Secret Settlements: Unethical & Bad for Your Clients & Practice - On Demand CLE

Patrick Malone

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Format: On Demand Program
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Overly broad confidentiality provisions let defendants repeat their bad conduct and hurt more people. They also restrict plaintiffs’ lawyers from effectively marketing their experience. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct that apply in nearly all jurisdictions make the secrecy provisions that settling defendants often want to impose on your clients unethical. Join Patrick Malone as he teaches you how to use ethics provisions to defeat, or at least severely curtail, the defense’s demands for confidentiality.  

In this 60-minute CLE on the ethics of confidential settlements, Malone will cover:

  • Early client education
  • How Rules 3.4-f and 5.6-b have been interpreted on the state and national level to greatly limit confidentiality in settlement agreements
  • Special problems presented by presuit settlements and nondisparagement requests
  • Practice tips for resisting and rewriting confidentiality provisions

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On Demand Program: 67 Minutes
Original Air Date: 02/02/2022

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4.8 out of 5 stars Based on 32 reviews
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W. S.
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Pay attention to the language
What were your key takeaways from the program? Pay attention to the language defendants try to include in settlement agreements. Which topics did you find least valuable and why? I found the entire program helpful. Although I do not agree to broad confidentiality
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12/14/23
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Rachel D.
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keep confidentiality
What were your key takeaways from the program? keep confidentiality to what benefits your client. Which topics did you find least valuable and why? ethics opinions just bc none specific to my state. but I liked the citations to the ethics rules.
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08/15/23
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Jules Z.
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Think long term
What were your key takeaways from the program? Think long term Which topics did you find least valuable and why? everything was helpful
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03/18/23
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David B.
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In public interest
What were your key takeaways from the program? In public interest to resist these
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03/09/23
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Michael S.
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Fight these
What were your key takeaways from the program? Fight these clauses Which topics did you find least valuable and why? All good
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12/05/22
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