Ethics for Corporate Lawyers: Multijurisdictional Practice and Other Current Issues

This Practising Law Institute panel will cover:

• new developments in multijurisdictional practice issues (including the interplay and disparity of various state ethics rules, different enforcement regimes, and US rules vs. international rules);
• current issues relating to multiple representation;
• recent developments involving conflicts of interest;
• whistleblower remedies for corporate counsel;
• dangers to corporate counsel in civil discovery;
• new developments in confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney work-product doctrine (including disclosure obligations to third parties, the status of government pressure to waive, selective waiver and inadvertent waiver); and
• lawyers’ exposure to civil liability.

WilmerHale Partner Charlie Platt will be a featured speaker at this event.