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DVD Leadership Seminar: Calculating Potential Financial Exposure in Product Liability Litigation.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c73107) has announced the addition of "Calculating Potential Financial Exposure in Product Liability Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
: Video Leadership Seminar with David Canter David V. Canter is a psychologist. He began his career as an "architectural psychologist studying the interactions between people and buildings, publishing and providing consultancy on the designs of offices, schools, prisons, housing and other building forms as well as exploring  of Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol  (DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
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Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
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The goal of this Video Leadership Seminar is to provide attorneys and executives with essential information about how to calculate potential financial exposure in product liability litigation. The DVD is viewable on any computer or iPod (that supports video) and features 30 minutes of live video with David Canter of Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, LLP, sharing his knowledge with and experience of product liability litigation and its potential financial implications. The Video Leadership Seminar provides specific resources such as the questions one should ask in determining whether to settle or try a products liability case, the financial implications of both and how to go about calculating the financial exposure of the case. He also shares he experiences in dealing with different product liability litigation cases and explains what makes a strong defense as compared to a weak defense.

Topics covered in the Video Leadership Seminar include:

- The factors involved in calculating the potential financial exposure

- The roles of insurance rules, state laws and other external influences in calculating the financial exposure

- The steps involved in developing the strategy for a strong product liability litigation with minimal financial exposure

- Outweighing negotiation tactics and financial exposure

- How to budget and control expenses during negotiations

- Defining the relationship between settlement strategy and the kind of claim

- When to settle or try a product liability case

- Financial cost to going to court verses the financial cost to settling a products liability case

Samples of the types of questions answered in the video Leadership Seminar include:

- Which elements of the situation or claim influence the degree of financial exposure?

- What factors can change the calculated financial risk?

- What are the standards for financial settlements? How are these established?

- What protection can insurance offer in mitigating the financial risk?

- What are the strategic options and how are they selected for each kind of product liability case?

- Which strategies are more speculative, providing mediocre results?

- What underlying social, economic, or political trends are driving the legal trends in product liability cases?

- What is the worst case scenario
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 for clients defending product liability claims in the years to come? What will the financial outcome look like?

About David Canter:

David Canter is a Name Partner in the firm with his office in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . His practice focuses on representing manufacturers in products liability primary litigation, commercial litigation and catastrophic injury litigation. Mr. Canter received his undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree.

An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree
 from Purdue and his law degree from U.S.C. where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Law Review. Mr. Canter is a nationally and internationally recognized trial lawyer. He is a member of the Products Liability Advisory Council. Mr. Canter has litigated matters in 17 states. He has published multiple treatises in his field including 2 law review articles; California Continuing Education continuing education: see adult education.
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Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904).
 of the Bar publications on topics such as spoliation of evidence Lawyers and courts use the term spoliation to refer to the withholding, hiding, or destruction of evidence relevant to a legal proceeding and is a criminal act in the United States under Federal and most State law. , admissibility of computer simulations and video generated graphics, accident reconstruction, biomechanics of impact trauma, attorney client privilege and work product protection, damages in wrongful death The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons.

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 cases and the collateral source rule The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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, post-sale duties to warn, recall & retrofit. In December 2005, Mr. Canter co-authored a book published by Aspatore Books entitled: "Managing Product Liability Risks." In 2006 Mr. Canter and his dedicated products liability team published its California Products Liability Law Primer.

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