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In-house counsel are facing new and unique ethical challenges arising from a rapidly changing business and technology environment. This program focuses on the ethical issues presented by technology transactions, including in-house counsel’s ethical responsibilities in technology contract negotiations and compliance. Panelists will discuss scenarios that include these transactional and compliance ethical issues as in-house counsel.
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We’ve all seen children invading interviews, Canadian PM’s forgetting to turn their video feed to parliament off while changing, and the rise of amusing, funky or blurry backgrounds – but what has COVID-19, WFH and other adaptations meant to lawyers from an ethical point of view?
Join Gilbert + Tobin’s Disputes + Investigations team for a live webinar which will address ethical issues arising from the use of remote technologies, contact tracing and other matters that have arisen in the response to the pandemic.
4:00-5:00 pm Enjoy your freshly brewed tea and earn CLE credit as attorneys from Haynes and Boone discuss food regulation, safety, labeling and advertising. This will include the potential tension between a lawyer's duty to the client and the challenges to effectively respond to the government. Also, we will discuss how in-house counsel can best provide leadership to the company on food safety and related regulatory issues to reduce the risk of an FDA investigation and to help prepare for FDA inspections.
Topics below will reflect the recent changes in our country and how they affect these issues
Issues involved in addressing the media
Engaging a PR professional
Protecting the attorney-client privilege
Ethical rules governing lawyers speaking to the media
Effective communications with the media
Potential legal pitfalls in media communications
Taking control of the media narrative
Followed by Happy Hour: "Breakouts for ZOOM BOX HEROS”! (With prizes for best guessers) - A fun, interactive musical journey through the decades, identifying bands with top hits in each decade. Seasoned professionals can test your band knowledge of the 70s and 80s against the younger crowd’s knowledge of the 90’s and 00’s!”
To do good business, companies need more than compliance - they need strong organizational cultures that breathe life into their purpose which is their soul. Thriving and innovative businesses are the ones which embrace integrity and promote an organizational culture of empathy, safety, and diversity of thought.
Join moderator Patricia Svilik, Roofstock's Associate General Counsel and Executive Director of the Law in Tech Diversity Collaborative, Nicole Diaz, Snap’s Global Head of Integrity and Compliance, and Kevin Withane, Sr. Legal Director and Group Ethics and Compliance Director at TI Fluid Systems for a thoughtful conversation on why ethics, not compliance, is the right way to sustainably bring value to all stakeholders – from employees and the C-suite to shareholders and consumers.
Takeaways
We will talk about a systems approach for creating an ethical company culture, how to find the soul of your organization, and how to create a flow and safe place for your employees to do their best work and contribute towards sustainable business growth and long-term value. You will leave with an actionable list of strategies and tools that can help you drive positive organizational change and strengthen your compliance and DEI programs.
This workshop is for everybody who:
is ready to take an important step toward transforming their ESG (environmental, social, and governance) standards
is looking to find a way to align their company on ethics and integrity; and
is looking for ways to build an organizational culture that ensures its purpose is more than a poster on the wall.
The Western Australian (WA) legal profession has come together to support the Women’s Legal Service WA, which has seen an increase in demand for services due to COVID-19. The Women’s Legal Service WA is a not-for-profit community legal centre that provides legal services to women across WA.
The University of Western Australia, in partnership with the Law Society and supported by the WA legal profession, is hosting this special lecture for one CPD point in category 3 - Ethics and Professional Responsibility.
The Honourable Robert French AC, Chief Judge Julie Wager from the District Court and Dr Jacoba Brasch QC, the President of the Law Council of Australia, will speak on “Access to Justice in a Covid-19 world” that will include discussion about how COVID-19 has changed the legal profession.
Programme:
Welcome and introductions by Professor Natalie Skead, Dean and Head of the UWA Law School.
A representative from Women’s Legal Service will speak.
The Honourable Robert French AC will speak.
Chief Judge Julie Wager from the District Court of Western Australia will speak.
Dr Jacoba Brasch QC, President of the Law Council of Australia, will speak.
Thank you and close by Jocelyne Boujos, President of the Law Society of Western Australia.
Event Registration
Event registration is a donation of $50 for legal practitioners who want to receive a CPD point or $10 for Law students and other members of the legal profession.
Registrations are managed by the UWA Law School and All funds raised will be donated to the Women’s Legal Service WA
As the CPD year draws to a close, Piper Alderman are pleased to offer you the opportunity to secure 4 CPD points in 4 hours.
Our complimentary national programme covers all three mandatory areas of law as well as one substantive law topic.
Simply attend one session or attend them all – it’s your choice! Each session is recorded and available to view on demand if you cannot attend the webinar session at the scheduled start time
Thursday, December 3 @ 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Buchanan) — Employees and Corporate Legal Concerns: Managing Ethical Issues and Avoiding Common Pitfalls
From internal investigations to outside litigation, the question of who is representing whom can pose ethical challenges. We will consider common scenarios, the role of in-house and outside counsel, Upjohn warnings and other relevant rules and case law to consider when your employee is a witness, a joint defendant, or just wants some legal advice.
Thursday, December 3 @ 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Duane Morris) — Ethics and the Challenges of Working Remotely
This panel will discuss the challenges of remote working and how to manage risk and loss prevention in the current remote working environment. We will address best practices for information security while working remotely and on mobile devices and outlines ways to minimize the impact that “remote” working may have on your team , including mental health aspects.
Click the button below to preregister for this three-day event! Your registration entitles you to attend all six sessions, or just one or two if that's what works for you. One Zoom link will get you into all sessions, and will be provided to each registrant prior to the beginning of the event.
Wednesday, December 2 @ 9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. (CSC) — Ethical Considerations With Technology Contracts
Ethical issues and technology contracts can present in-house attorneys with unique ethical challenges. This program reviews ethical issues that arise with technology contracts and will include considerations of internal processes and compliance and discuss contract negotiations and provisions.
Wednesday, December 2 @ 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Hogan) — Practical and Ethical Implications of Litigating During COVID-19
In this session, expert panelists will cover best practices for avoiding the unique ethical pitfalls of remote and in-person litigation proceedings during the pandemic.
Click the button below to preregister for this three-day event! Your registration entitles you to attend all six sessions, or just one or two if that's what works for you. One Zoom link will get you into all sessions, and will be provided to each registrant prior to the beginning of the event.
