Recorded Webinar: The Ethics of Settlements: When Resolving Disputes Can Come Back to Bite You (Ethics)

Clients sometimes have second thoughts after settling a major piece of litigation. Often, when faced with settlement remorse, an easy target is the client’s legal team. But, what are the ethical duties of a practitioner advising settlement, particularly in difficult or hard-fought litigation? And do the ethical waters become murkier when the matter is being run on a contingency basis? This session unravels the ethical issues:

• Advising on settlements – ethical obligations explained
• Short time frames, costs and other pressures impacting settlement decisions – what ethical difficulties do they create?
• Contingency arrangements, litigation funding arrangements and settlement:
  • what are your ethical duties?
  • who should be involved in the decision to settle?
• How much coercion can lawyers put on clients to accept settlement?