Wednesday, October 15, 2003



8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast



9:00 Landscape of the Litigation - What Starts Mass Torts Rolling

Paul Rheingold, Rheingold Valet Rheingold Shkolnik & McCartney

George Frazza, Of Counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler



10:00 Looking at the Details of the Litigation

Plaintiff: Michael Williams, Williams Dailey O'Leary Craine & Love

Defense: Richard Honeyman, Hite Fanning & Honeyman



11:00 Morning Break



11:15 Impact of the Means of Coordinating Cases

Arnold Levin, Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman

Ralph Ferrara, Debevoise & Plimpton



12:00 Luncheon and Keynote Address

Honorable Alfred Wolin, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Newark Division



1:30 Bankruptcy, Companies at Risk and the Financial Impact of Large-scale Litigation on the Industry

Sara Turnipseed, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Wilbur Ross, WL Ross & Co.

Additional speaker to be announced



2:30 Insurance Coverage Issues

Jerold Oshinsky, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky

Thomas Brunner, Wiley Rein & Fielding



3:15 Afternoon Break



3:30 Reflections on Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation

MODERATOR: Arthur Miller, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard University School of Law

Hon. Stanley Sporkin, Weil Gotshal & Manges and former U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia

Brad Friedman, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach

Sidney Wolfe, MD, Director, Public Citizen's Health Research Group

Additional speakers to be announced



4:30 Attorneys Who Advise the Industry

David Bernick, Kirkland & Ellis

Sheila Birnbaum, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom



5:30 Networking Reception



* invited