IADC Committee Newsletters.

The IADC boasts more than 25 Committees through which members network, expand and build skills, and further the objectives of the defense bar and business community. IADC Committees publish newsletters monthly, and below are the newsletters that were published from May 2017 through September 2017.

Appellate Practice Committee

* Standard of Review by Robert A. Brundage (June 2017)

* Supreme Court Holds that Debt Buyers are Exempt from the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by David Rosenberg and Charlene McLaughlin (July 2017)

* The U.S. Supreme Court Reins in Discovery Sanctions by Phil Goldberg and Kathryn Constance (September 2017)

Business Litigation Committee

* So You're Telling Me There's a Chance: Vacatur of AAA Arbitration Awards in North Carolina by Christopher C. Lam and Jonathan E. Schulz (May 2017)

* Illinois Appellate Court Considers Unfair Labor Practice Charge Where Union Jobs Are Replaced by Technology by Mark D. Hansen and Emily J. Perkins (June 2017)

* Massachusetts Appeals Court Finds That Attorneys May Have a Fiduciary Duty to Minority Shareholders of Close Corporations Even in the Absence of an Attorney-Client Relationship by Michael R. Perry and Elizabeth Olien (August 2017)

Corporate Counsel Committee

* What Next Rough Beast....The Second Coming of Nuisance Law Litigation by Joseph F. Speelman (September 2017)

Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Technology Committee

* Def Con Hacker Conference: An Accidental Tourist's Observations by Elizabeth S. Fitch (August 2017)

Diversity Committee

* Clarity on the Horizon? Another Appeals Court Grants En Banc Review of Sexual Orientation Discrimination under Title VII by Eve B. Masinter and Rachael M. Coe (June 2017)

Employment Law Committee

* Clarity on the Horizon? Another Appeals Court Grants En Banc Review of Sexual Orientation Discrimination under Title VII by Eve B. Masinter and Rachael M. Coe (June 2017)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

* Class Actions--A History of Class Actions and Recent Legislative Amendments and Proposals by Elizabeth J. Bondurant and Brendan H. White (May 2017)

* Captive Insurance Company Claims: Problems that Can Arise When Captives Dispute (or Should Dispute) Claims Made by Their Parent by Rod S. Attride-Stirling (June 2017)

* Why Auto Insurers May Need to Consider Redrafting the "Owned-But-Not-Insured" Exclusion by Donna M. Lamontagne (July 2017)

* The Rise of Autonomous Vehicle Technology Means that Insurance Companies Need to Become Just as...