Product Description

Both in-house and outside counsel face unique ethical issues when advising their corporate clients on the myriad legal issues corporations encounter daily. This new webcast highlights common issues counsel are called upon to address and related ethical considerations. The panelists use hypothetical legal scenarios to illustrate steps counsel should take to avoid such things as an inadvertent waiver of the attorney-client privilege, the unauthorized practice of law, and improperly discharging counsel’s duty of competence—among other things.

Agenda & Materials

• 4:00 - 4:10 pm

  Protecting the Attorney-Client Relationship

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  • Establishing control group / circle of only those people who make decisions concerning legal strategies of the company who may be privy to attorney client communications (whether with GC or outside counsel)

  Michael J. Rossi, Esq., Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP , Boston
  
• 4:10 - 4:25 pm

  Scope of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Avoiding Waiver

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  • Functional equivalent doctrine / Limits of privilege with “consultants” (e.g. tax, accounting, PR, etc…)
  • Limits of work product protection: Opinion work product vs. factual work product
  • Internal investigations are not per se privileged. Need to be conducted by attorney for purposes of providing legal advice to company
  • Common interest doctrine and when it applies

  Michael J. Rossi, Esq., Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP , Boston
  
• 4:25 - 4:40 pm

  Ethical Issues & Solutions in Business Law: Whistleblowers

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  • Ethical limitations on in-house counsel as whistleblower
  • In-house counsel role in investigating/addressing internal complaints
  • Working with outside counsel

  Martin J. Newhouse, Esq., New England Legal Foundation , Boston
  
• 4:40 - 4:45 pm

  The Unauthorized Practice of Law

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  • Overview of applicable rules/registration requirements
  • Limitations on practice and when outside counsel engagement needed

  Barton E. Centauro, Esq., TalentBurst, Inc. , Natick
  
• 4:45 - 4:55 pm

  Duty of Competence

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  • Ethical obligations for in-house counsel – areas of expertise/experience
  • Discussion of scope of issues encountered by in-house counsel

  Barton E. Centauro, Esq., TalentBurst, Inc. , Natick
  

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