Liability Strategies for Risk Managers: Attorney Panel Discussion, featured legal experts sharing actionable strategies for managing liability and litigation risk. The panel brought together attorneys to walk risk managers through what defense counsel needs in the earliest, most critical stages of a serious loss, along with the strategic decisions that shape a case's trajectory from there.
Key topics covered included:
- What defense counsel needs from risk managers in the first 24–72 hours of a serious loss
- Early evidence preservation and how to avoid spoliation issues
- Common liability theories driving verdicts today, including negligent hiring, supervision, and punitive exposure
- Venue and jurisdiction considerations and how they influence litigation strategy
- Social inflation, litigation funding, and strategies for nuclear verdict prevention
- Managing communications, documentation, and privilege to avoid bad faith or discoverability issues
- Settlement and mediation strategies, including what actually works and when a case is truly ready to resolve
- Real-world scenarios illustrating how early decisions either protected organizations or significantly increased their exposure