Program Details
2026-08-20 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-08-20 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ESTAnchoring — tying noneconomic damages to fighter jets, athlete salaries, and other outsized reference points — has been a signature driver of nuclear verdicts. That playbook is now under direct legislative attack: Georgia’s SB 68 restricts anchoring arguments to those “rationally related” to the evidence, Texas’s SB 30 narrowly failed and is poised to return in 2027, and other states are following. This session examines how plaintiffs are rebuilding high-value damages presentations to survive the new restrictions, how defendants can leverage them to contain exposure, and what the shifting landscape means for insurers and policyholders facing excess-limits verdicts.
Emily BuchananLauren Brogdon 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTNuclear verdicts are the result of the synergistic interaction between nuclear jurors and nuclear facts. This session presents the keys to preventing them: deselecting nuclear jurors before they are seated, precluding anchoring, and defusing both plaintiff’s damages presentation and the defense’s own client. Attendees will learn how to make the number theirs — giving the jury a credible defense figure rather than leaving plaintiff’s anchor unanswered — and how to argue non-economic damages directly.
Edward R. HugoEmily Buchanan is a partner in the Litigation and Insurance Recovery Practice Groups in the Dallas office of Haynes Boone, where she focuses primarily on representing commercial policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. She advises clients on insurance programs and risk management and represents insureds in disputed claims through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation, across a wide range of business insurance— including various liability coverages, property and casualty coverage, and specialized forms of coverage. Emily pairs a genuine passion for helping others with keen insight into complex insurance issues, crafting litigation strategies that maximize clients’ insurance benefits as efficiently as possible.
Lauren Brogdon is a trial lawyer and crisis management attorney whose practice spans product liability disputes, environmental litigation, catastrophic injury and wrongful death defense, and emerging contaminant matters. Chair of Haynes Boone’s Chambers-ranked Crisis Management Practice Group, she is trusted by some of the nation’s largest companies to translate legal knowledge into real-world solutions aligned with their business goals. Whether guiding clients through the immediate aftermath of a crisis or defending them in the highest-stakes litigation, Lauren combines courtroom skill with hands-on-incident-command expertise—and her fluency in multiple languages positions her to serve multinational clients in cross-border incidents and investigations.
Edward R. Hugo is a founding partner of Hugo Parker, LLP in San Francisco. His trial practice spans products and premises liability, toxic torts, environmental claims, construction defect, personal injury, wrongful death, insurance, and professional negligence, and he serves as an expert witness on the duties of defense counsel and on insurance coverage matters.
Emily Buchanan is a partner in the Litigation and Insurance Recovery Practice Groups in the Dallas office of Haynes Boone, where she focuses primarily on representing commercial policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. She advises clients on insurance programs and risk management and represents insureds in disputed claims through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation, across a wide range of business insurance— including various liability coverages, property and casualty coverage, and specialized forms of coverage. Emily pairs a genuine passion for helping others with keen insight into complex insurance issues, crafting litigation strategies that maximize clients’ insurance benefits as efficiently as possible.
Lauren Brogdon is a trial lawyer and crisis management attorney whose practice spans product liability disputes, environmental litigation, catastrophic injury and wrongful death defense, and emerging contaminant matters. Chair of Haynes Boone’s Chambers-ranked Crisis Management Practice Group, she is trusted by some of the nation’s largest companies to translate legal knowledge into real-world solutions aligned with their business goals. Whether guiding clients through the immediate aftermath of a crisis or defending them in the highest-stakes litigation, Lauren combines courtroom skill with hands-on-incident-command expertise—and her fluency in multiple languages positions her to serve multinational clients in cross-border incidents and investigations.
Edward R. Hugo is a founding partner of Hugo Parker, LLP in San Francisco. His trial practice spans products and premises liability, toxic torts, environmental claims, construction defect, personal injury, wrongful death, insurance, and professional negligence, and he serves as an expert witness on the duties of defense counsel and on insurance coverage matters.
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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