Reed Smith LLP recently issued the following announcement.
Reed Smith’s general counsel, Tom Allen, will discuss a number of current legal ethics issues that are of relevance to in-house counsel.
Location Name:
Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office, 225 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15222
Start Date/Time:
23 January 2020, 4:00 PM ET
End Date/Time:
23 January 2020, 5:00 PM ET
Topics include:
Ethics issues that commonly arise in internal corporate investigations, particularly the need to clarify that your client is the corporation.
The ethical risks presented by multiple representation, that is, representation of both the corporation and individual corporate employees.
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Washington holding that the Rules of Professional Conduct may apply differently to in-house counsel and outside counsel.
The recent examination of client-generated Outside Counsel Guidelines by the D.C. Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee, which has raised a concern as to “whether in certain respects [Outside Counsel Guidelines] may overreach and unduly restrict the public’s access to legal representation and the professional independence of lawyers, or may conflict with the Rules [of Professional Conduct].”
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