The PBI board, which has many members in common with the PBA board, voted to eliminate the officers and directors of the PBI in April. Lopez said in an interview Thursday that the decision was not made lightly, and the PBI is now being assessed to determine how it should proceed. Property leases and personnel costs will be taken into account, Lopez said.

“It was clear that in order to keep the gold standard of CLE in the marketplace and in order to preserve the brand that PBI has … immediate action had to be taken,” Lopez said.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]