MTMP Fall 2023 Seminar Agenda

Co-sponsored by Lexamica and PILMMA

A product demo to highlight features that make SmartAdvocate a leader in intake, document management, reporting, and more.

Co-sponsored by Clarra

• Improving the management of mass torts with the right banking partner
  • Implementing best practices, process improvements and technological efficiencies in complex settlements
  • Understanding why experienced bankers who know your business and trends in the legal industry can make all the difference for your firm
  • Achieving successful outcomes and keeping settlement funds safe with flexible and customizable financial solutions
• Technology is at the heart of the future of settlement distributions
  • Innovation can improve outcomes and access to justice for plaintiffs
  • The growth in payment options and digital distribution popularity is indisputably demonstrated in a recent study
  • Mitigating fraudulent claims takes specialized expertise and fresh approaches in the electronic age

Legal marketing veteran Steve Nober, founder and CEO of Consumer Attorney Marketing Group, discusses the power of data and analytics and how law firms can leverage data to make informed marketing decisions, target the most likely audience, and measure the effectiveness of campaigns. Known as the Mass Tort Whisperer, Steve will share proprietary data and analysis for select mass torts and how to apply data to optimize campaign performance and ROI.

• TCPA and the introduction of State Dialing Laws
• State vs. federal advertising laws
• HIPAA compliance
• Is your bar card protected with your current marketing company? Can they truly indemnify you?

Effective client outreach and contact strategies are crucial for engaging, converting, and maintaining mass tort clients. Firms often lose clients during the sales funnel because they aren’t using clear branding or a data-driven approach. That’s where Regal.io can help! Join us to learn about our Branded Caller ID and Spam Remediation services and how Regal harnesses the power of personalized outreach to supercharge client relationships. This session will cover an overview of Regal’s platform and how it helps law firms routinely hit key metrics like a 20%-25% lift in answer rate.

Co-sponsored by Lexamica and PILMMA

Earlier this year, Google unveiled a completely new interface for their search engine results page. The SEO, Local, and Advertising results are now superseded by an AI-generated content box dubbed the Search Generative Experience that appears at the very top of the page. During this cutting-edge session, we explore what impacts results in SGE, how Google intends to integrate advertising into it, showcase two additional Google results that highlight the expertise of subject matter experts: “Perspectives” and “About This Author” and forecast the return of the digital directories.

Learn how a multi-practice plaintiffs’ firm and Clarra improved caseload efficiency and the speed of litigation with Clarra’s case management platform, designed for high-volume, docket-driven litigation.

• Improved caseload efficiency (3:1 attorney-to-staff ratio)
• Added thousands of new matters without adding staff
• Streamlined the litigation lifecycle process
• Increased visibility with detailed custom reporting
• Reduced the cost of case management by 40% vs. other case management platforms

Co-sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty, The National Trial Lawyers, and Ringler Associates

Join us at our Omnia Pre-Party! This is the perfect opportunity to network with fellow attorneys and industry professionals. Mingle with your colleagues and enjoy drinks on us after the first full day of learning.

Co-sponsored by Western Alliance Bank

Start your MTMP experience off right by attending our Opening Night Gala. You will enjoy exquisite food, craft cocktails, and amazing music.

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Keep the conversation going by attending our dinner following the Opening Night Gala, where you can sit down with friends and colleagues for a more in-depth networking experience.

*Must RSVP HERE to attend.

Co-sponsored by Consumer Attorney Marketing Group

Co-sponsored by Clarra

Co-sponsored by Consumer Attorney Marketing Group

Co-sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty, The National Trial Lawyers, and Ringler Associates

Join us at our Omnia Pre-Party! This is the perfect opportunity to network with fellow attorneys and industry professionals. Mingle with your colleagues and enjoy drinks on us after the first full day of learning.

Co-sponsored by Western Alliance Bank

Start your MTMP experience off right by attending our Opening Night Gala. You will enjoy exquisite food, craft cocktails, and amazing music.

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Keep the conversation going by attending our dinner following the Opening Night Gala, where you can sit down with friends and colleagues for a more in-depth networking experience.

*Must RSVP HERE to attend.

With more class actions going to trial, issues of aggregate judgments, cy-près, and related issues have been cropping up. And these issues are vastly different from settlements.

Courts are changing the way they examine service awards to deserving plaintiffs. Hear how to protect your clients and advance your goals.

Every year, dozens of large-scale frauds with hundreds, or even thousands, of victims result in millions of dollars of losses for investors. This session will briefly discuss the basics of utilizing Rule 23 to pursue recovery for investor losses.

Since leaving the bench and participating in a number of large, complex, class action mediations, Judge Jones has needed to revisit a number of her previously held assumptions–all for the better. These assumptions often conflicted with the views of non-judicial neutrals such as her colleague Abe Melamed. This session will explore these differences, and will preview what some of those assumptions were, and what teachable moments litigators can provide to judges currently on the bench.

Co-sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty, The National Trial Lawyers, and Ringler Associates

Join us at our Omnia Pre-Party! This is the perfect opportunity to network with fellow attorneys and industry professionals. Mingle with your colleagues and enjoy drinks on us after the first full day of learning.

Co-sponsored by Western Alliance Bank

Start your MTMP experience off right by attending our Opening Night Gala. You will enjoy exquisite food, craft cocktails, and amazing music.

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Keep the conversation going by attending our dinner following the Opening Night Gala, where you can sit down with friends and colleagues for a more in-depth networking experience.

*Must RSVP HERE to attend.

• Start with the end in mind – set the stage for trial by knowing your case themes
• Take control of your trial early with uninterrupted testimony
• Perform examinations driven by tangible visual elements your jury will remember
• Create a theme grid: The world of discovery at your fingertips
• Tell the story by utilizing everything–public information, media, video–don’t limit yourself to corporate production

• Constructing Your Trial Team & Selecting Your Home Base for Trial
• Demonstratives & Visual Aids
• Order of Proof
• Preparing Your Clients for the Stress of Trial
• Exam Assignments & Outlines

Co-sponsored by Clarra

Learn the tools to prepare for selecting the best jury for your case. Also, discover the most effective ways to apply technology during jury selection.

Hear from the best in the business about the methods they employ to cap off a trial with a persuasive and impactful closing argument.

Co-sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty, The National Trial Lawyers, and Ringler Associates

Join us at our Omnia Pre-Party! This is the perfect opportunity to network with fellow attorneys and industry professionals. Mingle with your colleagues and enjoy drinks on us after the first full day of learning.

Co-sponsored by Western Alliance Bank

Start your MTMP experience off right by attending our Opening Night Gala. You will enjoy exquisite food, craft cocktails, and amazing music.

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Keep the conversation going by attending our dinner following the Opening Night Gala, where you can sit down with friends and colleagues for a more in-depth networking experience.

*Must RSVP HERE to attend.

Co-sponsored by Consumer Attorney Marketing Group

Join us as Mike Papantonio and Paris Hilton discuss the Exploited Teen Industry and Paris’ story of survival. Hear the world-famous celebrity recount the horrors that she endured and learn the impact of her activism. Discover the rot at the core of the industry and how you can make a difference.

Co-sponsored by Forman Law Offices

Over the past couple decades insulin prices have risen more than 1000%. These increases have not been due to rising manufacturing costs or expenditures on research and development. Instead, these increases are the result of a complex pricing scheme that has caused significant financial harm to public entities, unions, hospital systems, and other major employers that are responsible for paying for many of these insulin prescriptions. Please join us for a detailed discussion of the insulin pricing scheme, the causes of action that can be brought to address it, and the current status of the litigation, among other important topics.

In this session, we will discuss the current status of the Hair Relaxer Litigation, injuries that qualify, updates on the defendants, and what makes hair relaxers so dangerous. This session will also offer insight into the corporate structure and history behind hair relaxer marketing and chemical composition.

Co-sponsored by Broughton Partners

GLP-1 RA weight loss drugs continue to be associated with new side effects and injuries. Most recently, very concerning reports of severe and sometimes permanent cases of gastroparesis are ever increasing. Please join our panel to learn all the ins and outs of this evolving litigation, including:

• The history of GLP-1 RA class drugs and FDA approval
• Rampant off-label marketing and promotion
• What is gastroparesis? Who is at risk? How many victims are there?
• Status of evolving litigation
• Next steps

Co-sponsored by Forman Law Offices

Hear from the MDL leadership in the PFAS litigation for the latest update on the project and pending settlements. Learn about the details of the settlements and what work is left to do against additional defendants and additional groups of plaintiffs.

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Join us as Mike Papantonio and Paris Hilton discuss the Exploited Teen Industry and Paris’ story of survival. Hear the world-famous celebrity recount the horrors that she endured and learn the impact of her activism. Discover the rot at the core of the industry and how you can make a difference.

Co-sponsored by Forman Law Offices

Important updates and insights on how these cases are progressing.

Learn what deficiencies peek a defense attorney’s interest to avoid those pitfalls. It’s more than just basic client information. A thorough plaintiff fact sheet is essential to the bellwether process and settlement negotiations.

Settlement is what most clients want. Yet, few understand the complex process for settling and paying out on cases. Come learn effective tools to talk to your clients, manage expectations, and document your files about the long road ahead in mass tort settlements.

Co-sponsored by Broughton Partners

Strengthen client-centric communication skills. Learn to prioritize your clients’ emotional and practical needs while effectively communicating legal information. Gain practical skills (tone, body language and more) that fosters trust and enhances overall client satisfaction.

Co-sponsored by Fibich Leebron Copeland & Briggs

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

A roundup of hot activity in cases involving digital privacy rights.

In this session, we will discuss Defenses to Arbitration Post-Morgan, with a focus on waiver, or waiver of class action waivers, and circumstances where some in the class but not all have purported arbitration agreements.

A look at issues classes and how they’re developing today.

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Sponsored by Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Co-sponsored by Consumer Attorney Marketing Group

Co-sponsored by A Case for Women, Grant & Eisenhofer, and Milestone

Join us for an interactive panel discussion involving many of the themes put forth in the recent hit movie Barbie. We will look at several of the issues confronted in the movie, and how those topics resonate with our own lives and careers. We will discuss perfection, setting and meeting expectations, body image, being your authentic self at home and the office, and much more.

Join us for latest update on the CPAP litigation. Enhance your expertise with tips and tricks on vetting, tolling, and filings CPAP cases. Listen as we unravel the truth behind Philips test results – separating fact from fiction.

• Complying with Fee Sharing Rules
• Remote Lawyering and Associated Licensing Requirements
• Aggregate Settlements, Mandatory Ethical Rules and Fee Disgorgement
• Settlement Allocation Requirements
• Marketing through Various Platforms – What Ethics Rules Apply?

Co-sponsored by Regal.io

Co-sponsored by Broughton Partners

• 3M Military Earplugs
• Elmiron
• Hernia Mesh
• Paragard
• Proton Pump
• Inhibitors (PPIs)
• Valsartan

Co-sponsored by A Case for Women, Grant & Eisenhofer, and Milestone

Join us for an interactive panel discussion involving many of the themes put forth in the recent hit movie Barbie. We will look at several of the issues confronted in the movie, and how those topics resonate with our own lives and careers. We will discuss perfection, setting and meeting expectations, body image, being your authentic self at home and the office, and much more.

Liens, medical, and financials are common topics with our clients. Learn what liens you need to be aware of, how to talk to your client about those liens, and ways to be sure you are all in compliance.

Co-sponsored by Regal.io

It’s all about ethical boundaries. Gain practical insight on ways to support the clients and attorneys while maintaining the highest ethical standards. And learn tips on navigating those tough conversations around boundaries.

Co-sponsored by Broughton Partners