The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed an appellate court decision and has held that a named beneficiary of a trust has standing to contest the actions of a trustee even where a decision would not affect the beneficiary’s annual payout from the trust. It has held that a violation of the trustee’s duty which affects the beneficiary’s equitable interest in the trust property makes relief available that is equitable in nature, even where the beneficiary cannot demonstrate that she suffered, or will suffer, a monetary loss. Augustus Ashton died in October 1951. In his will, he created a trust to provide fixed annuities to eight family members, with the remainder for certain charitable...

A federal District Court in Connecticut has enjoined the state from enforcing some of the charitable solicitation act provisions regulating professional solicitors pending trial on the constitutionality of the rules. The Court has limited the scope of a preliminary injunction solely to enforcement against the plaintiff in the case, but the ultimate decision could impact the regulation of solicitors generally under state charitable solicitation registration acts. Plaintiff Adam Kissel claimed that the state’s charitable solicitation registration law violates his First Amendment right to engage in speech involving charitable fundraising. He claimed that the state’s definition of “solicitation...