Agenda / Content Covered:

THOW TO AVOID BEING THE TARGET OF A LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM

8:45 - 9:45, Kathryn L. Harman
  1. Screening the Case and the Client
  2. Recognizing and Avoiding Prohibited Transactions with a Client
  3. Scope of Retention
  4. Time Limitations
  5. Implementing Internal Controls in the Office
  6. Identifying Attorney Competency Issues
  7. Collections
IDENTIFYING AND AVOIDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 
10:00 - 11:00, Adam W. Smith
  1. Types of Conflicts of Interest
  2. Consequences of Conflicts of Interest
  3. The Attorney-Client Relationship
  4. Vicarious Disqualification
  5. Motions for Disqualification
CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE Richard Mayberry
11:00 - 12:00, 
  1. How Changing Technology Brings Ethical Dilemmas
    1. Wireless Communications
    2. Cell Phones
    3. Metadata
  2. Defining the "Reasonable Expectation of Confidentiality" in Light of the Ease of Intercepting Wireless Conversations
  3. What the Courts Say Regarding Privilege and Wireless Communications
  4. Inadvertent Disclosures