Friday, November 10 • 9:00 – 9:45 a.m. ET
Troutman Pepper Partner Sean P. Fahey will be speaking on the panel "Exit Strategies, Resolutions Options, and Dealing with the 'TAIL,'" during the Louisiana State Bar Association's 23rd Annual Complex Symposium on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. in New Orleans, LA.
This symposium features the nation's leading complex litigation academicians, jurists, and members of the bar.
The panel will discuss:
- Global versus inventory settlements
- Aggregate settlements and the associated ethical rules including the fee disgorgement risk
- Quasi class actions and the Court's resolution role, if any
- Special Master functions
- Ethical obligations for counsel on both sides of the "V"
- Drafting Master Settlement Agreements
- Establishing Qualified Settlement Funds
- Walk Away Rights, Clawbacks, Substitutions, and Participation Thresholds
- Appeals, Extraordinary Circumstances Awards and Setting Reserves
- Confidentiality/Public Statements/Penalties
- Allocating Settlement Proceeds
- Addressing Liens