The Art of the Science and Expert Team in Mass Torts

Science is at the heart of every lawsuit involving drugs or medical devices. In the virtual law team context, the science and expert team is a critical component of the collaborative approach to defending drug and device litigation. In Law360, Adrienne Franco Busby, Victoria Calhoon and Jessica Benson Cox of Faegre Baker Daniels, Colleen Hennessey of Peabody & Arnold and Jennise Stubbs of Shook, Hardy & Bacon co-authored an article on the contributions of a science and expert team in developing defense trial themes, formulating plans to address and challenge opposing experts’ opinions, and arming other members of the virtual law team with information to execute on other strategic aspects of the litigation.