A Tea with Stuart Grant of Bench Walk Advisors and Erika Levin of Fox Rothschild, where we learn about recent developments affecting the Litigation Finance Industry and what the latest efforts have been to successfully keep open pathways for companies and individuals to access justice. In this episode, we discuss recent efforts by the U.S. Government (both state and federal) and interested parties to quash the industry, what we should be bracing for next, whether some form of regulation might be advisable, and what are some of the false and most harmful myths about third party funding that critics continue to perpetuate. We also discuss in this episode the threat to the rule of law generally.

Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations.
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In this episode we discuss best practices and the dos and don’ts of legal ethics when facing searches and seizures of your electronic devices at the US border, and how best to protect your and your clients’ privileged and confidential information. To discuss this urgent topic, we speak with three experts: Nakia Matthews, Senior Legal Ethics Counsel at the D.C. Bar, Kevin Carroll, Litigation and Investigations Partner at Fluet, and former Senior Counsel to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, and Erik Laykin, CEO and Managing Partner of Global Data Risk LLC and global authority on digital security. Please join us as we tackle and explore in a very lively (in person) conversation: (1) legal professionals’ ethics obligations; (2) the rules, laws, and practices that apply at the US border to legal professionals’ electronic devices and data; and (3) best practices for legal professionals in terms of electronic device security and hygiene at the US border.

Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations.
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To say that Claus von Wobeser took a road less traveled to his exemplary career in international arbitration is an understatement. Gaela and Nicole take time for tea with international arbitration leader Claus von Wobeser, covering a range of issues, from his unusual beginnings in the field of international arbitration, to being on the ground floor of a legal field in its nascency, growing international arbitration in Mexico, the importance of embracing beneficial technology, concerns and cautious hope about the future of the Mexican judiciary, and an exhortation for international arbitration practitioners to embrace page limits.