued that tort law was "public policy in disguise."
This conference explores the doctrinal as well as public policy implications of emergent torts. Sophisticated New Tort Theories provides an opportunity to explore how we might ideally structure tort remedies for evolving social problems. In our discussion of tort law, we will be examining critical issues of tort doctrine, empirical studies as well as a sustained public policy discussion. Practitioners, academics, and policy makers will be interested in learning about cutting edge theories of tort liability, ideas for creating remedies, and the latest thinking regarding damages.
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Professor Michael L. Rustad, Chair
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Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Professor of Law, Co-Director, Intellectual Property Law Concentration Suffolk University Law School |
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Paul R. Sugarman, Esq., Co-Chair
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Sugarman & Sugarman, P.C. |
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Martha Chamallas
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Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law
Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
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Richard A. Daynard
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Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA |
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Joanne Doroshow, Executive Director
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New York Law School, Center for Justice and Democracy |
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Jay M. Feinman
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Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Law School, Camden, NJ |
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Lucinda M. Finley
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Frank G. Raichi Professor of Trial & Appellate Advocacy
University of Buffalo Law School, State University of New York |
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Donald G. Gifford
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University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD |
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Honorable Edward F. Harrington
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United States District Court, District of Massachusetts |
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Keith N. Hylton
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Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA |
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Thomas H. Koenig
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Chair, Sociology Department, Executive Committee Law, Policy & Society
Northeastern University, Boston, MA |
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Anthony J. Sebok
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Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY |
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Catherine Sharkey
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Columbia Law School, New York, NY |
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Jeffrey White
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Constitutional Counsel, Center for Constitutional Litigation
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, D.C. |
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
Dean Robert H. Smith, Professor Michael L. Rustad &
Attorney Paul R. Sugarman
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| 9:15 |
The Future of Tort Law |
| Commentator:Attorney Paul R. Sugarman, Sugarman & Sugarman - The Future of Consumers under Tort Law
Attorney Joanne Doroshow, Center for Justice & Democracy - Unmaking and Remaking Tort Law
Professor Jay M. Feinman, Rutgers Law School, Camden - The Future of Economic Analysis of Tort Law
Professor Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law - The Constitutionalization of Tort Law
Attorney Jeffrey White, Constitutional Counsel, ATLA, D.C.
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| 11:15 |
Emerging Torts |
| Commentator: Judge Edward F. Harrington, U.S. District Court - The New Wave: Collective Actions & Responsibilities
Professor Donald G. Gifford, University of Maryland School of Law - New Torts for the Information Age
Professor Michael L. Rustad, Suffolk University Law School & Professor Thomas H. Koenig, Northeastern University
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| 12:15 |
Discussion and Q & A |
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| 12:30 |
Luncheon with Guest Speaker (Included) |
FEATURED LUNCHEON SPEAKER The Honorable Allen Linden, of the Federal Court of Canada, has also served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. As a distinguished Professor of Law at the Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, he produced a landmark study of automobile law compensation. His study spurred the development of one of the world's most comprehensive no-fault insurance plans. Justice Linden's treatise on Canadian Tort Law is considered to be the standard-bearing work in the field and was often cited in the works of Thomas F. Lambert, Jr.
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| 2:00 |
Forging New Remedies for Mass Torts |
| Commentator:Professor Michael L.Rustad, Suffolk U.Law School - The Use of Tort Law to Control Big Tobacco and Big Macs
Professor Richard A. Daynard, Northeastern University
School of Law - A New Use of Class Actions: Remedying Societal Harms
Professor Catherine Sharkey, Columbia University Law School
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| 3:15 |
Tort Reforms & Damages |
| Commentator:Attorney Paul R. Sugarman, Sugarman & Sugarman - The Calculation of Economic Loss as It Relates to Women and Racial Minorities
Professor Martha Chamallas, Ohio State University - The Effect of Tort Reform Caps on Noneconomic Loss Damages on Women and the Elderly
Professor Lucinda Finley, SUNY, School of Law - Review of Punitive Damages on the State Level
Professor Anthony J.Sebok, Brooklyn Law School
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Friday, October 29, 2004 |
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Tuition is $199; $179 for attorneys admitted to the Bar after 2001 and members of MATA. Free for Suffolk Law Students. Lunch is also included.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you can send a substitute. Otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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| Location: |
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE Credit in NY, RI, NH, VT, ME. If we are not already an approved CLE provider in your jurisdiction, we will assist you.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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