For in-house counsel, serving two masters raises ethical issues; what are the constraints on multiple representation?

Article Abstract:

Corporate counsel should attempt to represent both the corporation and its employees, but ethical problems can arise when the interests of these two parties diverge. When interests diverge, counsel's primary duty is to the corporation. It is important to disclose to employees seeking legal advice corporate counsel's role and the nature of multiple representation. The employee should also sign an agreement waiving any conflicts of interest that might come up. Employees who might be targeted by grand juries should always have separate counsel.

Prevention, Corporate counsel, Ethical aspects, Conflict of interests (Attorneys), Conflicts of interest (Lawyers)

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The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's goal of stability in global transactions is yet to be realized, as federal courts wrestle with intricate jurisdictional issues

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Several issues under the Foerign Sovereign Immunities Act continue to occcupy circuit courts and the Supreme Court, revolving chiefly around Sec 1603(b)'s definition of foreign state agencies and instrumentalities. One problem involves joint ownership of an entity by several foreign states, none with majority control. Another concerns the dividing line between foreign states and their entities, and a third, the status of quasi- governemntal agencies. Choice-of-law clauses also generate confusion.

United States, Government liability, Conflict of laws, Foreign business enterprises

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International business raises jurisdictional issues

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An increasingly global economy means questions of jurisdiction over transnational corporations are arising more frequently. While domestic laws and federal agencies' ability to subpoena are well established, it is difficult to compel foreign companies to cooperate with actions against them. US regulatory agencies and civil litigants also have problems obtaining documents from US subsidiaries of foreign corporations.

Commercial law, Jurisdiction

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