Understand the litigation risks related to sales representatives in procedures.
The presence of medical device representatives in procedures and operating rooms poses liability risks for their employers and the representatives themselves. This presentation will help in-house counsel for medical device and related companies understand the litigation risks related to sales representatives in procedures and the steps companies can take to mitigate the same at various stages: training, communications, and in litigation.
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Sales Representatives' Involvement During Surgery
- Why Is a Sales Representative in the Operating Room?
- Sales Representative Role and Boundaries
- Tools for Managing Liability for Sales Representative Involvement in Procedure
Sales Representative Responsibility Related to Adverse Event Reporting
- What Are the Regulations Concerning Reporting Adverse Events?
- How Do Those Relate to Sales Representatives?
Sales Representatives May Be Pulled Into Litigation to Defeat Diversity
- Why Do Plaintiffs Want to Stay in State Court?
- Fraudulent Joinder Arguments and Challenges
- What Factors Can Help Support Dismissal of Sales Representatives From Product Liability Cases?
Limiting Scope of Challenging Documents and Communications From Sales Representatives
- Sales Representatives' Practices May Lead to More Challenging Documents
- Examples of Sales Representative Communications in Recent Litigation
- This Issue May Be Preventable Through Training on Appropriate Communications
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This course was last revised on May 18, 2023.
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- CA MCLE 1.0
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- HI CLE 1.0
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- IL CLE 1.0
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- NV CLE 1.0
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- NY CLE 1.0 including Areas of Professional Practice 1
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- RI CLE 1.0
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- VT CLE 1.0
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- WA CLE 1.0
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Elizabeth C. Curtin
Sidley Austin LLP
- Partner at Sidley Austin LLP
- Practice focuses on products liability; food, drug and medical device
- Extensive experience advising and defending pharmaceutical, medical device, manufacturing, and consumer goods clients in complex litigation matters
- Provides clients with essential advice at every stage of the litigation process from pretrial litigation to trial, including the coordination of case-specific discovery, depositions, court appearances, strategic planning, expert development, fact investigation, and the drafting of pleadings, motions, and briefs in state and federal jurisdictions
- Advises companies on litigation risks associated with business decisions and transactions and performs pre-litigation risk assessments
- Extensive experience with scientific and medical aspects of products liability cases, having deposed medical and scientific fact witness and expert physicians in a variety of fields and drafted Daubert/Frye motions
- Has been repeatedly recognized by Who’s Who Legal, including Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defense 2022 and Who’s Who Legal: Life Sciences - Product Liability 2022
- Board member, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
- J.D. degree, University of Virginia School of Law; B.S. degree, Duke University
- Can be contacted at [email protected] or 312-853-0524
Stephanie C. Stern
Sidley Austin LLP
- Senior Managing Associate at Sidley Austin LLP
- Practice focuses on products liability; commercial litigation and disputes; white collar: government litigation and investigations
- Has handled a wide variety of litigation matters, including products liability, mass tort, class action, and toxic tort litigation
- Skilled writer, whose experience includes drafting preliminary injunction briefs, complaints, and discovery motions in both state and federal court and whose experience as a clerk in district court allows her to draft creative and effective written court submissions
- Extensive discovery experience, including preservation investigation and negotiations with plaintiffs’ counsel
- Member of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association, the Cook County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association
- J.D. degree, Harvard Law School; B.A. degree, Princeton University
- Can be contacted at [email protected] or 312-853-4168
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