Real estate owned by Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education, is immune from real estate taxes as a governmental entity, not exempt as a charitable organization, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled.  It has overturned two unreported prior cases to reach its decision.

The director of planned giving at a nonprofit school of engineering who files a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission about the school’s administration of a charitable remainder trust does not qualify as a “whistleblower” entitled to protection under the Dodd-Frank Act, a federal District Court in Wisconsin has held.

The board of trustees of an Independent Baptist Church in Maryland has the authority under the Maryland Religious Corporation Act to remove the pastor of the church without the involvement of the congregation, an appellate court in the state has ruled.

The Tax Court has significantly reduced the charitable contribution deductions claimed for historic façade easements imposed on historic apartment buildings in Buffalo, NY, but has ruled that the difference does not justify a penalty tax for a gross valuation misstatement.

A federal District Court in Chicago has ruled that a plaintiff who filed Title VII employment discrimination claims against a nonprofit organization may be barred from pursuing her claims because she had failed to report her claims in a prior personal bankruptcy action.