Ethical Considerations for Corporate Investigations: Views from All Sides (OnDemand)

Originally held on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This annual update program will explore current issues and recent developments relating to ethical duties and responsibilities of attorneys in internal investigations involving corporations and other entities. These issues will be discussed from the point of view of company or entity counsel, counsel for current and former employees and counsel for government agencies. This year’s program will devote special attention to issues that arise in connection with joint defense agreements, including ethical obligations and confliction arising from such agreements; ethics and pitfalls surrounding the use of artificial intelligence; the crime-fraud exception; and obligations to ensure and preserve client confidentiality, including scenarios arising from cyber incidents..

  Program Fee:
  $229 For Members | $329 For Nonmembers

• Richard F. Albert
  Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC

  Professor Bruce A. Green
  Fordham University School of Law

  Randall Jackson
  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

  Sharon McCarthy
  Kostelanetz LLP

  Karen P. Seymour
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  Negar Tekeei
  Assistant United States Attorney
  U.S. Attorney’s Office, SDNY

• 2:00 pm – 2:10 pm
  Introduction & Hypothetical
  Frank H. Wohl/Jillian B. Berman      

  2:10 pm – 2:30 pm
  Part I – Crime Fraud Exception to Privilege
  Prof. Bruce Green, Sharon McCarthy, Negar Tekeii  

  • Procedure for Compelling Subpoena Compliance Under Crime Fraud 
  • A Lawyer’s Ethical Obligation to a Client to Oppose/Resist Disclosure 
  • Can the Lawyer Continue to Represent the Client 

  2:30 pm – 2:50 pm
  Part II – Conflicts Arising from Joint Defense/Common Interest Agreements
  Richard F. Albert, Randall Jackson, Karen P. Seymour  

  • Ethical Duties to Non-Clients
  • Protecting Client Confidences within a Common Interest
  • Becoming an Attorney-in-Fact
    
    

  2:50 pm – 3:10 pm
  Part III – Ethical Obligations in the Wake of Data and Security Breaches
  Prof. Bruce Green, Karen P. Seymour, Negar Tekeii 

  • Obligations to Clients Following a Cyber Breach
  • Is Client Identity Privileged and/or Confidential
  • How to Respond to a Data Breach

  3:10pm – 3:25pm
  Break 

  3:25 pm – 3:55 pm
  Part IV – Who Is (or Should Be) Your Client?
  Richard F. Albert, Prof. Bruce Green,  Randall Jackson, Sharon McCarthy, Karen P. Seymour 

  • Who to Report to: How to Structure an Engagement 
  • Challenges When Clients Are Involved in Underlying Facts 
  • Common Interest or Privilege Waiver? 
  • Conflicts Arising from Communications with Prospective Clients

   3:55 pm – 4:15 pm
  Part V – Artificial Intelligence
  Richard F. Albert, Randall Jackson, Negar Tekeii 

  • Providing Competent Representation in the Face of Evolving Technology 
  • Communicating with Clients About the Use of Artificial Intelligence 
  • Protecting Client Confidences and Privilege While Using Artificial Intelligence

   4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
  Part VI – Preparing (or Coaching?) Witnesses
  Prof. Bruce Green, Sharon McCarthy, Karen P. Seymour 
  

  • Ethics Surrounding Preparing Clients for Interviews and Testimony
  • Ethics and Conflicts Related to Third-Party Payors

  4:30 pm – 4:45 pm
  Ethics Wrap-Up
  Prof. Bruce A. Green  

  4:45 pm – 5:00 pm
  Questions and Answers

• New York: 3.0 Ethics
  New Jersey: 3.0 Professional Responsibility
  California: 2.5 Professional Responsibility
  Pennsylvania: 2.5 Professional Responsibility

• Sponsoring Association Committee
  White Collar Crime, Jenna Dabbs, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org