Ethically Dealing with Information You Shouldn't Have

You are sitting in a conference room, minding your own business while reviewing documents sent by your adversary in a high-stakes litigation. In the middle of Box 23 of 50, you come across an otherwise-unremarkable manila folder entitled, “Emails with client.” In it, are dozens of pages of communications between opposing counsel and their client, many of which concern the matter in suit as well as discussions of litigation strategy. What do you do?

This seminar covers the ethics and practicalities of “information you shouldn’t have.”