A candidate for director of the nonprofit Cairn Terrier Club of America could not overturn the club’s election results when she did not specifically claim that the club’s failure to follow its bylaw procedures cost her votes.  The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a trial court decision dismissing her case.

A volunteer coach of a high school football team may be sued for damages following the death of a player after he had suffered a concussion.  The Supreme Court of Washington has reversed both a trial court and an appellate court in holding that a new state law mandating precautions after a player suffers a concussion implied a private right of action, and in holding that the coach was not protected by the state’s volunteer protection law because the family pled facts that could be considered gross negligence or recklessness.

From 2011 to 2015, Mastercard International advertised nationally that it would donate a penny to Stand Up to Cancer for each credit or debit card transaction of at least $10 in a U.S. restaurant, up to a specified end date or whenever Mastercard reached its $4 million maximum donation limit. 

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with decisions in the Ninth and Tenth Circuits and has held that the grant of a conservation easement is not eligible for a charitable contribution deduction when the underlying property is subject to a mortgage that has not been subordinated to the easement.  As a result, RP Golf, LLC, the owner of two private golf clubs in Missouri, has lost its claim for a $16.4 million deduction.