August, 2013

Seminars & Webcasts

Webcasts

• Aug. 13, 2013 Webcast

The relevant New York Rules of Professional Conduct and their relationship to the American Bar Association Model Rules How to identify potential and actual conflicts, determine whether a conflict may be waived, and craft effective conflict waivers How to establish systems and protocols to assist your attorneys with identifying potential and actual conflicts Recent developments in conflict-of-interest law from case law, ethics ...

• Aug. 13, 2013 Webcast

Privilege issues arising from cooperation with the government Recent trends in government agency approaches to internal investigations, cooperation and waiver of privilege Ethical issues in conducting the investigation Conflict of interest issues arising in the representation and interview of company employees Conflicts between the company and employees on privilege waiver issues Best practices in conducting investigations Issues arising ...

• Aug. 13, 2013 Webcast

Using the latest technology to communicate with clients, the court, and the public is often a necessary part of a lawyer’s job. Using these tools properly is critical particularly when it involves the risk of an inadvertent disclosure of client confidential information. The stakes are raised even higher when relying on an Internet that does not fit within our traditional notions of jurisdictional limitations. The next generation of Internet ...

• Aug. 16, 2013 Webcast

In the past three decades, incarceration rates have exploded in the U.S., such that today we incarcerate over two million people, more than any other country in the world. The result is that many more people encounter the criminal justice system at some point in their lives. Indeed, an estimated 1 in 4 adults in California has an arrest or conviction record, and people of color are disproportionately affected. A person with a prior record faces ...