Blank Rome partner Deborah Greenspan will serve as a panelist at the Rabiej Litigation Law Center’s Bench-Bar Leadership Summit on Mass-Tort MDLs, being held July 10, 2025, at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Fifteen federal judges will join 20 to 25 practicing lawyers and other experts on five panels and consider recommending guidance addressing identified issues related to mass-tort multidistrict litigations (“MDLs”).
Deborah’s session, “Providing Sufficient Time to Locate Information to Support Actions Filed on “Information and Belief,” will take place from 12:45–2:15 p.m.
Panelists:
- Edward Dumoulin, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
- Ann Saucer, Nachawati Law Group
- Harper Segui, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman
- Michael Dockterman, Steptoe LLP
- Deborah Greenspan, Blank Rome LLP
- Hon. Eric Tostrud, District of Minnesota
- Hon. Wendy Berger, Middle District of Florida
- Hon. Staci Yandle, Southern District of Illinois
Other sessions include:
- Setting Common-Benefit Fund Percentage Assessments and Reviewing Alternatives to Court-Imposed Lodestar Reporting
- Reducing Overproduction of Documents in Discovery
- Selection Process and Factors to Consider When Retaining a Claims Administrator in a Mass-Tort MDL
- Promoting Opportunities for Magistrate Judges, including Recalled Magistrate Judges, to Try Bellwether Cases on Parties’ Consent
For more information, please visit the event webpage.
