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ABA’s Section of Litigation in Arizona February 20, 2008

Posted by Reginald Johnson in Business, News.
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Release:          Immediate

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

INSURANCE INDUSTRY POLICYMAKERS AND TOP COMPANY LEADERS TO GATHER IN TUSCON FOR ABA LITIGATION MEETING

 

Sessions to cover Hurricane Katrina issues, insuring Hollywood, cyber-loss, asbestos, and other hot topics

 

CHICAGO, February 19, 2008 – Lawyers attending the 20^th annual CLE seminar sponsored by the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation in Tucson, Ariz., February 28 – March 1, will hear from insurance leaders who will offer diverse perspectives on insurance coverage litigation.

 

The four-day program will kick-off with “Confronting Catastrophe: Pandemics, Hurricanes, Terrorists – Oh My!,” an interactive session featuring the advice from experts who lived through Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

 

Other sessions include “Insuring Hollywood: Coverage under Entertainment and Media Policies,”  one of 14 luncheon roundtables; “Just When You Thought It was Safe to Eat Spinach” and “Insurance Coverage for IP and Cyber-Loss.” This cyber liability panel will focus on the marketplace for new products designed to cover the risks of cyber liability, focusing on such recent issues as identity theft resulting from the T.J. Maxx database and the Viacom-YouTube litigation.

 

WHO:               American Bar Association Section of Litigation

 

WHAT:             20^th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar

 

WHEN:             Feb. 28 – March 1

 

WHERE:           Westin La Paloma Resort, Tucson

 

 

With more than 413,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.  As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.

 

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The posting is a press release provided by the American Bar Association.