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Several Nutter partners presented at New England Corporate Counsel Association’s (NECCA) seminar “Taming the Beast: Successful Management of Complex Litigation” on May 6. The seminar focused on ways for in-house counsel faced with complex litigation to develop a strategy to manage the process and control costs. Attendees learned the latest trends in venue selection, budget tracking, streamlining multi-counsel representation, and insurer relations. The presenters also drilled down into the special considerations for three prevalent complex litigation areas: product liability, intellectual property, and antitrust.

Presentations included:

Key Issues to Consider when Managing Complex Litigation

• Selecting counsel 
• Budgeting 
• Managing the process

Michael A. Walsh, partner, Litigation

Product Liability – What to Do When Your Product (Allegedly) Causes Harm?

• Managing coordinated national litigation 
• Developing consistent expert themes 
• Early case resolution vs. Trials

David L. Ferrera, chair of the Product Liability and Toxic Tort Litigation practice group

Antitrust - Anticipating the Issues

• Costs of class certification 
• Managing civil litigation with a pending criminal investigation 
• Settlement strategy and litigation costs