Featuring the latest on conflicts of interest, confidentiality, social networking, emerging disciplinary issues, and more.
Get a concise update on hot topics in legal ethics and lawyer discipline, and learn how to spot ethical issues before they become YOUR problem. This all-new live telephone seminar/audio webcast explores the types of cases that currently have regulators’ attention and highlights the latest developments in those areas.
Hear real-world examples and get up-to-date advice on how today’s courts and disciplinary authorities are interpreting the rules of professional conduct and how the rules are being used in claims against attorneys. Topics include:
- Issues in lateral hiring and the roving lawyer
- Conflicts issues in tripartite relationships
- Conflict issues among co-defendants
- Breach of fiduciary duty developments
- Trends to watch in disqualification and sanctions motions
- The sweep of confidentiality
- Handling privileged documents you shouldn’t have
- The perils of Internet advertising and social networks
Faculty
Pamela A. Bresnahan is a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, and is the head of the firm’s Washington, D.C. litigation group. She serves as trial and appellate counsel in business and commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis on professional liability defense and coverage litigation. She represents lawyers, financial institutions, broker/dealers, financial professionals, directors and officers, fiduciaries, insurers and other professionals. Ms. Bresnahan serves as coverage and litigation counsel for insurers issuing errors and omissions policies. She advises law firms and lawyers on management issues and discipline matters. Ms. Bresnahan is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and was named by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America.
Lucian T. Pera is a partner at Adams & Reese LLP. He practices primarily in the civil trial arena, including a wide variety of commercial, media, intellectual property, and personal injury litigation. Mr. Pera also counsels and represents lawyers, large and small law firms, law departments, clients of lawyers, and others on lawyer ethics, professional responsibility, malpractice, and loss prevention. His recent assignments have ranged from advice on conflicts of interest or legal advertising, to opinions on lawyer business transactions, to representation in disciplinary and bar admission proceedings, to defense and prosecution of lawyer disqualification motions, to addressing malpractice and loss prevention issues, to expert witness assignments. He has developed a nationwide practice and reputation in this emerging field, and writes and speaks frequently on these issues all over the country.
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