August 20, 2026
Secretariat’s Engineering Sciences team is pleased to launch a Human Factors webinar series that examines how human behavior, decision-making, risk perception, and product interaction shape issues frequently examined in litigation.
Each webinar focuses on a distinct litigation topic and is intended to stand on its own. Guests are welcome to register for any sessions that align with their interests. Registration for the first webinar in the series is now open, with subsequent sessions opening one month prior to their respective session dates.
*CLE credit pending in California, Georgia, Illinois, and Texas
September 15 Warnings on Trial: Evaluating Three Common Warning Defect Claims from a Human Factors Perspective
October 13 Trace Contaminants, Low-Level Exposures, and Emerging Chemicals of Concern: Human Factors Considerations for Warning When Risks are Uncertain
November 17 Tiny Users, Big Lessons: Human Factors Insights for Juvenile Product Safety
December 15 The Myth of the Uniform Consumer: Using Human Factors Science to Challenge Class Certification and Liability
January 26 Before the Impact: A Human Factors Perspective on What Drivers Know, See, and Decide in Real Time
Registration will open approximately one month before each scheduled webinar. If you have any questions or difficulty registering, please contact marketing@secretariat-intl.com.
Tuesday, September 15
1:00 p.m. ET
This webinar examines three common issues that come up in failure-to-warn litigation: the role of warnings within the safety hierarchy, the relationship between ANSI Z535 and warning adequacy, and whether a different warning would have changed the outcome. Drawing on human factors research and real-world examples, the discussion explores how user awareness, attention, decision-making, and behavior influence warning compliance and causation.
Tuesday, October 13
1:00 p.m. ET
This webinar will examine how human factors principles can be applied to risk communication questions involving low-level exposures to hazardous substances and emerging chemicals of concern when risks are uncertain. Topics will include when, whether, how, and by whom information should be provided, as well as considerations related to over-warning, information overload, and regulatory frameworks.
Tuesday, November 17
1:00 p.m. ET
This webinar explores how human factors principles are applied in child product litigation, including the role of child development, caregiver behavior, warnings, instructions, and foreseeable product use. Attendees will learn how these factors inform evaluations of product safety, consumer expectations, and allegations involving design and warning adequacy.
Tuesday, December 15
1:00 p.m. ET
Class action litigation often involves assumptions about whether consumers noticed, understood, relied upon, and responded to product information in substantially the same way. This webinar explores how human factors research can be used to evaluate whether consumers shared sufficiently similar experiences to support class-wide allegations and how those findings may bear on issues such as predominance, reliance, materiality, and causation.
Tuesday, January 26 | 1:00 p.m. ET
This webinar explores how human factors research can be used to evaluate driver behavior from the perspective of the driver before the crash, rather than with the benefit of hindsight. Attendees will learn how research on driver performance and human decision-making can provide context for assessing driver actions and crash causation in real-world transportation incidents.
Speaker: Dr. Jay Todd
If you have any questions or difficulty registering, please contact marketing@secretariat-intl.com.
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