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Ethics for Corporate Lawyers 2020

Presented by Practising Law Institute

Credit
2.5 New York Ethics and Professionalism Credits
(most CLE jurisdictions available)

JAMS neutral Hon. James "Jay" C. Francis IV (Ret.) will speak at this interactive program which is based on a series of video scenarios dramatizing important ethics issues in corporate practice. Program participants will “vote” electronically on the correct ethical responses, followed by faculty review, discussion, and explanation.

What You Will Learn:

  • Representing multi-entity enterprises, some of which are not wholly owned
  • Assignments that should be turned down
  • New developments in confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, and conflicts of interest
  • Litigation funding issues
  • Collecting information and use of private investigators
  • Misrepresentation, fraudulent nondisclosure and omissions
  • Threatening and disciplinary action and the duty to report ethics violations
  • Ethical issues that arise from working remotely

Featured JAMS Speaker:

Hon. James "Jay" C. Francis IV (Ret.)

Program Chairperson:
David G. Keyko | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Program Attorney:
Janet L. Siegel | Practising Law Institute

Panelists:
Jennifer A. Paradise | White & Case LLP
James Q. Walker | Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP

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