The ‘Revolving Door’: Ethics Issues in Transitioning Between Government and Private Sector Law

11 Feb , 2025

To register for the upcoming live webinar, please Click Here

This CLE will cover the critical ethics issues involved in leaving government practice for the private sector. It will describe the applicable ethics rules, statutes, and regulations that govern applying for private sector jobs while serving in the government, as well as how to ethically transition from the public to private sector. The CLE will cover the key Rules of Professional Conduct implicated in “revolving door” transitions including Rule 1.7 (current client conflicts), Rule 1.9 (former client conflicts), Rule 1.6 (confidentiality), and Rule 1.11 (successive government and private employment). It will also describe the relevant portions of 18 U.S.C. 207 (Post-Employment Restrictions), 18 U.S.C. 208 (Personal Financial Interests), and 5 CFR Part 2635, Subpart F (Negotiating for Employment).

To register for the upcoming live webinar, please Click Here

More Webcasts

Key Trends Defining ...

Class action litigation continues to evolve rapidly in response to an innovative plaintiffs’ b...

Using Family Law Tec...

Have you felt overwhelmed by the amount of technology available to family lawyers? We'll get to know...

Scam I Am: Understan...

Cybercriminals increasingly target law firms, attorneys, legal staff, and their clients through soph...

Estate Planning Mode...

Estate planning for LGBTQ+ clients and families formed through assisted reproductive technology requ...

Pre-Trial Discovery ...

For at least the last half-century, the success or failure of most litigations is determined by how ...

Federal Contractor B...

As the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, the United States Government requires f...

Freediving Through F...

Most legal professionals are operating in survival mode whether they realize it or not. Not crisis-l...

Ethics Under Pressur...

Lawyers regularly communicate with clients who are angry, overwhelmed, frightened, unrealistic, or d...

Litigation Strategie...

This program is geared towards lawyers, experts, commercial property owners, and others in the envir...

Winning Bad Faith Cl...

This CLE course will provide critical insight to counsel for insurers facing bad faith claims on how...