Meghan Spillane is a partner in Goodwin’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and serves as Co-Chair of the Digital Currency & Blockchain Technology practice.
He has extensive trial experience, having tried cases across Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as in the District of Columbia.
On-Demand: November 6, 2024
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Session I - The Essentials of Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege – Meghan K. Spillane
Attorney-client privilege is a vital legal principle that protects confidential communications between attorneys and clients, encouraging full and frank communications by ensuring that the legal advice remains private. The privilege covers the provision or solicitation of legal advice in a variety of forms, including oral, written, and electronic exchanges. The privilege may also extend, in some circumstances, to communication with third parties who are essential to the legal advice, like experts or accountants. There are several circumstances, however, where the attorney–client privilege can be intentionally or inadvertently waived, resulting in the underlying communications being discoverable by private litigants or government agencies. Understanding strategies for preserving the attorney-client privilege is therefore essential for maintaining confidentiality and control over your legal strategy.
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Session II - Check Your Privilege: When Your Discussions with Your Client Are Not Protected – Michael J. Needleman
This session will discuss the attorney client privilege and related topics. We will discuss what these ideas are, how they get expressed, and look at some real-world scenarios. We will also address some of the ethical requirements surrounding such communications, though we will try to have some laughs along the way and try not to be a boring ethics lecture.
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This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
Closed-captioning available
Meghan K Spillane | Goodwin Procter LLP
Meghan Spillane is a partner in Goodwin’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and serves as Co-Chair of the Digital Currency & Blockchain Technology practice. She also works closely with the Firm’s FinTech practice and Financial Restructuring Group. Meghan provides advice on regulatory and compliance issues and counsels companies involved in government investigations and civil litigation. Her experience includes the defense of corporations and individuals in both criminal and civil matters, including securities fraud, market manipulation, insider trading, and corporate governance violations. Meghan also regularly defends clients in matters involving allegations of business torts, fraud and breaches of contract or fiduciary duties. In addition to her litigation experience, Meghan has substantial experience advising clients in connection with contract negotiations and employing litigation avoidance strategies.
Meghan also advises technology clients in the digital currency and blockchain industry to solve business problems and provide advice on regulatory and compliance issues, including with respect to digital asset transactions and platforms, decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and related securities law and regulatory matters.
Meghan represents companies and individuals at all stages of government investigations and complex civil litigation, including defending clients in several criminal and civil trials. Examples of Meghan’s representative matters include:
Blockchain and Fintech:
Complex Civil Litigation:
Bankruptcy Litigation:
Government Investigations:
Michael J. Needleman | Philadelphia Business Lawyers Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP
Michael J. Needleman is a Partner in the firm’s litigation department. He has extensive trial experience, having tried cases across Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as in the District of Columbia. He has also tried cases in federal court in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Although Mr. Needleman concentrates on insurance-based litigation and bad faith defense, he also handles employment-related litigation and complex commercial matters for businesses in the region. As with nearly every area of business, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced significant changes on the legal profession. Mr. Needleman prides himself on his adaptability. He has successfully moved most of his practice online. In each of the jurisdictions in which he practices, Mr. Needleman has litigated remotely, including depositions; court hearings; and even trial. It is this kind of flexibility, combined with thorough preparation and skill, that makes Mr. Needleman an effective litigator, whether live in the courtroom or by remote platform. Notably, he has successfully defended each case tried remotely. Mr. Needleman is frequently asked to speak to continuing legal education audiences and to the insurance industry on litigation-specific topics, trial practices and new developments. His audiences are local, regional, national, and overseas. A former law clerk to the Hon. Theodore Z. Davis, P.J. Ch., Camden County, Mr. Needleman has continued with his commitment to public service. He is a past member of the Advisory Board of Directors of the CMT Association, co-chair of the ADR committee of the New Jersey Defense Association, and currently serves on the school board in his local township. Some of Mr. Needleman’s more notable experience includes:
Session I – The Essentials of Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege | 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm
Session II – Check Your Privilege: When Your Discussions with Your Client Are Not Protected | 2:10 – 4:20pm
Break | 3:10pm – 3:20pm