“Walking the Legal Privilege Tightrope - Managing the Risk of Breaking Privilege,” 2024 Legalweek

Partner Michele Slachetka, who serves as Jenner & Block’s Associate General Counsel, shared her insight about the risks of breaking privilege in an increasingly digital world. At a CLE during the 2024 Legalweek conference in New York, Michele and other panelists discussed how legal professionals can manage the risk of breaking privilege and offered strategies to protect it. The conversation touched on the following topics:

  1. Unique risks posed by cloud computing and cutting-edge approaches to secure privileged information in the cloud,
  2. Risk assessment methodologies and best practices to identify potential pitfalls, and
  3. Fostering a culture of privilege consciousness and ethical responsibility within law firms and client organizations with practical training and education programs.

At Jenner, Michele counsels firm management and lawyers on ethics compliance, risk management, claims litigation, and other issues. She advises the firm on conflicts of interest resolution, firm policies and procedures, client and firm contracts, and engagement intake issues. When she practiced as a litigator, Michele served Fortune 500 clients in the aviation, transportation, telecommunications, financial, and defense industries, advising them on bet-the-company matters as well as government and internal investigations.

“Walking the Legal Privilege Tightrope - Managing the Risk of Breaking Privilege,” 2024 Legalweek

Partner Michele Slachetka, who serves as Jenner & Block’s Associate General Counsel, shared her insight about the risks of breaking privilege in an increasingly digital world. At a CLE during the 2024 Legalweek conference in New York, Michele and other panelists discussed how legal professionals can manage the risk of breaking privilege and offered strategies to protect it. The conversation touched on the following topics:

  1. Unique risks posed by cloud computing and cutting-edge approaches to secure privileged information in the cloud,
  2. Risk assessment methodologies and best practices to identify potential pitfalls, and
  3. Fostering a culture of privilege consciousness and ethical responsibility within law firms and client organizations with practical training and education programs.

At Jenner, Michele counsels firm management and lawyers on ethics compliance, risk management, claims litigation, and other issues. She advises the firm on conflicts of interest resolution, firm policies and procedures, client and firm contracts, and engagement intake issues. When she practiced as a litigator, Michele served Fortune 500 clients in the aviation, transportation, telecommunications, financial, and defense industries, advising them on bet-the-company matters as well as government and internal investigations.

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