DRI Public Policy

DRI and the Center extend heartfelt gratitude to Brett Mason of Troutman Pepper Locke for her two years of service as AI Task Force chair. Read more: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… #DRICenter

DRI is pleased to announce Chris Jacobs as the new vice chair of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force. Read more: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… #DRICenter

DRI is pleased to announce Jin Yoshikawa as the new chair of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force. Read more: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… To get involved with the Center, email [email protected]. #DRICenter

Thank you to Center Chair, John S. Guttmann (Beveridge & Diamond PC), for his support of the Center for Law & Public Policy and his dedication to defending justice and fairness through the promotion of an equitable judicial system. #DRI2026AM #DRICenter

Thanks for joining us for “The Modern GC Playbook: Risk, Reputation, and Real-Time Decisions.” We explored how in-house counsel prioritize competing demands, align legal strategy with business objectives, and evaluate outside counsel in a rapidly evolving environment. #DRICenter

Yesterday we learned more about how DRI’s Center for Law and Public Policy advances the defense bar’s voice in substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and civil justice system integrity. dri.org/center. #DRI2026AM #DRICenter

The Center joined by the Illinois Defense Counsel filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review an Illinois personal-jurisdiction ruling that, in its view, enables abusive forum shopping in nationwide mass-tort litigation: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… #DRICenter

That's a wrap! 🎉 Thanks so much for joining us for DRI and the Center’s 2026 PFAS Seminar. We hope to see you at a future DRI event! #DRIPFAS #DRICenter

The Supreme Court of California sided with The DRI Center in Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Read the brief: dri.org/docs/default-source/… #DRICenter

The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy is pleased to announce that DRI member Scott Seaman, a partner of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Chicago, has accepted an appointment to the Center’s Social Inflation Task Force. Read more here: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… #DRItheCenter

On June 23, 2026, members of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy’s Amicus Committee presented an online lunch-and-learn for the DRI Corporate Counsel Committee: dri.org/docs/default-source/… #DRItheCenter

California Supreme Court rejects duty to innovate In Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, in alignment with DRI and the Center’s amicus brief that liability shouldn’t be imposed: bit.ly/4yUtYu1 #DRICenter

Thanks so much for joining us for DRI and the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy’s 2026 Stronger Together: A United Approach for Preventing Legal System Abuse Seminar! #DRITheCenter #DRILawyer #DRICommunity #legalabuse

The informational sessions have continued at DRI and The Center's 2026 Stronger Together: A United Approach for Preventing Legal System Abuse Seminar with more informative sessions! We’re looking forward to some more educational sessions to close out the day! #legalabuse

We’ve had some amazing sessions to kick off the morning at DRI | Association of Lawyers Defending Business and The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy's 2026 Stronger Together: A United Approach for Preventing Legal System Abuse Seminar! #DRITheCenter #legalabuse

Matthew J. Lavisky, a Partner in the Tampa office of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, is now a member of the Center’s Third-Party Litigation Funding Task Force: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… #DRItheCenter

🌟Create Meaningful Change Through Collaboration!🌟 📅 Tuesday, June 15-16 📌Chicago, IL 🔗 Learn more and register: lnkd.in/gNuTES4U 🚨 Save up to $300 when you register on or before June 14! #DRITheCenter

DRI and the Center also express much gratitude to outgoing task force chair Judy O’Grady for her years of service. Judy will continue to serve as a member of the Center’s MSP Task Force: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… #DRItheCenter

Congratulations to Barrye Panepinto Miyagi and Catherine Goldhaber for their new appointments as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Center’s Medicare Secondary Payer Task Force: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… #DRItheCenter

The Center and its Legislation and Rules Committee is always happy to support—only upon request—State and Local Defense Organizations (SLDOs) concerned about a legislative or rule issue in their state: dri.org/newsletters/the-voic… #DRItheCenter