Ethical Issues for in-House Counsel and Compliance Officers in Preventing and Discouraging Corporate Misconduct (On-Demand Webinar)

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Date: 06/05/25

Closed captions are available.

Overview: In-house counsel are often the gatekeepers for preventing, discouraging, investigating, and disclosing corporate misconduct. This 90-minute webinar utilizes a fact pattern scenario involving alleged violations of the Stark law and False Claims Act to examine an attorney’s role in preventing, discouraging, investigating, and disclosing corporate misconduct and the potential attorney ethics rules that are implicated in this role, including ABA Model Rule 1.13 – Organization as Client; ABA Model Rule 1.16 – A Lawyer’s Due Diligence; and ABA Model Rule 1.6 – Confidentiality.

Learning Objectives: 

  • Learn about the role of in-house counsel in governmental investigations including the identification of the client and confidentiality requirement by counsel.
  • Explore fact patterns from recent Stark and False Claims Act cases to examine the requirements of counsel to perform due diligence and to "go up the ladder" when a client potentially ignores legal advice.
  • Examine the importance of in-house counsel staying current on the law.

Speaker Information:

Molly Ruberg, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Mark Morrell, System Director & Senior Counsel, Common Spirit Health

Kelly Anderson, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Baptist Healthcare System, Inc.

Continuing Education:

CLE: The maximum number of credits available for ON DEMAND is 1.0 for a 60-minute state and 1.2 for a 50-minute state. Please note that the availability of credits may vary from state to state.  This self-study course will be available for purchase for approximately one year after the recording date, but state rules on duration of eligibility for CLE-credits differ, so please check with your state before purchasing self-study offerings. 

CPE: CPE credits are not available for on-demand. 

CCB: The Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® has approved this event for up to 1.8 NON-LIVE CCB CEUs based on a 50-minute hour. Continuing Education Units are awarded based on individual attendance records. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by CCB of this event content or of the event sponsor. 

For additional information, please visit the AHLA Continuing Education page. 

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