Conflicts Management – Mitigating Risks through Effective Information Management
Saturday 8:30 AM -
4:00 PM Room Number: N107
The risks associated with conflicts-of-interest in a legal practice are high. Lawyers must carefully abide by rules of professional conduct in order to avoid potential claims of malpractice, harm to reputation, loss of clients and future earnings, and forfeiture of fees. Lawyers must carefully cultivate client relationships and develop effective processes for accepting new business so that risks are minimized. In this seminar, learn how a firm’s new business intake procedures can prevent claims against lawyers. You will also learn about “must have” information resources for conflicts checking, essential information required for new business and lateral hire due diligence. Moreover, learn how best practices in conflicts management is dependent upon efficient records management.
Upon completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:
1. Develop business practices to improve risk management in their law firms.
2. Utilize various sources of information from outside their law firms to enhance the effectiveness of conflicts checking.
3. Apply new business intake processes that are considerate of international requirements.
4. Assist their law firms in avoiding common recurring problems in an intellectual property patent prosecution practice.
5. Leverage internal conflicts database information and firm resources for purposes of competitive intelligence initiatives.
6. Discuss new trends in law firm conflicts operations with executive management in their law firms.
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