Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Past 12 Months

Recorded on: Aug. 3, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Securities Arbitration 2012 Recorded August, 2012 in New York Ethical Issues in Securities Arbitration and Mediations [00:00:01] Actual or perceived conflicts of interest, bias or impartiality Adequacy and timing of disclosures Exceeding powers Independent judgment and performance of duty Confidentiality The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course ...

Recorded on: Aug. 8, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Prison Law 2012 Recorded August, 2012 in New York Ethical Issues in Prison Actions [01:00:55]   Ethical issues that arise in the context of representing prisoners in civil rights actions Potential for conflicts of interest in prisoners’ rights actions Ethical issues and client relationships The purchase price of this Web segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook ...

Recorded on: Aug. 3, 2012

SANDRA D. GRANNUM: Our next panel will be discussing ethics in securities arbitration. So a hot topic, a relevant topic, and you get your CLE ethics credits in. Chairing this panel-- Seth? SETH E. LIPNER: Yes. SANDRA D. GRANNUM: We're going to get the other panel on. SETH E. LIPNER: I'm on this panel. SANDRA D. GRANNUM: Oh, you're on this panel. Sorry. [? SETH E. LIPNER: Seth's ?] not going anywhere. SANDRA D. GRANNUM: The next panel will be ...

From the program: Defending Immigration Removal Proceedings 2012

Recorded on: Aug. 15, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Defending Immigration Removal Proceedings 2012 recorded August, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:42] Ethical Issues in Removal Proceedings  [01:00:42] Overview of EOIR attorney discipline process Common complaints about immigration attorneys and how to avoid them How to balance zealous representation of your client with your ethical responsibilities The purchase price of this includes ...

From the program: Ethics in Arbitration 2012

Released on: Aug. 28, 2012

There has been a proliferation of ethical guidelines and Codes which seek to simplify the issue of what and how much an arbitrator needs to disclose before (or during) an arbitration. Despite all these efforts, the U.S. Supreme Court continues to apply the “evident partiality” standard of the Federal Arbitration Act that was espoused over forty years ago in the Commonwealth Coatings case. The result is a non-uniform body of case law from ...

From the program: The Attorney-Client Privilege and Internal Investigations 2012

Released on: Aug. 28, 2012

Lecture Topics  [Total time 01:58:09] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. The Attorney-Client Privilege and Internal Investigations [01:58:09] Katherine M. Choo, Andrew J. Ceresney, George S. Canellos, Christina B. Dugger The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online: New York Rules of Professional ...

From the program: Hedge Funds 2012: Strategies and Structures for an Evolving Marketplace

Recorded on: Sep. 10, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Hedge Funds 2012: Strategies and Structures for an Evolving Marketplace recorded September, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:02:55] Operational and Compliance Requirements for Hedge Fund Managers  [01:02:55] Major operational and legal risks for hedge fund GCs Information walls - when are they needed? Risks regarding expert networks Developing effective compliance programs The ...

From the program: Hot Topics in Mergers & Acquisitions 2012

Recorded on: Sep. 10, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Hot Topics in Mergers & Acquisitions 2012 recorded September, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:27] Ethical Issues for the Corporate Lawyer  [01:00:27] Recognizing conflicts of interest in time Obligations of confidentiality Issues of candor in negotiations The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available online:  ...

From the program: Ethical Issues in California Pro Bono Representation

Released on: Sep. 20, 2012

While the ethical obligations of Pro Bono legal practice are no different than a commercial law practice, there are practical considerations regarding eligibility of clients, challenging clients, conflicts (similar in theory, different in practice settings), expectations on both sides, case management responsibility, and different delivery models, such as limited scope representation, that cause many professionals to hesitate offering pro bono legal ...

From the program: California Employment Law Update 2012

Recorded on: Sep. 10, 2012

Taken from the Web Program California Employment Law Update 2012 recorded September, 2012 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [01:10:15] Ethical Issues Arising Out of the Use of Social Media  [01:10:15] Limitations on an employer’s ability to monitor and control The evolving view of the NLRB on social media issues Using social media in litigation Ethical considerations for attorneys when using or accessing ...

From the program: Estate Planning Institute (43rd Annual)

Released on: Sep. 25, 2012

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of2010, which was enacted on December 17, 2010, completely changed the landscape regarding federal estate taxes, gift taxes and generation- skipping transfer taxes, but these tax law changes are scheduled to expire on December 31, 2012. In addition, President's Obama's budget for the government's fiscal year ending September 30, 2013 contains major proposals for transfer ...

Recorded on: Sep. 10, 2012

JOHN C. KOSKI: Well welcome everybody. Pleased to be here. Wanted to talk about ethics today from a different perspective. Rather than talking about mergers, I'm going to be talking about movies and hopefully we can all leave with a little bit of a feel good appreciation that no matter how bad a day you've had in your practice, there's been some movie lawyer somewhere who's had it worse. So what we are going to do today is kind of review a few clips. ...

From the program: Intellectual Property Law Institute 2012

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Intellectual Property Law Institute 2012 recorded October, 2012 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [00:59:40] IP Lawyer Ethical Issues  [00:59:40] Latest trends in IP malpractice suits Emerging issues in confidentiality and privilege Conflicts of interest and disqualification Docketing/calendaring practices (use of technology) The purchase price of this segment includes the following ...

From the program: Building Better Construction Contracts 2012

Recorded on: Sep. 19, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Building Better Construction Contracts 2012 recorded September, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:09] Ethical Concerns for Counsel When Advising a Government Contractor  [01:00:09] What are voluntary disclosures and when should they be made? What are a contractor’s mandatory disclosure obligations? Are the results of an internal investigation privileged; who should conduct them?  ...

Recorded on: Sep. 19, 2012

SPEAKER: All right everybody, we're going to go ahead and get started. Thanks for staying with us through the entire program. This is the last segment of the day. It is the one hour on ethics that I'm sure everybody is waiting for. I'm going to go ahead and introduce our speakers. The next panel is Ethical Concerns for Council When Advising a Government Contractor. We have Larry Harris with Fox Rothschild and Timothy Thornton with Greensfelder, Hemker, ...

From the program: Electronic Discovery Guidance 2012: What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Electronic Discovery Guidance 2012: What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know recorded September, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:51:46] Ethics in E-Discovery  [00:51:46] What ethical factors does a court review to determine whether to issue sanctions? Changes to the approach to sanctions in the courts and the ethical issues that raises Recent developments in ethical issues in ...

From the program: "Bet the Company" Litigation 2012: Best Practices for Complex Cases

Recorded on: Sep. 27, 2012

Taken from the Web Program "Bet the Company" Litigation 2012: Best Practices for Complex Cases recorded September, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:01:27] Litigation Financing: New Developents, Ethical Issues and More  [01:01:27] How litigation financing works Plaintiff-side versus defense-side litigation financing Recent developments in ethical issues relating to litigation financing The purchase ...

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012

GARY A. ADLER: Our presenter on ethics is David Lender. David is a partner in the New York office of Weil, Gotshal, where he specializes in complex commercial litigation. David is co-chair of the firm's litigation department and also head of the firm's e-discovery task force. David is a frequent author and lecturer on electronic discovery issues and has authored leading treatises on the subject of e-discovery. And I just have to add that I asked ...

From the program: Patent Litigation 2012

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Patent Litigation 2012 recorded September, 2012 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [01:00:00] Ethical Issues in Patent Litigation  [01:00:00] In-house and outside counsel face ethical issues in patent litigation at every step of the process, from pre-suit Rule 11 compliance, throughout the discovery process, and continuing through to trial and appeal. The sometimes fuzzy boundary between ethical transgression ...

From the program: Drafting Securities Filings 2012

Recorded on: Oct. 5, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Drafting Securities Filings 2012 recorded September, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:50] Ethical Dilemmas in Preparation and Review of SEC Filings  [01:00:50] Ethical considerations in SEC practice Lawyers as “gatekeepers” The SEC’s “reporting up” rules 2(e) (now 102(e)) proceedings Implications of and experience under the 2010 whistleblower rules The ...

Recorded on: Sep. 27, 2012

RICHARD W. CLARY: We have our final panel of the day, discussing the topic of litigation financing. The moderator for today's panel is Ronald Minkoff. Ron is a shareholder in the Litigation and Professional Responsibility Group at Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein, and Selz, where he specializes in representing attorneys in professional responsibility matters, including partnership disputes, disciplinary cases, ethics opinions, disqualification motions, malpractice ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

SPEAKER 1: That is ethical issues in patent litigation. And our presenter today is John Steele, who is a returning presenter to us. John is a real man of steel because he always presents at 4 o'clock on the second day, which is the last presentation, and he does an excellent job. John's practice emphasizes legal ethics, the law of lawyering, and risk management, and he offers counseling opinion letters in expert witness engagements. He's taught approximately ...

Course Handbook from the program Outsourcing 2012: Cloud, Innovation and Other Hot Topics, held October, 2012. 

Recorded on: Oct. 5, 2012

STEVE: OK, so as we head into our last topic for the program, I'd like to introduce our newest member of the panel. To my right is Maura Barry Grinalds. Maura is a partner at Skadden, Arps here in New York. And she's-- MAURA BARRY GRINALDS: Who doesn't know how to adjust her chair. STEVE: [LAUGHS] These are the complex issues that lawyers have to face every day. It's amazing we survive. And so Maura is going to talk to us about ethics. MAURA BARRY ...

From the program: Advanced Compliance and Ethics Workshop 2012

Released on: Dec. 13, 2012

Never in the history of criminal or corporate law has the existence of an effective compliance and ethics program been more valuable to an organization. The enormity of recent criminal fines, the aggressive enforcement of criminal laws against organizations, the extent to which criminal authorities around the world are working together, the risks of civil liability, and the startling speed of communication and the attendant transparency of corporate ...