July 15, 2014
This program addressed ethical and legal issues that corporate and outside counsel face in advising corporations, directors and officers, handling shareholder and derivative suits, and responding to government investigations.
This program addressed ethical and legal issues that corporate and outside counsel face in advising corporations, directors and officers, handling shareholder and derivative suits, and responding to government investigations. The program presented a scenario involving the discovery of possible accounting irregularities at a public company in which panelists role played various parts, including that of corporate counsel, outside counsel, auditor’s counsel, and SEC counsel. Topics included attorney- client privilege when representing a corporate entity, multiple representations, issues regarding internal investigations, responses to client misconduct, issues dealing with outside auditors, and the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.