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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Recorded on: Mar. 13, 2013

GERALD A. STEIN: OK, welcome back, everybody for our final panel, and I'm glad you're here, because this is a really fascinating area of our presentation today. Because in every deposition, both preparing for deposition and in taking depositions, they are always ethical dilemmas that arrive so it's appropriate we're doing this at the end, and I'm glad you're here for it. Because this is actually what one of the-- I mean, not that any panel was not ...

Recorded on: May. 14, 2012

RANDI W. SINGER: Let's get started with our last panel. Before we go with this one, a couple of quick announcements. Please fill out your evaluations. They're on the iPads. I read them all. We take them very seriously. We've made a number of changes to this program over the years in response to your comments. So if there's things you'd like to see, please make sure you fill out the surveys and let us know. And also at the end of the day, don't forget ...

Recorded on: Mar. 18, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Taking and Defending Depositions 2013 Recorded March, 2013 in New York Ethical Dilemmas Arising With Depositions [01:01:28] The attorney client privilege and work product doctrine Protecting your witness and staying within ethical boundaries Improper/proper use of objections Conferring with witnesses during a deposition Remedial measures Practice Tip: What to do if you suspect your ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Nov. 7, 2011

SPEAKER 1: So why don't we go ahead and get started. So now we're going to move to our next topic of the day. I introduced John earlier, John Hughes, a partner at Howard Rice here in San Francisco. And he's gonna talk to you about ethics. JONATHAN HUGHES: Thanks. So most of what I do, I litigate cases, but mostly what I do is represent lawyers' law firms. And so this discussion that I want to have now about legal ethics in the context of an SEC practice ...

Recorded on: Oct. 3, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Securities Filings 2013: Practical Guidance in a Changing Environment Recorded September, 2013 in New YorkEthical Dilemmas in Preparation and Review of SEC Filings [01:01:16] Ethical considerations in SEC practice Lawyers as “gatekeepers” and targets The SEC’s “reporting up” rules 2(e) (now 102(e)) proceedings Experience under the Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules The purchase price of this segment includes the following ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

MICHAEL MEYER: A person who needs no introduction, so she's going to get no introduction, because we're don't to take up too much of her time. But she has been a practicing attorney for 30 years. All of our lawyers who are on the program are practicing lawyers. It's important that we have, it's called the Practising Law Institute, but to have people who actually do it every day and deal with it. And so Carol has been in private practice and was a ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Negotiating Commercial Leases: How Owners & Corporate Occupants Can Avoid Costly Errors 2012 Recorded October, 2012 in San Francisco Ethical Gaps, Mishaps and Traps in Real Estate Practice [01:04:44] Engagement letter gap Conflicts issues arising from outside counsel's dealings with inhouse counsel acting as owner/officer of property management company and independent counsel versus in-house counsel acting ...

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. ...

Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Mental Health Issues & the New York State Courts Recorded August, 2013 in New YorkEthical Issues in Cases Involving Litigants with Mental Illness [01:00:50] Legal issues regarding retention hearings and medication Ethical issues that arise in representing criminal defendants with mental illnesses The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: New ...

Recorded on: Nov. 17, 2011

M. ALEXANDER BOWIE II: Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the Ethics portion of the program, the last hour. I'd like to first introduce our panel. To my right we have James Bernard. He is a partner in the litigation department of Strook & Strook & Lavan. His practice covers a range of litigation areas. Most recently he's been representing Grant Thornton International and the NBL litigations arising from the collapse of Parmalat. Other areas ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

LYLE ROBERTS: Great. So let's get started with our final panel of the day. And really the reason we're all here of course, which is to do some ethics and ethical issues in complex securities litigation. And with me today for the final panel I have Felipe Arroyo, who is with Robbins Umeda. We've got Paul Gluckow at Simpson Thacher. Harold Gordon with Jones Day. And Jim Windels with Davis Polk. All of whom have extensive experience in securities litigation. And ...

Recorded on: May. 1, 2013

JONATHAN K. YOUNGWOOD: --panel of the day is not on a specific part of the case, as the prior panels have all been. It's a panel that's going to focus on an ethical issues that really surround each of the topics that we've talked about today. And you actually may see that some of the things we discuss have in some way or another been discussed by earlier panels. But we're going to try and take a different angle on them. We're going to really focus ...

Recorded on: May. 1, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Handling a Securities Case 2013: From Investigation to Trial and Everything in Between Recorded April, 2013 in New YorkEthical Issues in Complex Securities Litigation [01:00:18] Drafting the complaint and the use of confidential witnesses Crafting a motion to dismiss limited by the allegations in the complaint Selecting the forum and interactions between plaintiff and defendant groups Retention of discovery materials ...

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: Dec. 12, 2012

JOSEPH YANG: Hi, everybody. Welcome back. We're down to the last hour of our first day, and it's my pleasure at this point to introduce John Steele. I think many of you know John from over the years. John is currently a solo practitioner, but he's an expert in the ethics area. He represents clients in matters of legal ethics, professional liability, risk management, and the law of lawyering. For over 15 years, John has served as the top internal ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2012 Recorded December, 2012 in San Francisco Ethical Issues in Licensing [01:01:34] Candor and deceit Communicating with an adverse party Out-of-state practice and the unauthorized practice of law Competence to handle negotiation Application of rules in actual cases The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the ...

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 ...

From the program: Ethical Issues in Pro Bono Representation 2012

Released on: Jan. 1, 2013

This program is dedicated to the memory of Steven H. Leleiko, Vice President, Practising Law Institute, who passed away in December 2008 after serving PLI for more than 25 years. In addition to his on-going responsibilities, Steve was deeply committed and devoted much of his time to pro bono and ethics training.   Using hypotheticals as the basis for discussion, the faculty will analyze new developments and everyday ethical issues that arise ...

Recorded on: Jun. 8, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back for the last segment of the program. At the podium is a Pat Wilson. And she'll be speaking on in real estate transactions. Some of those issues have actually been newsworthy recently. Pat is a professor of law at Baylor Law School. And she's been there since 1993. Pat is actually a-- not actually. Pat is a recognized authority on legal ethics and real estate transactions and responsibilities of the various parties on an ethical ...

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: 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 ...

Recorded on: Aug. 6, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Securities Arbitration 2013 Recorded August, 2013 in New YorkEthical Issues in Securities Arbitration [00:58:19] Case scenarios on products and expert testimony The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: Conflicts of Interest Between Current and Former Clients in Securities CasesJoel E. Davidson Presentation Material Ethical Issues in Securities ...

Recorded on: Feb. 29, 2012

NANCY H. WOJITAS: OK, we're going to get started. Our next panel is entitled Ethical Issues Surrounding a Going Private Transaction. So you get all the needed ethics credit, MCLE credit. And it actually will kind of sensitize you to the fact that there are ethical issues when you're dealing with going private transactions. So let me introduce the panel before I turn it over to the three of you. So to my immediate right is Jonathan Levitsky. He is ...

Recorded on: Apr. 13, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Well, it's 3 o'clock, so we can start the last segment of our program. I'm very pleased that my law partner, Jim Altman in the New York office of Bryan Cave has agreed to speak to us today. It's a sign of how complex the legal profession is that even lawyers like me need a lawyer, and Jim is my lawyer. And when I run into a sticky situation, which happens, you know, infrequently, meaning once every few years, I go to Jim and he tells me ...