Successor Liability: Legal & Ethical Pitfalls in M&A Transactions [CC]

This program will discuss corporate successor liability in the context of litigation that follows a corporate merger/acquisition transaction. The panel will discuss some of the basics of corporate successor liability in the context of both an asset purchase and a stock transaction, and how corporate successor liability can be avoided. This program will include an examination of the ethical challenges in understanding and executing such transactions and situations, specifically situations addressed by Rules 1.6 and 1.7 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

0.90 total credit hours including

Ethics/Professionalism

Status:

Approved

0.90 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.90 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Available for credit

0.90 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Available for credit

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2024

0.90 total credit hours including

Professional Ethics

Status:

Available for credit

0.90 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.00 total credit hours including

Legal Ethics

Status:

Approved

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Approved

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

12/31/2024

0.75 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Available for credit

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.75 total credit hours including

Enhanced Ethics

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Applied for

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2024

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Self apply

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

09/30/2023

0.50 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Applied for

0.50 credit hours

Available until:

12/31/2023

0.75 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Approved

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.75 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Approved

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2024

0.75 total credit hours including

Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Status:

Self apply

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2027

0.75 total credit hours including

Professional Responsibility

Status:

Approved

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2024

0.96 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Self apply

0.96 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.75 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Approved

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2024

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics or Professional Responsibility

Status:

Approved

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.75 total credit hours including

Ethics and Professionalism

Status:

Self apply

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.00 total credit hours including

Professional Responsibility

Status:

Self apply

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2024

0.50 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Self apply

0.50 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.96 total credit hours including

Ethics/Professionalism

Status:

Available for credit

0.96 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.10 total credit hours including

Ethics and Professionalism

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Reciprocity

1.10 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.90 total credit hours including

Ethics/Professionalism

Status:

Approved

0.90 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2027

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics and Professionalism

Status:

Approved

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.90 total credit hours including

Ethics/Professionalism

Status:

Applied for upon completion

0.90 credit hours

Available until:

12/31/2023

0.75 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Approved

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.75 total credit hours including

General

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Approved

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.75 total credit hours including

Attorney Professional Conduct

Status:

Approved

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

12/31/2023

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics

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Applied for

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.90 total credit hours including

Professionalism (General)

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Available for credit

0.90 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics or Professionalism

Status:

Self apply

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.50 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Approved

0.50 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2024

0.75 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Approved

0.75 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2024

0.90 total credit hours including

General

Status:

Available for credit

0.90 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Self apply

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

0.90 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Applied for

0.90 credit hours

Available until:

12/31/2023

0.50 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Self apply

0.50 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.10 total credit hours including

Ethics and Professionalism Programming

Status:

Approved

1.10 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics

Status:

Approved

1.00 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2027

1.16 total credit hours including

Ethics

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Applied for

1.16 credit hours

Available until:

03/31/2025

1.00 total credit hours including

Ethics

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Self apply

1.00 credit hours

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03/31/2025

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Panelists

Elizabeth Emerson, Jennifer Smith, Paul J Masinter, Peter James Mougey, Scott T Whittaker

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Business and Corporate Litigation, International Business Law, International Coordinating, Mergers and Acquisitions

Product Code

CL2203SPR06OLC

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Publication Date

4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM

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Successor Liability: Legal & Ethical Pitfalls in M&A Transactions [CC]

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