Walking the Tightrope of Professional Responsibility for Corporate Counsel

The Women's Group of Sills Cummis & Gross hosted a CLE breakfast seminar entitled "Walking the Tightrope of Professional Responsibility for Corporate Counsel."

Topics included:

• The Organization as a Client:  Ethical issues for in-house counsel in representing a corporate entity, including situations where officers or directors have conflicting view of resolving problems
• When to Retain Separate Counsel for a Corporate Employee: Deciding on the need for separate counsel when litigation is threatened or occurs involving both the corporation and the employee
• Ethical Issues for In-House Legal Advisors under Sarbanes-Oxley Sarbanes-Oxley: Reporting requirements and the intersection between these requirements and state attorney ethics rules