On Monday, January 11, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe partner James Q. Walker presented "Ethical Traps for the M&A Practitioner" at the Practicing Law Institute Mergers & Acquisitions 2010: Trends and Developments seminar at 810 Seventh Avenue in New York, NY. He discussed clearing conflicts in M&A transactions, ethical duties in management buy-outs and representations of special committees, and ethical considerations in negotiations with in-house counsel.