A taxing authority does not have to give notice of an impending tax sale of charitable real estate to the state Attorney General, an appellate court in New York has ruled.  It has granted motions to dismiss a challenge to the sale of 14 separate parcels of land filed by an unincorporated charitable trust. (Turtle Island Trust v. County of Clinton, Supreme Ct., NY, App. Div., Third Dept., 2/26/15.)

An attorney who failed to have a client sign an amendment to his living trust while getting him to sign amendments to his will and other documents may be liable for legal malpractice to family members the client wanted to favor over a number of charities, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has held.  The Court has reversed a trial court dismissal of the claims and allowed the family members to pursue a malpractice claim against the lawyer and his firm.  (E

In the latest development in a long-running bankruptcy case involving a failed nursing home in Pittsburgh, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury verdict of joint and several liability of $2.25 million in compensatory damages for breach of fiduciary duty against 15 officers and directors of the home but has reversed the award of $350,000 each in punitive damages against five directors.  It has refused to reverse, however, a punitive damage judgment of $1 million against the CEO and $750,000 against the CFO.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has held in an unreported opinion that former members of a Blue Cross organization have no standing to sue the corporation over the amount of reserves it had accumulated.