Event Description
Online registration is
closed. If you would like to join or have questions, please email Geen
at gmui@mnbars.org.
Hosted and presented by
the MSBA
Food
Drug & Device Law Section.
Please note this is the
Annual Program with the 2021-2022 Section elections. The timeframe is from 12
Noon to 1:15 PM with the elections taking place prior to the featured CLE
presentation. Currently, all bar
association programming is REMOTE-ONLY
participation.
Live Webinar:
Life
sciences and healthcare delivered life-saving drugs, vaccines, devices, and
other tools to treat COVID, slow the spread, and end the pandemic. The
federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, or PREP Act, grants
broad immunity and other protections from lawsuits to these persons and
organizations engaged in the development, manufacture, and administration of
COVID-fighting products. Both administrations leveraged PREP Act
protections in order to drive action and innovation to address the
pandemic.
Active litigation has ensued over the scope of immunity
under the PREP Act, primarily in the context of tort actions against nursing and
assisted living facilities. Courts, faced with scant pre-COVID precedent,
have developed a body of case law over the past year that tends to define PREP
Act protections surprisingly narrowly. With the coming wave of post-COVID
litigation, a broad array of defendants will face a higher bar than expected to
secure PREP Act protections.
In this presentation, we will
offer a primer on PREP; analyze the disconnect between the statute’s language
and courts’ interpretation; and predict the direction of PREP Act litigation
post-pandemic.
Presenter:
Allison
Lange Garrison, Senior Associate Attorney | Norton Rose Fulbright
LLP
CLE Credits:
1.0 Standard CLE Credit | Event
code: 383541
Remote Participation:
Webcast and/or phone participation is available. Attendees will have the
option to view online and/or dial-in. Please indicate your remote option for
dial-in when registering. Instructions will be sent via e-mail a day
prior to the program.
Cost:
Food Drug & Device Law Section Members: $0.00
MSBA
Members NOT in the Section: $10.00
Non-MSBA
Members: $20.00
Law Students: Free
Deadline to Register: June
20, 2021
Join the Food Drug & Device
Law Section: MSBA members who are not
members of the Section can join and attend this CLE for FREE. Click
here to
add the section to your membership and then contact the program manager to
register for this CLE at no cost.
Payments:
Due to the pandemic, accounting staff have limited access to the office
making the processing of checks difficult. We request that you register online
or over the phone by credit card whenever possible. If you need assistance,
please contact the program manager. If you must pay by check, please use this
registration form.
Cancellations:
Need to cancel? Please see our cancellation policy.
Accommodations:
The MSBA is committed to creating an inclusive environment in which all
members can participate fully. If you need reasonable accommodations to
participate in this event, please notify the program manager. Please
provide notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to allow sufficient
time to make arrangements for accommodations. Thank you.
Program Manager:
Geen Mui | gmui@mnbars.org
612-278-6346