Lawyering and Ethics for the Business Attorney - 6th Edition - Marc I. Steinberg

Lawyering and Ethics for the Business Attorney 6th Edition Marc I. Steinberg ISBN 9781685614478

Legal counsel engaged in transactional and litigation practices for both privately held and publicly traded enterprises must consistently adhere to ethical norms while ensuring client compliance with applicable law. In an environment marked by sustained government enforcement actions and private litigation against business entities and their attorneys, preventative lawyering grounded in ethical standards has become an essential professional objective—one that warrants focused attention within the law school curriculum.

This engaging and practical textbook addresses that need through fourteen thoughtfully structured chapters covering a wide range of issues central to ethical business lawyering. Employing the problem method alongside relevant case law and issue-focused analysis, the text makes a meaningful contribution to legal education by encouraging students to confront and resolve realistic ethical and compliance challenges.

Each chapter features one or more carefully crafted Scenarios that require students to analyze and address complex dilemmas in an ethical and law-compliant manner. These Scenarios explore critical topics including client identification, conflicts of interest in current and successive representations, counseling small business enterprises, client fraud, the business lawyer’s role as litigator, the attorney litigation privilege, insider trading compliance, attorneys entering into business transactions with clients, the lawyer acting as intermediary, the responsibilities of in-house counsel, and strategies for avoiding legal malpractice.

Written in a clear and accessible style, this student-friendly text functions effectively as a principal text for specialized business lawyering courses, as well as a focused and insightful supplement for courses in business associations and professional responsibility. The author—one of the nation’s most prolific legal scholars—brings exceptional practical insight to the work, drawing on extensive experience as a former SEC enforcement attorney and as an expert witness in numerous high-profile matters, including cases involving Enron, Mark Cuban, and Martha Stewart.

Lawyering and Ethics for the Business Attorney 6th Edition Marc I. Steinberg ISBN 9781685614478, 978-1685614478 & 9798895459492

Author:
Marc I. Steinberg