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Ethics and Conflicts of Interest in Law Practice 2013

Released on: Aug. 27, 2013
Running Time: 01:55:55

Lecture Topics  [Total time 01:55:55]

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  • Ethics and Conflicts of Interest in Law Practice [01:55:55]
    Cristina R. Yannucci, Nicole Hyland, Bennett J. Wasserman, Brett A. Scher

The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:

  • New York Rules of Professional Conduct
  • Mad Dogs and Englishmen
    C. Evan Stewart
  • Good Golly Miss Molly!: The Attorney Work Product Doctrine Takes Another Hit
    C. Evan Stewart
  • Ohio Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple
    C. Evan Stewart
  • A Tale of Two Judges
    C. Evan Stewart
  • Lawyers and the Border Patrol: The Challenges of Multi-Jurisdictional Practice
    C. Evan Stewart
  • Thus Spake Zarathustra (And Other Cautionary Tales for Lawyers)
    C. Evan Stewart
  • Caveat Corporate Litigator: The First Circuit Sets Back the Attorney Work Product Doctrine
    C. Evan Stewart
  • In-House Counsel as Whistleblower: A Rat with a Remedy?
    C. Evan Stewart
  • The Legal Profession and Conflicts: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough?
    C. Evan Stewart
  • Ethical Issues in E-Discovery (PowerPoint slides)
    Mark S. Cohen
  • Ethics and In-House Counsel
    Carole L. Basri
  • International Attorney-Client Privilege (July 2012)
  • The Client—Ethical Considerations (January 2013)
    Carole L. Basri, Irving Kagan
  • Confidentiality of Communications
    Carole L. Basri, Irving Kagan
  • ABA Report on Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel
    Carole L. Basri, Irving Kagan
  • Whistleblower Suits and Government Documents: The Complicated Question of When the Government’s Duty to Preserve Documents Arises After Service of a Relator’s Qui Tam Complaint
    Stephen D. Brody
  • Formal Opinion 2013-1: Duties to Prospective Clients After Beauty Contests and Other Preliminary Meetings
    Cristina R. Yannucci
  • Opinion 901: Simultaneous Representation of Corporation and Individual Director, Officer, or Shareholder (December 28, 2011)
    Cristina R. Yannucci
  • Formal Opinion 2008-2: Corporate Legal Departments and Conflicts of Interest Between Represented Corporate Affiliates
    Cristina R. Yannucci
  • Formal Opinion 2007-3: Corporate-Family Conflicts; Duty of Loyalty; Duty to Preserve Confidences and Secrets
    Cristina R. Yannucci
  • Opinion 876: Conflicts of Interest When Lawyers are Associated with Two or More Firms (September 9, 2011)
    Cristina R. Yannucci
  • Selected Cases
    Cristina R. Yannucci
  • Selected Cases
    Bennett J. Wasserman
  • Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Under RPC 1.5 (a): Beware the New “Sleeping Tiger”
    Bennett J. Wasserman
  • The Attorney-Client Privilege and Internal Investigations: Privilege Issues in Structuring an Investigation and Interviewing Witnesses
    Andrew J. Ceresney, Helen V. Cantwell, Mary Beth Hogan
  • Selected Articles

Presentation Material

  • Ethics and Conflicts of Interest in Law Practice
    Cristina R. Yannucci, Nicole Hyland, Bennett J. Wasserman, Brett A. Scher
Co-Chair(s)
Nicole Hyland ~ Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Cristina R. Yannucci ~ Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Speaker(s)
Brett A. Scher ~ Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP
Bennett J. Wasserman ~ VP and General Counsel, legalmalpractice.com

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Related Items

Handbook  Course Handbook Archive

Ethics in Context: Summer 2013 Nicole Hyland, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Carole L. Basri, Executive Director of the Corporate Compliance Program, Fordham University Law School
Carole L. Basri, Fordham University Law School & Corporate Lawyering Group LLC
C. Evan Stewart, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Cristina R. Yannucci, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Stephen D. Brody, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Stephen D. Brody, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Helen V. Cantwell, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Nicole Hyland, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Cristina R. Yannucci, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Bennett J. Wasserman, legalmalpractice.com
Brett A. Scher, Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP
Jason Sabot, JP Morgan Chase & Co
Philip N. Yannella, Ballard Spahr LLP
Raja Chatterjee, Morgan Stanley
Claudia T. Morgan, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Noah J. Hanft, MasterCard Worldwide
David Boyd Booker, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
Christina B. Dugger, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York
 
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