Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner C. Evan Stewart will chair the faculty for the Practising Law Institute's program “Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2010,” in New York City on July 1, 2010. The program will discuss the following issues:
- 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).
- Lawyers’ exposure to civil liability.
- Whistleblower remedies for lawyers.
- Recent developments impacting the “no-contact” rules and lawyer “dissemblance” .
- Recent cases involving conflicts of interest.
- Current issues relating to multiple representation.
- Dangers to lawyers arising out of parallel investigations and the heightened regulatory environment.
To register or view the program as a live webcast, please visit www.pli.edu.