AttorneysEd Center

In today’s world, in-house and outside counsel are often called upon to conduct investigations in the workplace. The topics run the gamut from sexual harassment to violations of the SEC rules to violations of conflict of interest or other policies. While the focus is often on getting to the “bottom of it”, finding the person to hold accountable and minimizing the risk of litigation, often overlooked are the various ethical issues that must be successfully navigated by attorneys who conduct these investigations.

Join Louis DiLorenzo, the Chair of Bond, Schoeneck & King’s Labor and Employment and Employee Benefits Practice Group, as he discusses the ways to keep the investigation free of ethical issues. Topics include:
 The lawyer’s duty to organizational constituents in the course of an investigation.
 Restrictions on communications with represented and non-represented individuals.
 Ethical and other pitfalls associated with certain investigative techniques (e.g., pretexting, tape recording and accessing electronic information).
 Select attorney-client issues.
 Witness advocate rules, applicable if the attorney investigator is asked to testify.