Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
Please join Quarles for our annual year-end Legal Ethics Seminar featuring three, hour-long ethics CLE presentations.
The program will be presented from Quarles' Milwaukee office with live in-person simulcasts in our Chicago, Indianapolis, Madison, St. Louis, and Tampa offices. For guests who are unable to join us in person on November 8, or guests who prefer attending virtually, Quarles will host three CLE-eligible remote webinar replays on December 6, December 17, and January 10.
Our 2024 program will consider the following topics:
- Ethical Considerations in Internal Investigations and Government Enforcement Defense
Presented by: Dan Guggenheim, Eric Pruitt and Kirti Reddy
Attorneys face numerous ethical considerations when conducting internal investigations and responding to the ever-shifting landscape of government enforcement actions. This session will use real-life examples and hypotheticals to explore the ethical traps in-house counsel should be on guard against by way of conflicts, unintentional waivers, voluntary disclosures, the implications of AI, and the Department of Justice’s new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program.
- Ethical Traps For In-House Counsel in Advising on Executive Compensation and Benefits
Presented by: Sarah Sise and Lauren Schuster
ERISA recognizes plans as separate legal entities from their plan sponsors, and employees of the sponsoring employer typically serve as the plan fiduciaries. Identifying the client and potential conflicts, and preserving confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege with your client(s) when addressing ERISA issues, can be challenging for a variety of reasons, including the fiduciary exemption recognized in many jurisdictions. This session will discuss common situations and tactics for structuring engagements, avoiding conflicts and delivering advice to preserve confidentiality when possible. In addition, providing legal advice on executive compensation also involves inherent conflicts. This session will talk through potential conflicts and challenges with identifying the client and will address practical ways to provide expert advice while complying with ethical rules.
- Legal Ethics Challenges for GCs as Businesses Move to Generative AI
Presented by: Jack Cook, Lucy Dollens, Meghan O’Connor and John O’Neal
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used widely in law and business, presenting new legal and ethical challenges that evolve as quickly as the technology. This session will focus on the ethical implications and challenges in-house counsel will face as AI becomes more prevalent in the practice of law and as in-house counsel advise on employee creations using AI, protecting customer and employee data in an environment using AI, and managing contractors and vendors that use AI.
Advance registration is required. Registration will close on Friday, November 1, or as office locations reach capacity. Registration for the in-person seminar in our Milwaukee office is currently at capacity. Please contact events@quarles.com for more information.
Continuing Legal Education:
After the event, Quarles will apply for up to 3.0 hours in 60-minute states/3.5 hours in 50-minute states of ethics continuing legal education credit in U.S. jurisdictions where applicable. Quarles certifies that this activity has been approved for California Participatory MCLE credits by the State Bar of California in the amount of 3.0 ethics credits.
Participants seeking CLE credit for attending the in-person seminar in Milwaukee or for attending an in-person simulcast in Chicago, Indianapolis, Madison, St. Louis, and Tampa on Friday, November 8, 2024 must complete a CLE Attendance Form and return it to Quarles after the event.
Anticipated Continuing Legal Education Processing Time:
Depending on the jurisdiction, the processing time for course approval is estimated to take between 2-16 weeks.
Questions?
For more information and to register, please contact Alexa Curto and Lauren Klika, events@quarles.com.