(Webinar) Current Ethical Issues for In-House Counsel & Those Who Advise Them: Litigation Perspectives

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 5:00 pm – 7:15 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This ethics program is designed especially for in-house counsel and outside counsel advising their in-house clients. Using a stimulating series of hypotheticals based on real-life experience, a panel of experts will review a variety of important professional responsibility issues that affect corporate counsel on a daily basis. Topics to be addressed include:

  • Strategy in Corporate Internal Investigations;
  • Rule 1.14 “Up the Chain” Issues;
  • In-House Counsel Liability for Misstatements;
  • Use of Non-Disclosure Agreements;
  • Discoverability of Internal Investigation Materials;
  • Corporate Miranda Issues;
  • Ethical Limits on Witness Preparation and Related Privilege Issues; and
  • Ethical Use of Personal Emails of Corporate Constituents.

  Program Fee:
  $199 for Members | $299 for Nonmembers

• Adrienne K. Eason-Wheatley
  Managing Counsel, The Bank of New York Mellon

  Karen King, Esq.
  Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC

  Barry Temkin, Esq.
  Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP

• 5:00 pm – 5:05 pm
  Introduction and Introduction to Hypothetical and Polling Questions

  5:05 pm – 5:15 pm
  Lawyer Obligations re. Receipt of Privileged/Inadvertently received Information

  5:15 pm – 5:25 pm
  Hard Bargaining vs. Extortion in Settling Disputes

  5:25 pm – 5:35 pm
  Joint Representation of Corporation and Corporate Employees

  5:35 pm – 5:40 pm
  Conflicts of Interest in Joint Representation

  5:40 pm – 5:45 pm
  Suggestion of Independent Counsel to Corporate Employees

  5:45 pm – 5:55 pm
  Ethics of Witness Preparation

  5:55 pm – 6:05 pm
  Statements to Government and Corresponding Risks to Counsel

  6:05 pm – 6:15 pm
  Rule 1.13 and Reporting Lawyer Concerns “Up the Chain”

  6:15 pm – 6:25 pm
  Advising Clients on Legal and Illegal Conduct

  6:25 pm – 6:35 pm
  Exposure of Inside/Outside Counsel for Corporate Wrongdoing

  6:35 pm – 6:45 pm
  Ethics of Non-Disclosure Agreements and Compelled Arbitration of Disputes

  6:45 pm – 6:55 pm
  Communicating with Unrepresented Parties and Former Corporate Employees

  6:55 pm – 7:05 pm
  Attorney Self-Defense Exception to Privilege

  7:05 pm – 7:15 pm
  Question/Answer Session & Program Wrap-Up

• New York: 2.5 Ethics
  New Jersey:2.7 Professional Responsibility
  California: 2.5 Professional Responsibility
  Pennsylvania: 2.0 Professional Responsibility

• Sponsoring Association Committees:
  In-House Counsel, Michael S. Solender, Chair
  Professional Ethics, David George Keyko, Chair
  Professional Responsibility, Aegis J. Frumento, Chair

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