Kony 2012 is the flavour du jour. We all know its basic premise: to make Joseph Kony, the corrupt leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group once present in Uganda, famous. If Kony becomes enough of a talking point, especially
In the early 1920s, America’s faith in the presidency was rattled by something called the “Teapot Dome” scandal, in which President Warren Harding’s administration accepted bribes from the oil industry.
Flash forward to April 2011. America’s faith in the nonprofit
Looking back at 2010, the biggest story in philanthropy this year was the Giving Pledge, a call to arms by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren E. Buffett in which America’s wealthiest individuals were asked to give half of their
For most of us, when we think of trademarks, we think of iconic brands such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Apple, or McDonald’s—all of which are for-profit businesses. But what about the Salvation Army, the United Way, or the ubiquitous “Livestrong” bracelet?
It is a well-established principle that the directors of a nonprofit corporation must serve the corporation in good faith and act in the best interests of the corporation. Any conduct that falls short of this standard runs the risk of
After several weeks of tense speculation that as many as 400,000 nonprofit organizations were set to lose their tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is offering a time extension to more than 200,000 small charities that missed the May
In addition to handling various nonprofit matters, our firm has an intellectual property (IP) practice with a particular emphasis on trademark law. Recent news of a trademark dispute involving LEGO Group, one of the world’s largest toymakers, and a small
