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Description: Celesq® AttorneysEd Center and West LegalEdcenter invite you to our continuing series of Town Hall meetings. This program, which is designed especially for in-house counsel and for attorneys who serve as counsel for their law firms, covers the hot topics in legal ethics for in-house and outside corporate counsel, the attorney-client privilege, potential exposure of lawyers under Sarbanes-Oxley and other recent developments.
The Agenda for this program is set forth below. If there are particular issues regarding any of the topics that you would like the presenters to address, please contact us in advance of the program.
Part I: Hot Topics in Legal Ethics
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Conflict of interest developments; including advance conflict waivers, affiliate conflicts, and issue conflicts
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Noisy withdrawal of representation
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Best practices re: e-discovery & document preservation
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Multijurisdictional practice and registration/admission issues for corporate counsel and outside counsel with respect to arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and negotiations
Part II: Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege
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Inadvertent waiver of attorney-client privilege; including issues pertaining to document productions and use of electronic mail and cell phones
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Advice of counsel defense; including effect on attorney-client privilege and strategies for using the defense and preserving the privilege
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Selective waiver of attorney-client privilege with respect to internal investigations and government investigations
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Scope of attorney-client privilege; including issues pertaining to internal communications and disclosure to auditors
Part III: Potential Exposure of Lawyers under Sarbanes-Oxley and Other Recent Developments
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Lawyers secondary liability for alleged wrongdoing of client; Discoverability of peer reviews and lawyer evaluations
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Lawyers liability for use of private investigators
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D&O insurance coverage of corporate counsel; Corporations indemnification of lawyers accused of wrongdoing
- Corporate compliance issues; including up-the-ladder reporting issues, Sarbanes-Oxley issues, and SECs focus on inside and outside counsel as gatekeepers
 | | Practice Areas: | | Accounting & Business of Law, Business Organizations & Contracts, Corporate & Securities, Corporate Governance, Discovery & E-Discovery, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Litigation & Appeals, Professional Liability, Securities & SEC Regulation, Trial Skills | | | Online Media Type: | | Video | | | Production Date: | | 11/30/2006 2:00 PM EST | | | Level: | | Intermediate | | | Category: | | Standard | | | Duration: | | 3 Hours, 15 Minutes | | | Online Format: | | Live | | | Course Type: | | Public |
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