IADC Fourth-Quarter 2020 DCJ Explores Trending Law Practice Topics

The fourth-quarter edition of the prestigious Defense Counsel Journal (DCJ) published by the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) offers a new batch of scholarly articles that inform and educate about the practice of law. Topics explored include the American Law Institute’s ongoing efforts to “restate” the common law of torts, data protection regulation in U.S. litigation, and new rules concerning written discovery in federal court.

IADC member Christopher B. Parkerson, who took over as editor of the DCJ with the current issue, said he looks forward to continuing the rich tradition of the DCJ: “Playing a role in such an important piece of the IADC’s history is an amazing honor,” said Mr. Parkerson, a Member at Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C., in Boston, “from its initial publication as the Insurance Counsel Journal in 1934 … to the critical role it played during World War II keeping IADC members in the military advised of new legal developments, through to the present day where compelling legal issues are reviewed in a digital format.”

Frequently and favorably cited by courts and other legal scholarship, the DCJ is a quarterly forum for topical and scholarly writings on the law, including its development and reform, as well as on the practice of law in general. DCJ articles are written by members of the IADC, which is a 2,500-member, invitation-only, worldwide organization that serves its members and their clients, as well as the civil justice system and the legal profession.

The IADC’s fourth-quarter 2020 DCJ is available for free and without a subscription via the IADC’s website at https://www.iadclaw.org/documents/?CategoryId=4.

Following are brief summaries of the articles included in the fourth-quarter 2020 issue of the DCJ: