Ethics in Employment Law: "Hot Button" Issues (Update)

Employment law practitioners and litigators are required to navigate a wide variety of ethics issues in their daily practice. These issues are implicated not only in the course of representing individuals and employers in litigation, but also in counseling clients on employment law matters and conducting internal investigations.  Being able to identify and evaluate these challenges early on is critical to the successful and ethical representation of both individual and corporate clients. This course, presented by Goldberg Segalla attorney Scott Green, examines the ethics rules and concepts most frequently implicated in the practice of employment law. Mr. Green will also provide tips for both experienced and new attorneys in how to navigate these ethical challenges.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review frequently implicated ethics rules in employment law practice
2. Identify common situations that present ethical challenges, including joint representation of employers and employees in employment litigation; internal investigations for corporate clients; social media research on parties, witnesses, and jurors; intersection of criminal and civil proceedings; and inadvertent disclosure of attorney-client communications

3. Consider appropriate responses and proactive measures to help navigate and resolve these issues