Neil Wertlieb Writes About New Rules of Professional Conduct

On May 10, 2018, the California Supreme Court approved the first comprehensive rewrite of the attorney Rules of Professional Conduct in nearly three decades. When these 69 approved Rules become effective on November 1, 2018, they will replace the 46 Rules of Professional Conduct that currently govern the conduct of all attorneys in California.

Neil Wertlieb authored a three-part series of articles in the Daily Journal that analyzes those new Rules that implement controversial or important changes to the current Rules or impose new obligations in California. Every California attorney should be aware of these changes, as failure to comply with the Rules may result in discipline, including being disbarred from the practice of law.

Mr. Wertlieb’s articles can be found here.

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Neil Wertlieb Teaches Teachers!

Neil Wertlieb, Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law, was invited to make a presentation at Emory Law’s 6th Biennial Conference on Teaching Transaction Skills, in Atlanta, Georgia. On June 1, 2018, Mr. Wertlieb gave a presentation to law school faculty gathered from around the world at the Conference on the teaching of transactional law and skills.

Mr. Wertlieb’s presentation was designed to demonstrate one of the techniques he uses in his Transaction Skills course at UCLA Law. He presentation was titled: “Teach the Basics of Contract Drafting, Corporate Governance & Transactional Law . . . in One Single Sentence!”

Neil Wertlieb Interviewed by Variety for a Series of Articles on Corporate Liability in Sexual Harassment Claims

Neil Wertlieb was interviewed by entertainment industry trade Variety about how a wave of sexual harassment claims has raised corporate liability issues. “We’ve reached a massive turning point with the flood of women and men feeling comfortable coming forward with their stories,” says Neil Wertlieb, an adjunct professor at UCLA School of Law, and whose Wertlieb Law Corp. specializes in corporate governance issues.

“I don’t see this going back to the way it was. This shows management, boards, investors and advertisers that there are some serious problems in corporate America,” Wertlieb says. “People who run businesses have to be ultra-sensitive to their fiduciary duty to maintain the integrity of their businesses, otherwise it can subject them to liability if the board or senior management was aware of these things but took no action.”

The December 13, 2017 article, entitled “Corporations Must Embrace Diversity to Prevent Misconduct and Liability Costs From Sexual Harassment,” appears at http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/corporations-complicit-behavior-sexual-misconduct-1202638205/.

Mr. Wertlieb was also interviewed by Variety on this same topic for an article published on October 25, 2017, entitled “Weinstein Scandal Triggers Questions of Corporate Liability and Even Complicity”:

Neil Wertlieb, adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Law whose practice focuses on expert witness work as it relates to the fiduciary duties of companies, said “the potential exposure, depending on the circumstances, could pose issues for supervisors all the way up the chain to boards of directors.”

He thinks that the focus on what corporate officers and boards “knew and should know” will linger. “Today there is an enhanced scrutiny of the alleged abusive actions of officers of companies, whether it is abusing their power or abusing their discretion. The Weinstein situation has brought this out under a spotlight,” he said.

See http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-corporate-liability-21st-century-fox-1202598683/.