Morgan Lewis Earns High Marks in The Legal 500 United States 2018

NEW YORK, June 6, 2018: Highlighting the breadth of Morgan Lewis’s experience and client capabilities nationally, The Legal 500 United States has ranked the firm as a leader in 59 practice categories and recognized 243 Morgan Lewis lawyers for excellence in its newly released 2018 edition.

The firm garnered the highest ranking of Tier 1 in 10 practice categories. Additionally, 25 partners were given “Leading Lawyer” designations, the most prestigious designation awarded to individuals by the directory, 15 lawyers were named up-and-coming “Next Generation Lawyers,” and 203 lawyers were recommended in the guide.

TIER 1 PRACTICE RANKINGS

Finance

• Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
• Structured finance: securitization

Labor and employment

• Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• ERISA litigation
• Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Labor-management relations
• Workplace and employment counseling

M&A/corporate and commercial

• Commercial deals and contracts

Media, technology and telecoms

• Outsourcing

Tax

• US taxes: contentious

ADDITIONAL PRACTICE RANKINGS

Antitrust

• Cartel
• Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Merger control

Dispute resolution

• Appellate: courts of appeals
• Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
• Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
• Financial services: litigation
• General commercial disputes
• Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
• Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices – defense
• Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort – defense
• Securities litigation: defense

Finance

• Capital markets: debt offerings - advice to issuers
• Capital markets: equity offerings - advice to issuers
• Capital markets: equity offerings - advice to managers
• Commercial lending: advice to lenders
• Project finance: advice to sponsor
• Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Structured finance: derivatives and structured products

Industry focus

• Energy: renewable/alternative
• Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Energy regulatory: conventional power
• Energy regulatory: oil and gas
• Energy transactions: conventional power
• Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Environment: litigation
• Environment: regulatory
• Healthcare: health insurers
• Healthcare: life sciences
• Healthcare: service providers
• Insurance: advice to policyholders

Intellectual property

• Copyright
• Patents: licensing
• Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)

Investment fund formation and management

• Alternative/hedge funds
• Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Private equity funds (including venture capital)

Labor and employment

• Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Immigration

M&A/corporate and commercial

• M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Private equity buyouts
• Venture capital and emerging companies

Media, technology and telecoms

• Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Technology: transactions
• Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• Telecoms and broadcast: transactional

Real estate

• Real estate

Tax

• US taxes: non-contentious

LEADING LAWYERS

• Reed Auerbach: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
• Michael Banks: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Jeremy Blumenfeld: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
• Sarah Bouchard: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• David Bowman: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Joseph Costello: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Deborah Davidson: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
• James Dragna: Industry focus: Environment: litigation; Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
• Jonathan Fritts: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
• Thomas Harman: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Roger Joseph: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Timothy Levin: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Andrew Lipman: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
• John Magee: Tax: US taxes: contentious
• Barbara Murphy Melby: Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
• Brian Ortelere: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
• Eleanor Pelta: Labor and employment: Immigration
• Michael Pillion: Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
• Celia Roady: Finance: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
• Samuel Shaulson: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Louis Singer: Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Grace Speights: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Steven Spencer: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• Steven Wall: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
• Paul Zevnik: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders

NEXT GENERATION LAWYERS

• Lincoln Bisbee: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Christopher Boran: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
• Daniel Bordoni: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
• Ada Finkel: Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
• Laura Flores: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Matthew Hawes: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• Melissa Hill: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
• Brian Jazaeri: Industry focus: Healthcare: health insurers
• Alan Leeds: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
• Saul Mezei: Tax: US taxes: contentious
• Michael Müller: Industry focus: Energy transactions: conventional power
• Jack O’Brien: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Alexander Reid: Finance: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
• Doneld Shelkey: Media, technology and telecoms: Technology: transactions
• Michelle Seldin Silverman: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling

RECOMMENDED LAWYERS

• Michael Abernathy: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
• Gary Adler: Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Jacqueline Aguilera: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Sari Alamuddin: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
• Richard Aldridge: M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Felipe Alice: Industry focus: Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Kristin Altoff: Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Neeraj Arora: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor
• Casey August: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
• Jenny Austin: Tax: US taxes: contentious
• Anne Bandes: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
• Michael Banks: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Rosina Barker: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• Akshay Belani: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
• Jonathan Bernstein: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
• Paul Bessette: Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
• Lincoln Bisbee: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Craig Bitman: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Michael Blanchard: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
• Russell Blau: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory; Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
• Timothy Bransford: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory; Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
• David Brenneman: Antitrust: Merger control
• Troy Brown: Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
• Steven Browne: M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Michele Buenafe: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
• Stephen Burdick: Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
• Timothy Burke: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Michael Burkhardt: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Karen Butcher: Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Winn Carter: Industry focus: Energy regulatory: oil and gas
• Laurie Cerveny: M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Justin Chairman: Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings - advice to issuers; Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings
• Daniel Chefitz: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
• Ezra Church: Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes; Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Steven Cohen: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences; M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
• Michael Conza: Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings; M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
• J. Gordon Cooney, Jr.: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
• Lea Anne Copenhefer: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Joyce Cowan: Industry focus: Healthcare: health insurers; Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers
• David Sean Cox: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
• William Cravens: Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• John Crespo: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor
• Renée Dailey: Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Thomas D’Ambrosio: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
• Kenneth Davis: Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• R. Alec Dawson: M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts
• Althea Day: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• Ronald Del Sesto, Jr.: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• Tinos Diamantatos: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Susan DiCicco: Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
• Robert Dickey: M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Christopher Dlutowski: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds
• Sean Donahue: Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings - advice to issuers; Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings
• James Dragna: Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Terrence Dugan: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor
• Rick Eisenbiegler: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
• Matthew Elkin: Finance: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
• Charles Engros, Jr.: M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Brian Ercole: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
• Anne Marie Estevez: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• J. Clayton Everett, Jr.: Antitrust: Cartel
• Scott Farmer: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
• J. Kevin Fee: Intellectual property: Copyright; Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Stephanie Feingold: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
• Wendy West Feinstein: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices – defense; Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense
• John Ferreira: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• John Filippone: M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts
• Richard Filosa: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor; Industry focus: Energy transactions: conventional power
• Tamar Finn: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• Debra Fischer: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Baird Fogel: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor
• Jason Frank: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
• Carol Freeman: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Ross Friedman: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Bernard Garbutt III: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
• Kirstin Gibbs: Industry focus: Energy regulatory: oil and gas
• Thomas Giblin, Jr.: Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings - advice to issuers; Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings
• Steven Giordano: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds
• John Gisleson: Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Richard Goldman: Investment fund formation and management: Alternative/hedge funds
• John Goodchild III: Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Edward Hansen: Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing; Media, technology and telecoms: Technology: transactions
• Robert Jon Hendricks: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Elizabeth Herrington: Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Jordan Hershman: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
• W. Reece Hirsch: Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection
• Nathan Hochman: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Michel Yves Horton: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
• Leah Houghton: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
• Brian Jazaeri: Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers
• Ethel Johnson: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices – defense; Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Harry Johnson, III: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
• Jeffrey Johnson: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
• Terry Johnson: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Jeremy Kantrowitz: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Rahul Kapoor: Intellectual property: Patents: licensing; Media, technology and telecoms: Technology: transactions
• Krissy Katzenstein: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Gerald Kehoe: Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Thomas Kellerman: M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
• Amy Pocino Kelly: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Kathleen Keyser: Real estate
• Brendan Killeen: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Bryan Killian: Dispute resolution: Appellate
• Thomas Klanderman: Real estate
• Kenneth Kliebard: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation
• Kenneth Komoroski: Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Gerald Konkel: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
• Eric Kraeutler: Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Michael Kraut: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation; Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes; Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
• Mark Krotoski: Antitrust: Cartel; Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Kenneth Kulak: Industry focus: Energy: renewable/alternative
• Molly Moriarty Lane: Industry focus: Healthcare: health insurers
• Gina Lauriero: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• John Lavelle, Jr.: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
• Randall Mark Levine: Dispute resolution: Appellate
• Steve Levitan: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
• Thomas Linguanti: Tax: US taxes: contentious
• Andrew Lipman: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• James Loss: M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+); M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts
• Camarin Madigan: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
• Jeffry Mann, Ph.D.: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
• Levi McAllister: Industry focus: Energy regulatory: oil and gas
• Elaine McChesney: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation
• Paul McCoy: Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• John McGahren: Industry focus: Environment: litigation; Industry focus: Environment: regulatory
• John McGuire: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Bill McKee: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
• Jami Wintz McKeon: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation
• David McManus: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Eric Meckley: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Barbara Murphy Melby: M&A/corporate and commercial: Commercial deals and contracts; Media, technology and telecoms: Technology: transactions
• Scott Memmott: Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers
• Christopher Menconi: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Barbara Miller: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• David Monteiro: Antitrust: Cartel
• Kelly Moore: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Jonathan Morris: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor
• Jeffrey Moss: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
• Steven Navarro: M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Daniel Nelson: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
• Carla Oakley: Intellectual property: Copyright
• Amy Pandit: Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings
• Gregory Parks: Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes; Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Michelle Pector: Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
• William Peterson: Dispute resolution: Appellate
• Vito Petretti: M&A/corporate and commercial: Commercial deals and contracts; Media, technology and telecoms: Technology: transactions
• Michael Philipp: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
• Peter Phleger: Investment fund formation and management: Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Michael Pickett: Real estate
• Michael Pillion: M&A/corporate and commercial: Commercial deals and contracts; Media, technology and telecoms: Technology: transactions
• Ulises Pin: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory; Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
• John Polito: Intellectual property: Copyright
• Anita Polott: Intellectual property: Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Michael Puma: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Joseph Ragaglia: Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
• Jeffrey Raskin: Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders
• Marc Reardon: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor; Industry focus: Energy transactions: conventional power
• Steven Reed: Antitrust: Cartel; Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense; Antitrust: Merger control
• Patrick Rehfield: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Susan Resley: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
• Mark Riccardi: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
• Melinda Riechert: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Esther Ro: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
• Harry Robins: Antitrust: Merger control
• Richard Rosenblatt: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense; Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Ira Rosenstein: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• John Rosenthal: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation
• Gary Rothstein: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• David Salmons: Dispute resolution: Appellate
• Kathleen Sanzo: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences
• Daniel Savrin: Antitrust: Cartel
• Kenneth Schacter: Dispute resolution: Financial services: litigation; Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
• Michael Schlemmer: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• David Schrader: Industry focus: Environment: litigation
• Douglas Schwarz: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Toby Serkin: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Barbara Shander: M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts
• Doneld Shelkey: M&A/corporate and commercial: Commercial deals and contracts; Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing
• Charlene Shimada: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
• Michelle Seldin Silverman: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Eric Sitarchuk: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Edwin Smith: Finance: Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
• Wayne Song: Industry focus: Energy: renewable/alternative
• Marc Sonnenfeld: Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense
• Joanne Soslow: Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings - advice to issuers; Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings; M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
• Grace Speights: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• Steven Spencer: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Sanford Stark: Tax: US taxes: contentious
• Scott Stempel: Antitrust: Cartel; Antitrust: Merger control
• Joshua Sterling: Investment fund formation and management: Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Eric Stern: Real estate
• Marshall Stoddard, Jr.: Finance: Commercial lending: advice to lenders
• Glen Stuart: Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Randall Sunberg: Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences; Intellectual property: Patents: licensing
• Kathryn Sutton: Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy regulatory: oil and gas
• Charles Sweet: Finance: Structured finance: securitization
• Adrian Talamantes: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor; Industry focus: Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Richard Taffet: Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Alison Tanchyk: Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Stephen Tirrell: Investment fund formation and management:  Alternative/hedge funds
• Richard Toelke: Real estate
• Willard Tom: Antitrust: Cartel; Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Larry Turner: Labor and employment: Workplace and employment counseling
• James Tynion III: Finance: Project finance: advice to sponsor; Industry focus: Energy: renewable/alternative; Industry focus: Energy transactions: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy transactions: oil and gas
• A. James Vázquez-Azpiri: Labor and employment: Immigration
• Julio Vega: M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies
• Steven Wall: Labor and employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Catherine Wang: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory; Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
• Christopher Weals: Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
• Jedd Wider: Investment fund formation and management:  Alternative/hedge funds
• William Wilhelm, Jr.: Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory; Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
• Mark Williams: Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
• Howard Young: Industry focus: Healthcare: health insurers; Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers
• Richard Zarin: Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
• Paul Zevnik: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport; Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense; Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense
• Jonathan Zimmerman: Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• Yardena Zwang-Weissman: Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense; Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense; Industry focus: Insurance: advice to policyholders