WEBINARS AND DOWNLOADABLE PRESENTATIONS
Covering a wide range of important subjects, our library of highly informative YHC Webinars and Downloadable Presentations are developed by Your House Counsel® as well as by individual Member Firms. We invite you to review and download our informative and widely respected Webinars and Presentations.
Webinars
In this webinar, we’ll examine the factors to be considered when deciding whether to retain an expert witness to testify on behalf of the defense. Discussion will include:
The risks and benefits of retained and non-retained expert witness;
The process of identifying, vetting, and selecting retained and non-retained expert witnesses;
The strategical need to define and narrow the scope of the subject matter assigned to the expert witness;
Deciding whether a retained medical expert needs to conduct an IME to render an opinion on the issue of medical causation;
and Tips for drafting written communications to expert witnesses.
Presented at the 3rd YHC
“In The Know”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the 2nd YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the 2nd YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the 2nd YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the 2nd YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Establishing and Enforcing
Drug Policies in the Age of
“Legalized” Marijuana
Considerations for
Employers and Insurers
Presented at the YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Nursing Home Liability
Post COVID-19
Presented at the YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Presented at the YHC
“Success Is The Point”
Virtual Educational Symposium
Life After COVID-19
Issues, Challenges
and Solutions
This YHC Webinar explores what states and OSHA are doing to address important issues, including: What laws and rules have been enacted? Are all workers treated equally? How have unemployment benefits been affected? Is COVID-19 an “Injury,” “Occupational Disease” or “Illness? Are Workers’ Compensation cases being heard? OSHA Regulations will also be covered.
The Effective Use of Life Care Planners to Defend Personal Injury Cases
If you are not careful, Life Care Planners can turn even your run-of-the-mill personal injury action into a large loss or even a policy limits case. Backgrounds of Life Care Planners can vary greatly, as well as the items they rely upon
for their opinions.
The Learning Objectives include: Understanding a Life Care Plan; Challenging the credentials of the Life Care Planner; Exploring the preparation by the Life Care Planner; Using your medical expert to attack the Life Care Planner; and Determining whether you need a Life Care Planner.
Bling, Kicks & Threads
Wearable Technology
And Its Use In Personal
Injury Litigation
Wearables are electronic technology or devices incorporated into items that can be comfortably worn and used for tracking information on a real time basis. Everyone knows about fitness trackers, but what other wearables are out there and what information might they give you? In this YHC Webinar, we examine this evolving technology and how it can be used in defense of personal injury claims.
More Than Just Showing Up
Making Sure Your Insured Is
Prepared For A Deposition
Producing your insured for depositions involves more than just showing up. While you rarely win a case at deposition, you can lose it. Join us as we discuss the preparations session, typical mistakes and testimony that can destroy your case.
The Families First Coronavirus
Response Act (FFCRA)
What Employers And
Employees Need To Know
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was one of the first federal laws passed that directly related to the pandemic. This YHC Webinar makes sure you will have a fundamental understanding of how the FFCRA works and also learn several lesser-known nuances of the law. Topics covered include: How does an employer know when a leave benefit is triggered under the FFCRA? How does the FFCRA work with ongoing other employment laws like the FMLA and the ADA?
“Hold on a second…did I hear you right?
Ten Head-Scratching Arizona Insurance and Procedural Laws
Every state has insurance and procedural laws that will catch the uninitiated by surprise and which could be fatal to your defense or your case. Arizona is no different. Join us as we discuss the 10 headscratchers you don’t even
know you need to know!
Fear of Impending Death
and Pre-Impact Terror
Death claims without conscious pain and suffering tend to have limited non-economic damages. But in New York, since the 91st Street Crane Collapse Litigation, plaintiffs are putting more emphasis on fear of impending death and pre-impact error. Join us as we discuss those elements and high verdicts in NY.
Liability for Third Party
Criminal Actions
Effects of An Increasingly Violent Society
With reports of gun violence continually in the news, it seems increasingly likely that companies and their insurers will be faced with third party and first party liability claims and regulatory actions. What can be done to protect against these actions? This session provides a discussion of security concerns from a premises liability viewpoint from both an insurer and insured, focusing on the potential exposure from victims and regulators and with a particular emphasis on violence in the workplace. The Learning Objectives: Understanding the potential liability for third-party criminal acts; Regulatory exposure for workplace violence; Anticipating punitive damage claims; and Exploring whether the violence is terrorism and the implications.
The Collateral Source Rule
Plaintiff has incurred medical expenses and has received payments from a collateral source other than the defendant. Determining whether it reduces the defendant’s damages is just the start. Does the issue go to a jury? What evidence is admissible or not admissible? Join us as we explore these difficult issues across multiple states.
Ransomware Response
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and are increasingly targeting U.S. companies and public entities. Ransomware as a Service has enabled less-skilled attackers to launch an increasing number of more-sophisticated attacks.
Meanwhile, many cyber insurance policies are now including explicit provisions to cover ransom payments in case of such attacks, and ransomware recovery firms and victims are more willing to pay such ransoms in lieu of the more extensive and expensive data backup restoration operations.
This session walks you through your options to respond to a cyber ransomware attack, and helps brief you on how and why it could happen to you, your company, and your insureds. We will also discuss how you can perhaps better prepare against such incursions, and potentially create more response options proactively.
Resurgence of Lead
It’s not just lead paint anymore. And the standards have changed. Lead claims have resurfaced in things like water, the work place and recycling. The lessons learned from years of lead paint litigation and studies have led to an assumption that no level of exposure is safe. Join us as we explore these changes.
Downloadable Presentations
Workers Comp and Employment
Law Across the U.S.:
A COVID-19 Update
COVID-19 has affected all of us in many ways and Workers’ Compensation and Employment related issues will be with us long after the epidemic has passed. Join us as we explore what states and OSHA are doing to address these issues.
States covered include: AL, AR, CA, DE, IL, KY, IN, LA, MS, MO, NJ, NY, OH, TX and WI. OSHA Regulations are also covered.
Product Liability and the Malfunction Theory
Application of the malfunction theory can have a devastating effect on the defense of a product liability case, which is already a plaintiff-friendly environment. The malfunction theory is being utilized and developed by courts nationwide to relax, or even excuse proof of defect and causation in products liability cases. Understanding these issues is critical to being prepared for these claims. The case study in the Webinar examines these issues and goes through the defense of a product malfunction case. The Learning Objectives include: Understanding the Malfunction Theory; Applying the theory to real world examples; andComparing the treatment of the Malfunction Theory throughout the U.S.
Fraud Spotlight
Indicators of Fraud in
All Lines of Claims:
You Know It When You See It
Suspicious insurance claims have certain common attributes. The insurance industry and anti-fraud organizations have collected and organized these common attributes into lists of indicators, or red flags, of fraud. Join us as we discuss indicators of fraud in particular lines of claims.
Changing Face of
Insurance Defense
Social Media, Alternative Fees
and Where We Are Going
This in depth look at social media, alternative fees and where the insurance defense industry is going gives claims professionals an excellent overview of major trends that are affecting the industry today, and tomorrow.
