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Staying Out of Trouble: What Every Attorney Must Know About Ethics 2013


Why you should attend

What you will learn

At this year’s program we will look at two important issues confronting attorneys today: conflicts of interest, and risk issues for inside counsel.
  • Navigating the Minefield: How to Identify, Avoid and Address Conflicts of Interest. When participating in an adversary system, it is important to distinguish between friend and foe. As the size of law firms continues to accelerate, the frequency with which conflicts of interest are encountered accelerates even faster. This first hour of the program will provide an overview of how conflicts of interest arise, how to ensure they are identified, and how they can be avoided or addressed. It will also include a discussion of recent cases highlighting the difficulty lawyers face if conflicts of interest are not timely identified and handled.
  •  Current Risk Issues for Inside Counsel: When Bad Things Happen to Great Law Departments. To paraphrase Edmund Burke, those who don’t know current events are doomed to be embarrassed. This second hour of the program looks at a number of well-respected corporate lawyers and legal departments, who recently have found themselves in civil, criminal, and ethical peril. While some of these stories have generated media attention, many have been surprisingly under-reported. We will review the allegations in each of these matters, and explore both what these claims mean for corporate law departments as well as how similar risks can be better managed in the future.

Who should attend

May 1, 2013, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  (C.D.T.)

At this year’s program we will look at two important issues confronting attorneys today: conflicts of interest, and risk issues for inside counsel.
  • Navigating the Minefield: How to Identify, Avoid and Address Conflicts of Interest. When participating in an adversary system, it is important to distinguish between friend and foe. As the size of law firms continues to accelerate, the frequency with which conflicts of interest are encountered accelerates even faster. This first hour of the program will provide an overview of how conflicts of interest arise, how to ensure they are identified, and how they can be avoided or addressed. It will also include a discussion of recent cases highlighting the difficulty lawyers face if conflicts of interest are not timely identified and handled.
  • Current Risk Issues for Inside Counsel: When Bad Things Happen to Great Law Departments. To paraphrase Edmund Burke, those who don’t know current events are doomed to be embarrassed. This second hour of the program looks at a number of well-respected corporate lawyers and legal departments, who recently have found themselves in civil, criminal, and ethical peril. While some of these stories have generated media attention, many have been surprisingly under-reported. We will review the allegations in each of these matters, and explore both what these claims mean for corporate law departments as well as how similar risks can be better managed in the future.
Chairperson(s)
John C. Koski ~ Dentons US LLP
Speaker(s)
Matthew J. Gehringer ~ Perkins Coie LLP
Program Attorney(s)
Robin D. Goldstein ~ PLI
Chicago Seminar Location

University of Chicago Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, Il 60611. (312) 464-8787.

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Related Items

Live Seminars  Live Seminars

Staying Out of Trouble: What Every Attorney Must Know About Ethics 2013 (New York, NY) Dec. 17, 2013
Ethics for Corporate Lawyers 2013 (New York, NY) Dec. 17, 2013
The Attorney-Client Privilege and Internal Investigations 2013 (New York, NY) Aug. 13, 2013
Ethics for Discovery 2013 (New York, NY) Jul. 22, 2013
Ethics for In-House Corporate Counsel 2013 (New York, NY) Jul. 22, 2013
Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2013 (New York, NY) Jun. 26, 2013

On-Demand  On-Demand Programs

Ethics for Transactional Lawyers 2013 Apr. 1, 2013
Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer 2013 Jan. 25, 2013
Ethics for Corporate Lawyers 2012 Dec. 31, 2012
Staying Out of Trouble: What Every Attorney Must Know About Ethics 2012 Dec. 31, 2012
The Attorney-Client Privilege & Internal Investigations 2012 Aug. 28, 2012
Ethics for Discovery 2012 Aug. 8, 2012
Ethics for In-House Corporate Counsel 2012 Aug. 8, 2012
Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2012 Jul. 12, 2012

Handbook  Course Handbook Archive

Winter Ethics 2013-2014  
Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2013  
PLI Ethics Programs: Chicago 2013 Howard Schneider, Charles River Associates
Michael S. Sackheim, Sidley Austin LLP
Michael S. Sackheim, Sidley Austin LLP
Terri L. Mascherin, Jenner & Block LLP
Terri L. Mascherin, Jenner & Block LLP
John C. Koski, Dentons US LLP
Maurice Grant, Grant Schumann LLC
Frederick M. Snow, First American Bank
Matthew J. Gehringer, Perkins Coie LLP
Daniel M. Kotin, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC
Hon. Sophia H. Hall, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Leslie Ellis, Ph. D., TrialGraphix
Howard Schneider, Charles River Associates
Patricia C. Bobb, Patricia C. Bobb & Associates
James J. Grogan, Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois
Julie A. Bauer, Winston & Strawn LLP
Jennifer T. Nijman, Nijman Franzetti LLP
Brenda H. Feis, Stowell & Friedman, Ltd
Hon. Thomas R. Mulroy, State of Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division - Commercial Calendars Section
April A. Otterberg, Jenner & Block LLP
Robert L. Denby, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Inc.
 
Ethics in Context: Summer 2012 Carole L. Basri, Executive Director of the Corporate Compliance Program, Fordham University Law School
Stephen D. Brody, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Andrew J. Ceresney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Katherine M. Choo, General Electric Company
Philip N. Yannella, Ballard Spahr LLP
Allison J. Schoenthal, Hogan Lovells US LLP
George S. Canellos, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
David Boyd Booker, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
Louise Pentland, Nokia Corporation
Christina B. Dugger, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York
 
Ethics in Context: Spring 2012 Michael S. Sackheim, Sidley Austin LLP
Jeremy R. Feinberg, NYS Office of Court Administration
 
Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer 2011 Michael S. Sackheim, Sidley Austin LLP
 
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Location:  Chicago, IL
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Seminar attendance includes course handbook and associated course materials. A downloadable course handbook will also be available several days prior to the program start for your review.
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