Colorado Ethics Bundle 092121

This session will examine legal protections, ethical considerations and safeguarding against decisions by automated algorithmic models trained on discrete data-sets. Plus, as we look towards the future will there be a profession wide mandate to use AI to remain competent?

During this session, we will discuss the traits of strong ethics programs, what are the key elements to a firm having successful organizational ethics and how do you create an effective ethics policy/program.

Most cases settle before trial. You need to know how to negotiate and mediate while avoiding ethical pitfalls. What statements to opposing counsel are unethical, including nondisclosure of facts you know related to settlement? What if you represent multiple clients who don't agree on settlement terms? What if you think your corporate client's authorized representative authorizes you to agree to a settlement that reflects poor judgment? What terms of a proposed settlement are unethical?

In this program, Stuart will discuss the buried treasure that is Professionalism. An area of the code that is often overlooked by attorneys but serves as the Preamble to the rules and is vital to the practice of law. He will use the comments from the Georgia Code which may slightly differ from the ABA code but substantively the issues discussed can apply to other states.

In this program, Stuart Teicher will review the latest developments in ethics rules and explain some of the new advisory opinions from across the country that govern a lawyer's use of technology in practice.

This session will go over some of the best practices/common pitfalls in response and identify some ways to help minimize legal exposure and organizational harm while balancing ethical obligations in breach response.

The title says it all. Lawyers can get into ethical trouble when we tweet— whether it’s in the course of their practice or on our own time. In this program we’ll talk about conflict issues (Rule 1.7), misrepresentation concerns (Rule 4.1), and other dangers that lawyers face when using the platform.