Winter 2014 Edition - Download the PDF
Estates May Sue Ministry
For Wrongful Death Damages
Court says complaint alleges facts that could show
negligence after accepting duty to protect employee’s family
What Is Value of Sorority Membership
To Students and Their Mothers?
Plaintiffs must each claim damages of more than $75,000
to sue in federal court over denial of daughters’ admission
Court Denies Member’s Request
To Deliver Copies of Records
Statutes provide a right to inspect and copy
but don’t require corporation to provide copies
Your Legal Questions Answered
Should this group start over?
The new officers of a high school music booster club run by parent volunteers have inherited a record keeping mess. The group has been helping the music program off and on since the 1980s. It may have filed for 501(c)(3) exemption at one time, but we don't know. We don't appear on the IRS exempt list or the automatic revocation website. We do have a state tax exemption form from the 1980s, but that's it. Should we simply start over by changing our name, getting a new EIN, incorporating as a nonprofit, and filing a new Form 1023?
Lessons from Litigation
Members’ voting rights not required for associational standing
Unrenewed members are not a protected class
Employment Law
Employee fired for emailing HIPAA information
Whistleblowers protected under Minnesota law
Tax Matters
How do you value remainder interest in LLC?
Vacant school, available for lease or sale, eligible for exemption
Maine exempts wildlife conservation land
North Carolina refuses to exempt forest land