This program explores the ethical issues confronting transactional lawyers. Michelle Galloway (Cooley LLP) will discuss the ethics issues that arise from the various roles of a transactional lawyer as legal advisor, negotiator, business advisor, or investigator.
Topics will include: managing the scope of engagement; conflicts in the transactional context including conflicts between former and current clients as well as between officers and the organization/client; ethics in negotiations, including omissions, dishonesty and candor; contract with represented parties; and ethics issue regarding confidentiality.
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