Insurance Law Committee

  Madeleine Fischer, Chair

 

Upcoming Activities -

 

Topic: Round Table Discussion of Oubre v. Louisiana Citizens Fair Plan

Representatives from the Louisiana Insurance Commission will be present.

Date:  Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Location:  New Orleans Bar Association, 650 Poydras Street, Suite 1505, New Orleans

Time:  12 Noon Lunch (meeting)

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Fees:  There is no fee to attend the meeting. Lunch may be ordered in advance for $12.

Registration:  Contact NOBA at (504) 525-7453 or email Rebekah Wheeler. All cancellations must be received in writing no later than two days prior to receive a refund. No refunds for "no shows".

 

Recent Activities -

 

The Use of Experts in Insurance Bad Faith Litigation CLE

with Madeleine Fischer, Jones Walker

• What types of bad faith cases can benefit by the use of expert testimony?
• Admissibility of expert testimony in bad faith cases
  • Cases requiring expert testimony
  • Cases barring expert testimony as unnecessary to subject matte
• What are the qualifications necessary to be a bad faith expert?
• Insurance industry experts
  • Do attorneys qualify as bad faith experts?
  • Other types of experts
  • Distinguishing between issues of law and fact as subjects of expert testimony in insurance bad faith litigation
• Daubert challenges
  • Should a Daubert challenge be made?
  • Strategies in making a Daubert challenge
  • Strategies in defending a Daubert challenge

 

Date:       

June 14, 2011

12 noon - 1:30 (lunch followed by 1 Hour of CLE)

 

Location: 

The New Orleans Bar Association Conference Room

650 Poydras Street, Suite 1505

New Orleans, LA

Fees:       

NOBA Members - $35 (includes lunch)

Non-Members - $45 (includes lunch)

 

Register: 

Contact the New Orleans Bar Association at (504) 525-7453 or e-mail CC Kahr.  Cancellations

must be received in writing by June 10th in order to receive a refund minus an

administrative fee. No refund for "no shows".

 

Recent Activities

Happy Hour Social on May 12, 2011

CLE on Insurance Penalties with W. Shelby McKenzie was held on September 30, 2010

Committee Social at w.i.n.o. on April 28, 2010

CLE and Luncheon on March 9, 2010

Regulatory Law and Procedure at the LA Department of Insurance -- A Guide for Coverage Counsel

with Warren Byrd, Executive Counsel, Louisiana Department of Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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