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Recorded on: Oct. 15, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Judges' Pet Peeves 2012: Tips from the Bench on Trial Practice Recorded October, 2012 in New York Civility Issues in Litigation [00:23:23] How to be a zealous advocate within the bounds of ethical behavior The difference between slaying the adversary's case and slaying the adversary Is civility an obligation? How should you respond to uncivil conduct by your adversary? The purchase price of this ...

From the program: Class Action Litigation 2013

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Class Action Litigation 2013 recorded July, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:01:59]Ethics in Class Action Litigation  [01:01:59] What issues are judges seeing in class action cases? How have class certification issues changed litigation? The Supreme Court has ruled recently on several class action issues – what messages are being sent and how are district court judges interpreting them? Waiver of ...

From the program: Cloud Computing 2012: Cut Through the Fluff & Tackle the Critical Stuff

Recorded on: Jun. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Cloud Computing 2012: Cut Through the Fluff & Tackle the Critical Stuff Recorded June 2012 in San Francisco Lecture Topics Legal Ethics and the Cloud [01:02:25] Duties of client confidentiality and the Cloud Limits on a lawyer's access to data in the Cloud Due diligence and supervision of Cloud providers E-discovery issues in connection with the Cloud The purchase price of this Web Program ...

From the program: Cloud Computing 2013: Cut Through the Fluff & Tackle the Critical Stuff

Recorded on: Jun. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Cloud Computing 2013: Cut Through the Fluff & Tackle the Critical Stuff recorded June, 2013 in San Francisco.Lecture Topics  [00:58:50]Legal Ethics and the Cloud  [00:58:50] Ethical duty of technical competence Client confidentiality and the cloud Due diligence and supervision of cloud providers E-discovery issues in connection with the cloud The purchase price of this segment includes the following ...

From the program: Ethical Issues in California Pro Bono Representation 2013 (Free)

Released on: Sep. 26, 2013

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, challenging pro bono attorneys, 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 ...

From the program: Commercial Real Estate Financing 2013

Recorded on: Feb. 19, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Commercial Real Estate Financing 2013 recorded February, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:59:57] Ethics in Commercial Real Estate Financing  [00:59:57] Representation of Multiple Parties Ethics Walls Common Escrow Problems Direct Communications with Represented Parties The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available online:  ...

From the program: Commercial Real Estate Institute 2012 (14th Annual)

Recorded on: Nov. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Commercial Real Estate Institute 2012 (14th Annual) recorded November, 2012 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [01:02:50] Ethical Issues Facing Real Estate Attorneys  [01:02:50] Conflicts of interest - What conflicts can be waived? - Use of internal screens Duty of confidentiality Metadata and other computer pitfalls for the unwary A case study showing potential ethical issues ...

Recorded on: May. 23, 2011

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back, everybody, for the last session of the afternoon in IP in Business Transactions. And we've, of course, saved the most interesting and thrilling presentation for the last. We've got a dynamic duo here that walk us through some ethical considerations. And it was actually a nice transition that the previous speaker, Greg, here was already starting to talk about what one could do with metadata and documents that the opposing counsel ...

Recorded on: Feb. 23, 2012

DR. LOTHAR DETERMANN: Welcome back, everybody for our last and long-awaited segment on ethics, common ethics issues in IP transactions. And, as in previous years, we have our dynamic duo here, Heidi Keefe and David Simon present on this topic. Heidi is a partner with the Cooley law firm in the litigation department. She has won all kinds of cool prizes such as top 45 women in the US under 45 and top 20 under 40. And we were just joking that in her ...

Recorded on: Mar. 4, 2013

KAREN BALLACK: OK. back this afternoon for our last session of the day. As Lothar indicated, although it's the last session of the day, and is on common ethics issues in IP transactions-- and I know some of us all shutter when we hear the word ethics-- this is a delightful, and entertaining, and very educational session on ethics. And so, Lothar was telling the truth when he said, we were saving some great speakers here to keep this going to the very ...

Recorded on: Mar. 5, 2013

Taken from the Web Program IP Issues in Business Transactions 2013 Recorded March, 2013 in San Francisco Common Ethics Issues in IP Transactions [01:00:29] Potential unlicensed practice of law Ethical obligations relating to non-clients When are conflicts unwaivable? Attorney misconduct and duty to report The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online:  ...

From the program: Communications Law in the Digital Age 2012

Recorded on: Nov. 28, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Communications Law in the Digital Age 2012 recorded November, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:03:25] Legal Ethics in for Media Lawyers: Current Issues  [01:03:25] What additional ethics and liability risks does the persistence of the Great Recession present for in-house and outside counsel? Do modern technology and cybersecurity concerns create new ethics and risk management dangers for ...

Recorded on: Jul. 24, 2012

CLIFFORD E. KIRSCH: All right, we are here for our last panel, compliance exams and ethical issues, ethical issues as they present themselves to lawyers and compliance professionals who operate and work with investment advisers. And for this panel, I'm very, very pleased to introduce to my right, John Walsh. John is a colleague of mine now at Sutherland. John's a partner in Sutherland's DC office in the financial services group. So I'm very, very ...

Recorded on: Sep. 19, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Hedge Fund Management 2013 Recorded September, 2013 in New YorkCompliance and Operational Issues [01:00:07] Major operational and legal risks for hedge funds Information walls - when are they needed? Valuation issues Risks regarding expert networks Developing effective compliance programs The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: Letter from ...

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. 28, 2012

RICHARD J. MORVILLO: This next panel is going to be talking about actually conducting the investigation. It took us a better part of an hour and 45 minutes to talk about all the background. And we are very fortunate to have another esteemed panel of experts in the area. And I'll introduce them. Nancy needs no introduction. To Nancy's right is David Brodsky, who is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb here in New York, who-- and this is going to be a refrain ...

Recorded on: Jun. 26, 2013

RICHARD MORVILLO: OK, welcome back. Thank you. I have the distinct honor of introducing most of my panel. The guy on the right there is related to me, so I don't know if it's such an honor. But let me start on the other end with Mike Delikat. Mike has become a fixture at these programs over the course of the last few years. Nancy and I had the foresight to ask him to join us, even before the whistleblower rules were published by the SEC. But Michael ...

Recorded on: Jul. 1, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Internal Investigations 2013 Recorded June, 2013 in New YorkConducting the Investigation: A) Considerations, Processes and Procedures, B) Privilege Issues and Ethical Traps in Conducting the Investigation [01:34:57] A. Considerations, Processes and Procedures Gathering documents Employee interviews Employee issues and obligations: advice, rights and liability in light of recent cases Former employee interviews ...

Recorded on: Jun. 29, 2011

RICHARD MORVILLO: OK. Welcome back. Thank you, again. We have another very distinguished panel with us today for the conducting the investigation part, and we're going to are going to talk about the how-to's and the do's and the don'ts, and we're going to get into some of the ethical issues that arise in the context of conducting the investigation itself. First let me introduce the panel to you. On my immediate right, that is next to Nancy, is one ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

YUKAKO KAWATA: OK. So we're on to the final panel for this morning. Right before lunch, to keep you all here, we have the Ethics Panel on Conflicts of Interest. This will provide the ethics credit for this conference. And for that, I've asked, to my right, Ed Sopher. He is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher. He is the chair of the Investment Funds Practice Group and a member of the Corporate Transactions and Securities ...

Recorded on: Jul. 9, 2013

YUKAKO KAWATA: OK. So we're switching over now to our ethics panel. So everybody stay in your seats. [BACKGROUND CHATTER] YUKAKO KAWATA: So, moving on to our last panel for this morning. This is the panel where you get ethics credit. And this panel will be talking about conflicts of interest and other ethics issues. And for that, to my right is Laura Friedrich. Laura is a partner in the investment funds group at Shearman & Sterling. And she ...

Recorded on: Jul. 14, 2011

YUKAKO KAWATA: Let me introduce our panel on conflicts of interest and other ethics issues, and this is the one hour ethics credit for this conference. And we scheduled it right immediately before lunch, yes. And so to my right is Stephanie Breslow. And she is a partner in the investment management practice group at Schulte Roth, and a member of the firm's executive committee. Her practice concentrates on investment management, partnerships and securities ...

Recorded on: Jul. 10, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Fourteenth Annual Private Equity Forum Recorded July, 2013 in New YorkConflicts of Interest and Other Ethics Issues [01:00:00] Conflicts of interest Issues arising among funds with the same adviser Issues arising within the adviser The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: Ethical Issues and Conflicts of Interest Considerations for Private Equity ...

Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

YVONNE S. QUINN: All right. Welcome back. Now, we have the long-awaited session on ethics and compliance, which is a very important part of our program here today. And it's also extremely valuable for all of us who have to file CLU requirements. So I'm extra excited about it on that ground. And we have a wonderful speaker today who is really an expert in this area for a number of reasons. Our speaker is Ted Banks. He is currently the counsel to law ...

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 ...