An Update: Rules of Professional Conduct

• Publication year: 2018
• Author: By Neil J Wertlieb

An Update: Rules of Professional Conduct

By Neil J Wertlieb

Neil J Wertlieb is an experienced transactional lawyer who provides expert witness services in litigation and arbitration matters. He has served as an expert witness in disputes involving business transactions and corporate governance, and in cases involving attorney malpractice and attorney ethics. He is a former Chair of the California State Bar's Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, a former Chair of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar, and a former Co-Chair of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section. He is also an Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law, the General Editor of Ballantine & Sterling: California Corporation Laws, and the Vice Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee. For additional information, please visit www.WertliebLaw.com.

New Rules of Professional Conduct have been approved by the California Supreme Court. On May 10, 2018, the Court approved sixty-nine of the seventy proposed new and amended Rules of Professional Conduct that had been submitted to the Court by the California State Bar in March 2017. The new rules represent the first comprehensive rewrite of the Rules of Professional Conduct in almost thirty years. The Court's Order containing the new rules can be found at http://...