The general liability insurance policy of the Northumberland Hunt Club in Virginia provides coverage not only for the Club itself, but also for any of its members “with respect to their liability for [the Club’s] activities or activities they perform on [the Club’s] behalf.”  But the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court decision holding that it doesn’t provide coverage for a club member who fired at a deer near a public highway and injured a passerby.  (Marks v.

The directors of a nonprofit homeowners’ association cannot “conspire” to raise dues and assessments, an appellate court in Alabama has held.  The court has affirmed a trial court dismissal of a claim by another director challenging a dues increase and affirmed the removal of the complaining director but has reversed parts of a counterclaim by the association for damages allegedly caused by the complaining director.

Can the subordinates of a branch supervisor of a nonprofit welfare services provider create such a hostile work environment that the supervisor has a viable claim against her employer for discrimination based on race, sex, and national origin?

The trustee seeking to recover assets to settle a Ponzi scheme bankruptcy may seek to recover payments to charities despite a retroactive change in the Minnesota Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act designed to give charities extra protection, the Bankruptcy Court in Minnesota has ruled.  The Court has rejected motions to dismiss claims by the trustee in the Petters bankruptcy to recover payments to three charities that were made pursuant to promissory notes issued by Petters organizations and contributed to the charities by independent donors.