Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Course Handbook from the program Understanding the Basics of Bankruptcy & Reorganization 2007, held November 2007.

Recorded on: Feb. 5, 2010

PANEL INTRODUCER: Ok, folks. We're going to finish up with our ethics panel and I'm delighted to introduce this very distinguished panel that will be giving you their insights. It's a very accomplished group and I think we have a lot to listen and learn about today. Introducing from right to left on the panel. Si Lorne Si is the current Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer of Millenium Management. It's a hedge fund manager with over $11 billion ...

Recorded on: Apr. 5, 2010

So with the goal of preserving the sacred PLI principle of not going past the finishing time for the day, I'll start the introductions as our panelists are making their way up. Pleased to have with us Deirdre Cunnane, who's the general counsel of Advanced Technology Ventures. She joined ATV in 2006 and has more than 20 years of experience in the venture capital and private equity space. Prior to that she had various positions at Bank Boston Ventures, ...

Recorded on: Apr. 12, 2010

BARRY BARBASH: Our last panel of the day, or last piece of the day, is a panel on ethics. It's certainly not the least important. It's an incredibly important topic, and not simply because a lot of us who are New York lawyers need the ethics credit. On an ongoing basis in everyday practice, ethical questions come up when we represent clients, and it's important to have some idea of what the law is, and what your responsibilities are. So with that, ...

Recorded on: Apr. 14, 2010

CHRISTINE HAMM: Hey, you're in the home stretch, the last hour. The last section of the program we're going to explore some of the ethical issues that arise in the practice of asset-based financing. I'm going to go over some basic rules on conflicts and confidentiality. And then leave the really tough and exciting stuff to Ed. So let's start with a quick look at the rules that apply. First are the ethical rules of the jurisdiction in which you are ...

Recorded on: Jun. 21, 2010

SPEAKER 1: OK, great. I'd like to welcome everyone back. We're going ahead and get started with our next segment. And before we do, we have two more segments left for the day. I just want to remind you all about your evaluations. We really appreciate your feedback on those evaluations. This is our new format for the program. This is the first year that Deloitte has sponsored the program here in San Francisco. And we're definitely interested in your ...

Recorded on: Jun. 22, 2010

SPEAKER 1: Folks, take your seats. We're going to get started with the next panel. This is Conducting the Investigation, and this panel is going to be moderated by Alan Glickman, a Partner in the New York office of Schulte Roth & Zabel. Alan practices in the area of complex commercial, securities, shareholder derivative, RICO, accountants' liability, intellectual property, real estate, class action defense, M&A and bankruptcy and creditors' ...

Recorded on: Jun. 30, 2010

LEONARD NUARA: OK folks. It's 4:00 PM. We're down to our last session. This time we're going to be talking about ethics. For those of you at home just one last reminder, please if you can evaluate us in any manner and form, please send it in to PLI. For those here, please do remember to do the evaluations. And at the end of the day, we have one more session of turning point questions at the end of today's session. And then we please ask you to return ...

Recorded on: Aug. 11, 2010

PATRICIA A. ETZOLD: OK, it's 3 o'clock, so we're going to get started with the fraud regulatory focus and the "dark side" of the performance management. I think this is going to be an exciting panel for you. Particularly since it's Dan Dooley's birthday today, and I'm sure you at some point, he might ask you to sing for him. Just as a bit of introduction, I'll give you the key points of Joe Armao and Dan Dooley's bio. Joe Armao is a partner ...

Course Handbook from the program Patent Litigation 2010, held September, 2010.

Recorded on: Nov. 8, 2010

JOHN: Why don't I introduce you? So we're at end. When Phil and I first got involved working with PLI, we learned very quickly PLI has a secret. I'll let you in on it. You always put the ethics presentation last. Why? Because people have to stay to the end, because everyone wants and needs ethics credit. But we've always, in addition to-- one thing we've wanted to do with the ethics credit is, in addition to generating ethics credit for you, to make ...

Recorded on: Jan. 11, 2011

SPEAKER 1: All right. Welcome back. Last hour session here. The last session hit on this afternoon is on ethical considerations of reissue and ex parte and inter pates reexamination. So this gets you your one hour of CLE credits for ethics. And pleased to have Joanne Kim for this presentation. She's a partner-- OK, she's a partner at Akin Gump-- and for the rest of it, I have to put on my reading glasses here, I'm afraid. All right. So she represents ...

Course Handbook from the program Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer 2011, held January, 2011.

Recorded on: Jan. 27, 2011

RICHARD A. GOLDBERG: We're going to move right into our next speaker, James Walker. James Walker is general counsel to Richards Kibbe and Orbe. He's got a long history and background involved in the area of ethics. He's written numerous opinions on ethics. And has represented lawyers and law firms in ethical investigations. He's going to be addressing ethical issues in the context of M&A transactions. JAMES Q. WALKER: Good afternoon. I thought ...

Recorded on: Feb. 22, 2011

HARVEY SAFERSTEIN: Well welcome back to the very last section. We're going to get our ethics now, from Yasir Elbiali. He's with Mitsubishi down in Southern California, and he's agreed to do this the second year, right? YASIR ELBIALI: Correct. HARVEY: And he does an excellent job of taking us through compliance programs and giving us our legal ethics. So without further ado, to make sure we get the entire hour in here, I'm going to give you Yasir. YASIR ...

Recorded on: Feb. 24, 2011

JOHN M. WHITE: This is our last speaker of the day. And it's really the hour you've all been waiting for. These past few days, you sat patiently. Here it is. Ethics. That's right. It's the reason you go to any of these programs. It's the critical ethics hour. And it's because, truthfully, you all need it. No, actually, patent attorneys are the most ethical of any group of attorneys. In fact, thery're somewhat boringly ethical. But the reason I asked ...

Recorded on: Mar. 2, 2011

DAVID BECKER: OK. We're all set. This is the panel for ethics credit. I don't want to talk about it as just an ethics panel. We've got two panelists. The first is Marc Steinberg, who is the Rupert and Lillian Radford Professor of Law and Senior Associate Dean for Research at the Southern Methodist University School of Law. Marc is the director of SMU's Corporate Directors Institute. He is widely published in the areas of securities law and professional ...

Recorded on: Mar. 3, 2011

HOWARD PIANKO: --things that we've been discussing today. We've broken it down into three sections. Where-- is Martha here? There you are. I didn't see you back there. OK. So we're joined, to my far right, by Martha Steinman. Martha is a Partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf where her practice focuses extensively, if not totally, on ERISA Fiduciary and related questions. To my immediate right is Linda Haynes, who's a fellow partner of mine at Seyfarth, ...

Course Handbook from the program Venture Capital 2011: Nuts & Bolts, held March, 2011.

Recorded on: Mar. 14, 2011

CURTIS L. MO: Let me introduce the final panel. So I don't even have to tell you where they're sitting, because it's Bill and Deirdre. Bill Asher is a partner at Choate, Hall, & Stewart in Boston. He's on the firm's executive committee and he co-chairs their life sciences group. Deirdre Cunnane is with ATV, Advanced Technology Ventures, where she co-leads the operations team. She's a long time veteran at BancBoston Ventures and Goodwin Procter, ...

Course Handbook from the program IP Enforcement and Litigation 2011: Civil and Criminal Update, held March, 2011.

Recorded on: Apr. 7, 2011

HOWARD PIANKO: Our last panel is going to look at some of the ethical considerations applicable to our practice area. We've broken it down into three parts. I'm going to start off with a review of planned governance and we've used the word planned governance today, how do you apply it? And there's a handout which Grace has informed me I should have sent to be done electronically, but I didn't. But you've got a colored handout. Steve Rabitz is to ...

Recorded on: Apr. 20, 2011

JOSEPH SAMET: All right. We're back on the subjects of mediation, and a subject near and dear to some of your hearts, attorneys fees. How to collect them, how to keep them. On the subject of mediation, Ken Rosen has been very active in this area, both in the Third Circuit in Delaware and elsewhere. Ken is a partner and leads the firm's bankruptcy practice at Lowenstein Sandler. Ken has gotten many honors in terms of this practice, business development, ...

Recorded on: Apr. 20, 2011

JOSEPH SAMET: Welcome back. In Volume Two of our book, there are two articles on the duties of officers and directors, one starting at page 485 and Jane's article starting at page 501. Everything you want to know about officers and directors, duties, liabilities, and theories is in there. But we'll amplify and give you more of a sense of that and what the trends are. After spending some time on officer, director, liability, fiduciary duties, we'll ...

Recorded on: Apr. 20, 2011

LINDA E. RAPPAPORT: Hello everybody. We're going to get started again. I think Mark is on his way back. So it's my great pleasure to introduce our next panelists. Assuming I can find their resumes here. To my immediate right is Jeannemarie O'Brien, who is a leader of the Executive Compensation practice at Wachtell Lipton, and will be addressing us in the area of M&A developments for Executive Compensation, which will be terrific. And then, for ...