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An overview of legal ethics issues in a digital environment, including a review of ethics issues in social media, the digital attorney-client privilege, and ABA opinions on digital communication.

This presentation material includes ten tips for in-house counsel to consider when faced with ethical issues in the workplace.

These days if you are counsel in the financial services industry, responding to a host of regulatory agencies and even being involved in the judicial process is practically daily fare. This cadre could include the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, SEC and other various and sundry state insurance, banking, and exchange regulators. This program addressed the issues that may come up in responding to them, including the attorney-client privilege and demands of waiver, whether to be compliant or adverse, and other issues that arise with respect to official process.

"Just as the dual role of in-house counsel complicates liability as discussed above, communications with in-house counsel, ordinarily subject to the attorney-client privilege, have become suspect."

A summary of recent developments regarding to the attorney-client and work product privileges.

Presented at ACCA/GCCA's European Chapter 2002 Annual meeting.

Addresses issues that generally arise when doing business internationally, such as employment/personnel issues, partnering and alliance issues, international distribution issues, currency and confidentiality privilege issues.

"In-house counsel are often asked to perform business functions in addition to their legal duties. Frequently, in-house counsel are also officers or directors of the company. Often they perform legal functions for a family of affiliated companies, some of which may be bought or sold over time. While this blending may result in a streamlining of positions and decision-making, it poses risks for both in-house counsel and the corporation."

The Law of Inside Counsel (ACCA New York Chapter Program October 28, 1999)

Discussion of confidentiality privileges and recommendations for asserting and waiving them. Also discusses dual representation and challenges it presents.

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