Trade, Sports & Professional Associations

Trusts & Estates

Annual Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Updates

Lany L. Villalobos

Damarr Butler, General Counsel at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), and Harold Ashner, a partner at Keightley & Ashner LLP, presented the Termination and Transactions subcommittee’s Annual PBGC Updates. Here is a summary of these updates.

Trade, Sports & Professional Associations

It’s Time to Get Real about Marijuana and Professional Sports: Part 1

By Joseph M. Hanna

Calls to remove marijuana from the list of banned substances have become more frequent, and players are openly advocating for legalization.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules on Attorney Advertising Is Streamlined

By Catherine M. Chiccine

Rules 7.1 through 7.5 are streamlined and clarified to keep pace with technology.

Is a MEWA right for your bar? An inside look at the NSBA Health Insurance Consortium

By Marilyn Cavicchia

More than a year in the making, the NSBA Health Insurance Consortium—a separate entity created by the Nebraska State Bar Association—launched on January 1, 2019. In this article, Executive Director Liz Neeley shares candid insights and advice for bars that may be considering setting up a multi-employer welfare arrangement to offer health insurance for members and staff.