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Jonathan Youngwood, Global Co-Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Department, participated in the Practicing Law Institute’s (“PLI”) Ethics for Corporate Lawyers: Multijurisdictional Practice and Other Current Issues 2023 program on March 13 in New York. Jon spoke on a panel which reviewed common ethical issues arising out of multijurisdictional practice, as well as related practice issues, for corporate attorneys. Among other topics, the panelists discussed new developments in regards to the interplay and disparity of various state ethics rules, different enforcement regimes, and U.S. rules versus international rules; identified recent developments in confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney work-product doctrine; and analyzed dangers to corporate counsel in civil discovery and lawyers who sit as directors of public companies.

For more information on the program, please click here.