Legal Ethics: Expectations and client communications

Jennifer S. Roach | Thompson Hine LLP

Jen is a partner in the Antitrust, Competition & Distribution and Business Litigation practice groups. She focuses her practice on litigating unfair competition, intellectual property, trade secret misappropriation, distribution and antitrust matters, and providing advice and guidance to clients concerning distribution, antitrust, advertising and unfair competition issues and the protection of intellectual property.

Jen has trial experience in both federal and state courts, and has drafted numerous agreements related to product distribution in the United States and internationally.

Amy G. McClurg | Thompson Hine LLP

As a member of Thompson Hine’s Office of General Counsel, Amy conducts research and advises the firm’s lawyers on a variety of substantive legal ethics, privilege and liability issues. She also reviews and analyzes business intake conflicts, outside counsel guidelines and ethical screens; advises the firm’s lawyers on bar admissions matters; and provides guidance on ethical and liability issues to administrative departments throughout the firm. In addition, Amy has responsibility for co-editing Thompson Hine’s legal ethics blog, The Law for Lawyers Today, which has been named a top law blog by the ABA Journal.

Prior to joining the firm, Amy spent eight years working in the Child Support Unit of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, first as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, then as a Managing Attorney.

I. Corporate Transparency Act | 12:00pm – 12:15pm

II. Duty to notify client of data breach | 12:15pm – 12:30pm

III. Duty to notify client of a mistake | 12:30pm – 12:45pm

IV. Prospectively limiting malpractice liability | 12:45pm – 1:00pm