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1. How to Avoid Being the Target of a Legal Malpractice Claim
2. Identifying and Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
3. Changing Technology and Attorney-Client Privilege

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1. HOW TO AVOID BEING THE TARGET OF A LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM
   8:45 - 9:45, John A. Snow
   1. Screening the Case and the Client
   2. Recognizing and Avoiding Prohibited Transactions with a Client
   3. Scope of Retention
   4. Time Limitations
   5. Implementing Internal Controls in the Office
   6. Identifying Attorney Competency Issues
   7. Collections
2. IDENTIFYING AND AVOIDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
   10:00 - 11:00, John A. Snow
   1. Types of Conflicts of Interest
   2. Consequences of Conflicts of Interest
   3. The Attorney-Client Relationship
   4. Vicarious Disqualification
   5. Motions for Disqualification
3. CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
   11:00 - 12:00, John A. Snow
   1. How Changing Technology Brings Ethical Dilemmas
      1. Wireless Communications
      2. Cell Phones
      3. Metadata
   2. Defining the "Reasonable Expectation of Confidentiality" in Light of the Ease of Intercepting Wireless Conversations
   3. What the Courts Say Regarding Privilege and Wireless Communications
   4. Inadvertent Disclosures

JOHN A. SNOW is a shareholder at Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, with offices in Utah and Nevada. His practice consists of general civil litigation, including general commercial and business litigation, construction, insurance, professional malpractice and personal injury. Mr. Snow was named in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of legal malpractice, construction and commercial litigation. He also is designated in Utah Business magazine's Utah Legal Elite in the specialty of civil litigation and as Super Lawyer in the mountain states in Super Lawyers magazine. Mr. Snow speaks extensively in Utah and Nevada for various business and professional groups on his areas of practice. He is a member of the Utah State Bar, the State Bar of Nevada and the American Bar Association. Mr. Snow earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Arizona State University.

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