Program Details
2025-12-03 14:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-12-03 14:00:00
1h CLE Credits
Intermediate
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2:00 pm - 2:20 pm ESTThis session examines the 2023 amendments to Rule 702, focusing on the new preponderance of evidence standard and the requirement that experts stay within the bounds of their methodology. Participants will learn how these changes clarify the judicial gatekeeping role and address prior issues of courts overstating the ‘liberal thrust’ of the rule.
Charmaine HarrisGene HummelWilliam Childs 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm ESTThis session analyzes the Sprafka v. Medical Device Business Services decision and other post-amendment case law from circuits including the Fourth, Sixth, and Ninth. Participants will explore how courts are applying heightened scrutiny to expert methodology, including issues of insufficient data, improper differential diagnosis, and unreliable application of scientific principles.
Charmaine HarrisGene HummelWilliam Childs 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm ESTThis practical session covers strategies for challenging unreliable expert testimony, including investigating predatory journals and conducting discovery on actual peer review processes. Participants will learn how to build thorough records that help courts make informed gatekeeping decisions under the amended rule.
Charmaine HarrisGene HummelWilliam ChildsCharmaine K. Harris’s practice focuses on medical device, products liability defense and other complex litigation. She serves as a lead associate for a Fortune 500 Company defending product liability and premises liability claims in state and federal courts nationwide.
Gene Hummel represents and counsels businesses nationwide in a variety of civil litigation matters including products liability, contract disputes, business torts and other complex litigation.
Bill Childs is a national attorney with nearly 25 years of experience defending clients in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, focusing on pharmaceutical mass tort, patent, commercial and other complex litigation.
Charmaine K. Harris’s practice focuses on medical device, products liability defense and other complex litigation. She serves as a lead associate for a Fortune 500 Company defending product liability and premises liability claims in state and federal courts nationwide.
Gene Hummel represents and counsels businesses nationwide in a variety of civil litigation matters including products liability, contract disputes, business torts and other complex litigation.
Bill Childs is a national attorney with nearly 25 years of experience defending clients in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, focusing on pharmaceutical mass tort, patent, commercial and other complex litigation.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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