Family Law
Family Law News 2018, Issue 1, Volume 40, No. 1
Content
- Confronting the Fifth Amendment in Domestic Violence Restraining Order Cases: a Story of Competing Interests
- Counties are Failing to Uniformly Implement the Elkins Task Force Recommendations for Cps Information and Report Sharing
- Family Law News Editorial Team
- Family Law Section Executive Committee
- It is time for Hug/Nelson's Hegemony Over the Division of Stock Options to End?
- Legislative Liaisons and Designated Recipients of Legislation
- Message from the Chair
- Message from the Editor
- Pointers and Pitfalls in Family Law Set Asides
- Support Under the Federal Immigration I-864 Affidavit of Support Versus California's Family Code and State Case Law: What Family Law Attorneys Should Know
- Table of Contents
- Technology Corner: True Confessions
- The Duties and Responsibilities of Minor's Counsel Under Family Code Section 3042
- The Yelp Decision: a Follow-Up to My Article on Attorneys and On-Line Reviews
- Proposed New Ethics Rules: What You Need to Know
Proposed New Ethics Rules: What You Need to Know
Neil J. Wertlieb
Neil J. Wertlieb is an experienced transactional lawyer who provides expert witness services in litigation and arbitration matters. Mr. Wertlieb 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. A version of this article originally appeared in Los Angeles Lawyer.
Introduction
The California State Bar recently submitted seventy proposed new and amended Rules of Professional Conduct to the California Supreme Court for approval.1 If approved, these proposed Rules would replace the forty-six Rules of Professional Conduct that currently govern the conduct of attorneys in California.2 Several of the proposed Rules would implement controversial or important changes to the current Rules or impose new obligations in California. As a result, all attorneys in the State should be aware of these proposed changes.