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The New Jersey Institute of Technology, a 130-year-old public university emphasizing science and technology, has won the right to disaffiliate from its alumni association and to deny the association the ability to use its name and logos in ways that might mislead the public.  The Appellate Division of the Superior Court has affirmed a trial court decision from 2014 upholding the disaffiliation.  (Alumni Association of New Jersey Institute of Technol

A federal District Court in California has permanently enjoined the Attorney General of California from requiring a charitable organization to file a copy of its Form 990 Schedule B disclosure of significant donors with its charitable solicitation registration application for the state.  It is the latest and sharpest decision in a series of efforts to reduce the use of Schedule B to provide information to regulators about the donors to charitable organizations.  (Americans for Prosperity Foundation

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a homeowners’ association judgment for more than $30,000 against a former president for breach of fiduciary duty while in office is not dischargeable in bankruptcy.  (Whitaker v. Moroney Farms Homeowners’ Association, Fifth Cir., No. 15-40926, 3/18/16.)

Sally Leonard, a member of the paddling committee of the New Hampshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, claimed that after she said that fellow committee member Thomas Todd should not be allowed to participate in a paddling committee event because of “his history of aggressive behavior toward females,” her computer was hacked and her car window was broken.  She also claimed that she was afraid for her well-being.

A largely dormant nonprofit corporation has been taken over by 60 new members who paid their $25 annual dues, called a special meeting of members, voted out the old board of directors and replaced them with a new slate of their own choosing. 

A suit contesting an election at the Association of Philippine Physicians in America Foundation has been dismissed by a federal district court in Kentucky when the plaintiffs did not follow the procedures to bring a derivative action or allege current or future personal harm.  (Pagtakhan-So v. Cueto, E.D. KY, No. 5:14-370, 2/16/16.)