The purpose of the EBC Newsletter is to publish articles of professional interest to the membership of the Employee Benefits Committee (EBC). We recognize that the EBC is enriched by the diverse perspectives of our government, management, plaintiff, and union practitioners and the EBC Newsletter is a forum for our practitioners to freely discuss those perspectives. The ABA motto, “Defending Liberty, Pursuing Justice,” is a guiding principle for the Newsletter, and we embrace the ABA’s goals of serving the membership of the EBC, improving our profession, eliminating bias and enhancing diversity and inclusion, and advancing the rule of law in the area of employee benefits