Actuarial Litigation Symposium at UConn

On Friday, April 15, the University of Connecticut Law School is hosting a conference on actuarial litigation.  If you are interesting in attending, please contact patricia.carbray@law.uconn.edu.

Schedule and list of speakers after the jump.

Agenda

 

Insurance Law Center Symposium

April 15, 2011

 

Actuarial Litigation: How Statistics Can Help Resolve Big Cases

 

 

8:00 to 9:00                        Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 to 10:00                         I. Class Actions and Regulatory Actions

 

Presenters

• Francis McGovern, Duke University School of Law
• Edward Brunet, Lewis & Clark Law School

 

Commentator

• Alex Stein, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

 

Moderator

• Robin Effron, Brooklyn Law School
  
  

10:00 – 10:15                         Break

 

10:15 – 11:45                        II. Aggregate Litigation and Mass Torts

 

Presenters

• Samuel Issacharoff, New York University School of Law
• Howard Erichson, Fordham University School of Law

 

Commentators

• Deborah Hensler, Stanford Law School
• Adam Scales, Washington & Lee Law School

 

Moderator

• Peter Kochenburger, University of Connecticut School of Law

 

12:00 – 12:30                        Lunch

 

12:30 – 1:15                         Keynote Address

 

• Kenneth R. Feinberg, Founder, Managing Partner, Feinberg Rozen, LLP

 

1:15 – 1:30                        Break

 

 

1:30 – 3:30                         III.            Accuracy in Statistical Adjudication Techniques

 

Presenters

• Joseph B. Kadane, Carnegie Mellon University, Dep’t of Statistics
• Edward K. Cheng, Vanderbilt University Law School
• Robert G. Bone, Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law

 

Commentator

• D. James Greiner, Harvard Law School

 

Moderator

• Peter Siegelman, University of Connecticut School of Law
  
  

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