Paralegal

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL When a company's interest are the same as those of an individual employee, in-house lawyers generally can avoid multiple-representation problems. But once there is a conflict of interest -- or a perception of a conflict -- the picture changes dramatically. It is important for in-house counsel to know how to spot such conflicts and what steps to take in response. Corporate counsel clients normally include the company, its board of directors, its most …

…the number of inside counsel is large and growing. Do we ask too much of inside counsel? Should the Code of Professional Responsibility draw distinctions between the independence of judgment expected of outside counsel and the independence of judgment expected of inside counsel? In-house counsel should be required particularly in close cases to inform outside counsel who is subject to different pressures, and then rely on the latter's advice. IN-HOUSE COUNSEL BY DONICE MARIE REISS