Stephen Gillers, the Emily Kempin Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law, this month will present a CLE seminar titled Ethical Challenges in Legal Practice on behalf of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY).
The program is scheduled for Thursday, December 16 from 9 a.m. to noon at the House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York City.
Some of the topics that Professor Gillers will address include:
- Lessons from the Arthur Andersen, Martha Stewart and Frank Quattrone prosecutions and the investigation of the Valerie Plame Leak (including some surprising things about obstruction of justice and a lawyer's duty on document preservation);
- In-house lawyers wearing two or more hats: risks to the privilege;
- The New York twist on confidentiality rules;
- Sarbanes-Oxley and the new SEC rules: what they have wrought;
- Seven important conflict of interest rules to keep you out of trouble;
- Some changes on the horizon from the recent ABA Model Rules Amendments;
- A checklist for internal corporate investigations;
- The perils of incivility.
For details on registration fees and available CLE credits, see the Bulletin Board now located on our website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.
For reservations, call (212) 382-6663 or visit www.abcny.org.