Ethics and Confidentiality: What Is, What Isn't, and What Can Be Shared?
December 2014
Ethics and Confidentiality: What Is, What Isn't, and What Can Be Shared?
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Program Description:
Confidentiality and discretion are touchstones of the attorney-client relationship. But not all information in a case or matter is confidential. Indeed, there instances when an attorney may or is even required to disclose confidences. The increasing pace of law practice and the spread of technology have also made simple mistakes - like inadvertently sending an email to the wrong person or not securing a smartphone or tablet - much more commonplace and more damaging. There is also the often misunderstood difference between the duty of confidentiality and the inviolability of the attorney-client privilege, each with its risks and potential liability for the attorney in question. This program will provide you with a practical discussion of significant developments in the duty of confidentiality, including inadvertent and unauthorized disclosure, technology, and confidentiality's relationship to the attorney-client privilege.
- Ethics, confidentiality, and the attorney-client privilege
- The scope of confidentiality - what is/isn't confidential?
- Distinguishing confidentiality from attorney-client privilege & the risks of violating each
- Law firm technology - or when the duty of confidentiality meets the duty of competence
- When is disclosure of client confidences permitted or even required? How and to whom?
- Inadvertent and unauthorized disclosure of client confidences - and how to limit damage/liability
- Confidentiality issues in joint representation - practical management of a difficult situation
Faculty:
Sue C. Friedberg is a partner in the Pittsburg office of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC. She is associate general counsel of the firm and responsible for guiding its attorneys in meeting the standards of ethical law practice. She supervises the firm's conflicts of interest review process and new business intake functions, and provides counsel for the firm as a business entity. Earlier in her career, she focused on corporate finance, securities law, and general business transactions. Ms. Friedberg earned her B.S., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pittsburg School of law.
William Freivogel is the principal of Freivogel Ethics Consulting and is an independent consultant to law firms on ethics and risk management. He was a trial lawyer for 22 years and has practiced in the areas of legal ethics and lawyer malpractice for more than 25 years. He is chair of the Editorial Board of the ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct, and past chair of the ABA Business Law Section Committee on Professional Responsibility. He maintains the Web site "Freivogel on Conflicts" at www.freivogelonconflicts.com. Mr. Freivogel is a graduate of the University of Illinois (Champaign), where he received his B.S. and LL.B.
Each program will run from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. M.T. (60 minutes each).
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $109.00 |
| CBA Member | $89.00 |
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