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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Corporate Law

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, June 20, 2023

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$297.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE course will prepare in-house counsel to address the legal, business and ethical challenges inherent in their role as crisis manager for their corporation. The panel will discuss best practices for risk assessment and planning, liability mitigation, preserving business continuity, and resolving lawsuits and negative media fallout.

Faculty

Halsey G. Knapp
Partner
Krevolin & Horst LLC

Mr. Knapp regularly advises clients on crisis management and best practices with particular emphasis on business arrangements, limited liability entity operating agreements, real estate transactions, graceful employment departures, and more antagonistic, high stakes, “bet the company” business divorces and litigation. Consequently, Mr. Knapp frequently is asked to handle relationship issues with clients, suppliers, competitors, owners, operators and the occasional government prosecutor or regulator. Although Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (“Chambers”) cited him for being a “talented trial lawyer noted for being tenacious”, Mr. Knapp also brings a “solution-oriented” approach to disputes. He brings judgment and wisdom to any negotiating table. Mr. Knapp is also a trained and registered neutral and serves on the Board of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section.

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Michael Dockterman
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Mr. Dockterman is a celebrated trial lawyer who has tried scores of commercial disputes, both civil and criminal, throughout the United States. His litigation and trial experience includes cases arising from contracts, securities, antitrust, intellectual property, government fraud, product liability, real estate, and environmental, along with a variety of amateur sports disputes. In addition to litigation in jurisdictions nationwide, Mr. Dockterman has led multinational litigation over matters pending simultaneously in courts around the world, including The Hague, London, Stockholm, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai. Along with his extensive trial work, he counsels boards of directors on corporate governance matters, including oversight of compliance, government investigations and executive succession issues. Mr. Dockterman's success in the courtroom has been recognized by The National Law Journal, which named him one of its "Top 10 Winning Litigators in the US" and a "Trailblazer in Litigation," and by Law360, which called him one of 50 "Trial Aces" in the United States.

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Description

Data breaches, natural disasters, social media attacks, food borne illnesses, and other unforeseen events continue to propel corporations into the spotlight, forcing their in-house counsel to quickly and meaningfully respond to the crises. Without a plan and proper implementation, business disruptions, negative publicity, lawsuits, and government investigations can seriously threaten a company's survival and prosperity.

Before a crisis strikes, counsel should design a crisis management response plan and identify and train key crisis response staff. During the crisis, counsel should identify potential areas of liability and damages and take steps to mitigate risk. In the aftermath of the crisis, counsel must assess the likelihood of lawsuits and develop an effective trial or settlement strategy.

While managing the legal risks inherent in crisis planning and response, counsel must also ensure that the business' interests are protected when communicating with the media and other third parties about the incident.

Listen as our authoritative panel examines the role of in-house counsel in corporate crisis management and response. The panel will outline strategies to overcome the critical legal, ethical, and business challenges attorneys face as they prepare for and deal with these high-stakes predicaments.

Outline

  1. Recent trends in high profile corporate crises
  2. Preparing for and responding to crises
    1. Pre-crisis
      1. Developing a company crisis response team
      2. Ethics considerations
    2. During crisis
      1. Identifying potential liability and damage issues
      2. Ethics considerations
    3. Post-crisis
      1. Trial or settlement negotiations
      2. Communications with media
      3. Ethics considerations

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What is the role of in-house counsel in planning for and responding to a crisis?
  • How can counsel guide clients in identifying and planning for key crisis-triggered legal and business risks?
  • What are best practices for the legal, business, and ethical challenges in-house counsel face in crisis management?