Practising Law Institute: Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2016

Litigation partner Michael J. Dell will speak at Practising Law Institute’s Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2016 conference, being held March 17, 2016, at the PLI New York Center.

The speaker panel will include:

• Michael J. Dell, litigation partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
• C. Evan Stewart, litigation partner, Cohen & Gresser LLP
• Helen V. Cantwell, litigation partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Susan J. Kohlmann, managing partner, Jenner & Block LLP

The panel will discuss the follow points:

• 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, congressional legislation, selective waiver and inadvertent waiver)
• Dangers to lawyers in the heightened regulatory environment
• Current issues relating to multiple representation and conflicts of interest
• Attorney exposure to civil liability
• Whistleblower remedies for lawyers
• Recent developments impacting the “no-contact” rules and lawyer “dissemblance”
• Risks to lawyers arising from parallel investigations
• Current issues in electronic discovery

Click here to register for this event.