SoCalBio CFO Roundtable

Welcome to the SoCalBio CFO Roundtable!

Date: Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

Time: 08:30 AM PDT

SoCalBio’s CFO roundtablel will discuss emerging topics, trends, developments and strategies for product liability cases. Some of the topics to be addressed by the panelists include:

• Third party litigation financing is a growing threat to key industries, and its possible weaponization looms as a threat to potentially weaken our industries.
• “Nuisance liability theory” that has brought political and social issues under product liability claims.
• Lawyerly perspective on defending drug and medical device clients and best practices against product liability litigation.
• Broker’s perspective and their recommendations for coverage, types of policies, and best practices.
• Q&A

This specialty roundtable, sponsored jointly by VWR/Gallagher/Perkins Coie/McDermott & Bull creates a forum for SoCalBio members to learn together and discuss new developments in the product liability arena. In addition, roundtable participants will be able to network during the program and at the opening reception.

Agenda

7:30 - Registration/ breakfast/ networking

8:15 - Introductions

8:25 - Panel on Product Liability

9:30 Event adjourns

Host or Publisher Southern California Biomedical Council