• An overview of corporate Compliance and ethics programs 

  McGreal, Paul E. (. New York, NY, 2020)

• Annual survey of periodical literature 

  Fershee, Kendra Huard (2020)

• Professional decision-making in medicine: Development of a new measure and preliminary evidence of validity 

  Antes, Alison L.; Dineen, Kelly K.; Bakanas, Erin; Zahrli, Tyler; Keune, Jason D.; Schuelke, Matthew J.; DuBois, James M. (2020)

  This study developed a new Professional Decision-Making in Medicine Measure that assesses the use of effective decision-making strategies: seek help, manage emotions, recognize consequences and rules, and test assumptions ...

• Invisible no more: The impact of COVID-19 on essential food production workers 

  Ramos, Athena K.; Lowe, Abigail E.; Herstein, Jocelyn J.; Schwedhelm, Shelly; Dineen, Kelly K.; Lowe, John J. (2020)

  From the farms to the packing plants, essential workers in critical food production industries keep food on our tables while risking their and their families’ health and well-being to bring home a paycheck. They work in ...

• Christian Purpose Trusts 

  Simmons, Thomas E. (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|This Article contextualizes noncharitable purpose trusts, outlines and critiques the Uniform Trust Code provisions governing purpose trusts, and proposes a corporate purpose trust format which preserves a ...

• Rethinking Disposition Provisions of Trusts: Recent Trends and Approaches to Trust Design with an Asset Protection Focus 

  Vandenack, Mary E. (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) was passed in late 2017. The TCJA made significant changes to the federal estate and gift tax rules. The TCJA allows an individual to transfer ten million dollars (adjusted ...

• Twenty-First Century Trusts and Ethics: Estate Planning for Couples 

  Spivack, Carla (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|Representing spouses jointly may seem natural to estate planning attorneys. Most casebooks discuss the ethics of joint representation as if it were the default for this type of practice. The American College ...

• A More Suitable Vessel: Trust Decanting and the Future of Trust Modification in Nebraska 

  Wolf, Alexander J.; DeLuca, Anthony P.; O'Brien, Nicholas W. (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|The fact that a trust is “irrevocable” does not actually mean it cannot be changed. This is a widely-known secret in the estate planning world. Indeed, practitioners have the luxury of utilizing an increasing ...

• Tepoel Lecture: Bond Trustees and the Rising Challenge of Activist Investors 

  Schwarcz, Steven L. (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|A bond indenture is the contract controlling the relationship between investors in corporate bonds and the issuer of those bonds. Large financial institutions, such as U.S. Bank, Bank of NY Mellon, and Deutsche ...

• Estate Planning Choice of Wealth Management Entity: The Limited Partnership as an Alternative to the Trust 

  Gagliardi, Elaine Hightower (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|This Article takes a closer look at the limited partnership as an alternative to the trust. After summarizing the shift in client perspective and objectives in part two, this Article analyzes specific ...

• Cognitive Competence and Decision-making Capacity 

  Boron, Julie Blaskewicz (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|This essay is based upon a panel discussion at the 2020 Creighton Law Review Symposium and Tepoel Lecture entitled The 21st Century Trust: Evolution, Innovation, Adaptation. As the population of the United ...

• Creighton Law Review Full Issue - Volume 53 Number 4 

  Unknown author (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

• Back to square one: How Tribune revived the settlement payment safe harbor to trustee avoidance powers in the context of leveraged buyouts 

  Fox, Irina (2020)

  This Article reviews the history of the Code section 546(e) safe harbor, highlighting the circuit split that was resolved by Merit Management. The Article then focuses on the current framework for the analysis, as it was ...

• Changing transnational tax environment: What business lawyers need to know 

  Coder, Jeremiah; Fuller, Pamela A.; Morse, Edward A. (2019)

• Legal ethics as three-dimensional chess: Our duties to persons other than our clients 

  Sieberson, Stephen C. (2020)

  This article will highlight where the Nebraska RPCs require or at least suggest that we look to the interests of others as we represent our clients. In this analysis, we will review the Preamble and Parts 1 through 4 ...

• Creighton Law Review Board of Editors 2019/2020 

  Knoepfler, Carol C.; Real, Daniel L. (Creighton University School of Law. 2019)

• Tribute to Professor Linda Eads 

  McGreal, Paul E. (2019)

• Conflicts in a nutshell 

  Borchers, Patrick J. (. St. Paul, MN, 2020)

• “Bar talk” virtual chat with Steve Sieberson, Creighton University School of Law 

  Sieberson, Stephen C.; Sommers, Dave (. Omaha, NE, 2020)

  Dave Sommers, Omaha Bar Association Executive Director, interviews Steve Sieberson regarding his book and writing process for his recent book, Low Mountains or High Tea.

• This, I believe: A new look at corporate purpose, director primacy and the business judgment rule 

  Fershee, Joshua P. (2020)

  This short essay provides some explanation and context built around a simple statement regarding corporate (or entity) purpose and how to balance the shareholder wealth maximization norm with broad director discretion. ...

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