Legal Research

Anger As Mitigation
An Arizona lawyer was hired as the executive director of a nonprofit corporation, laeving his employment as an assistant county attorney. He represented the nonprofit in a dispute with a general contractor and identified himself as "chief counsel" as well...

Fishman on Nonprofit Corporate Law Reform
The Development of Nonprofit Corporation Law and an Agenda for Reform, by James Fishman, Pace University - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article examines the development of the law of "charitable corporations"...

Nonprofit Law Podcast - Guide to the Laws Impacting Nonprofits
"The nonprofit law podcast is a weekly show highlighting legal issues facing nonprofits. Hosted by Tim Mooney, an attorney with over a decade of experience in nonprofit law, this entertaining and informative program helps staff, officers and directors of nonprofits...

Almost Priceless ($10) Guide for Oregon Nonprofit Boards and Directors
Many of you already know about the TACS (hurrah!) Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook.But you may not know that their Chapter 13 (NOT this Chapter 13 ? but Chapter 13 of the TACS Handbook) reprint might just be what the lawyer ordered (or would have if s/he knew what you were up to, or not up to, or took a look at your nonprofit?s bylaws) for nonprofit boards...

Tax-exempt hospitals and "community benefit"
Excellent discusion by John Colombo over at Nonprofit Law Prof Blog, ostensibly about the recent GAO report, Nonprofit Hospitals: Variation in Standards and Guidance Limits Comparison of How Hospitals Meet Community Benefit Requirements (GAO 08-880), but also about current thinking as to whether nonprofit hospitals should be tax-exempt in the first place...

Recommended Reading: (NY Times) Subsidiary Rights and NonProfit theatres
RECOMMENDED READING Joy Goodwin’s piece from the New York Times (11/22/2008) discusses the increasing tendency of nonprofit theatre companies to take a percentage of a playwright’s subisidiary rights income… in some cases as much as 40%...

Can the Nonprofit World Govern Itself
In the wake of several high-profile charity scandals and with observers predicting that Congress will pass legislation similar to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for nonprofit organizations, Independent Sector convened the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector to create a set of guidelines designed to help groups govern themselves...

RAQ: Recently Asked Questions
In this occasional feature, we highlight recently asked questions and brief answers from the Law Library reference desk. Q: I need to research the legislative history of an old Minnesota statute...

WSJ: Consumers Union to Rate Hospitals
Nonprofit Group To Add Its Rankings To Crowded Field, By Anna Wilde Mathews: "The nonprofit Consumers Union is launching a...

Medical Records
To Stay out of Pharma's Hands

Wachovia Corporation WB Securities Fraud
Wachovia Corporation WB

Wachovia Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Wachovia Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Terex Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Terex Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

State Street Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
State Street Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Kohlberg Capital Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Kohlberg Capital Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud