Business Law
Business Law News ISSUE 3, 2025, WINTER 2025
Content
- Ai In the Boardroom: a Forward-looking Legal Analysis of Board Meeting Management With Ai Agents
- Business Law News Editorial Team
- Executive Committee of the Business Law Section 2025-2026
- From Deal To Dispute: Why Contract Clarity Matters
- Inside This Issue
- Letter From Co-chairs
- Letter From the Editor
- Recent Developments In the Purdue Pharma Case
- Susan H. Mac Cormac Receives Business Law Section's 2025 Roland E. Brandel Lifetime Achievement Award
- Table of Contents
- Duties Owed To Client Affiliates and Other Constituents
DUTIES OWED TO CLIENT AFFILIATES AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS
Written by Neil J Wertlieb*
This edition of B-Law B-Law B-Law addresses the duties owed by attorneys to the affiliates and other constituents of a company client. Continue to watch this column for guidance on ethical issues of particular interest to business lawyers in the State of California.
COMPANY AFFILIATES AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS
When an attorney represents a business entity (such as a corporation, a limited liability company, or a partnership) in a legal matter, the entity is the client. Nevertheless, certain affiliated or related persons or other entities might be involved in the matter. In which case, the attorney should be aware of potential duties and obligations that might be owed to such affiliates and other constituents.