Legal Ethics of Weathering Financial Industry Threats

The speakers discussed how in-house counsel in the financial services sector can face industry challenges while upholding their obligations of professional ethics.

• How the market environment is affecting a different kinds of financial industry participants in different ways
• Responding to outside and other threats
• How the lawyer’s duty is to represent the best interest of the company
• Attorney-client confidentiality and privilege
• Participating in violations of law, fraud and criminal activity.