With the 1.32 hotfix or below, weapon expertise with fixed damage ranges were broke (speed bonuses, etc. would be applied, but not the additional damage). That is not the case with the 1.34 patch. Actually, Shield Expertise now works better than it should (the extra damage is still applied if you use a two-handed sword).
See [i]Game still buggy, when do the next patch come?[/i] for all the gory details.