January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2012
Lead Stories
Former Employee May Sue Home For Reading Personal E-Mail
Staff was checking for business messages while employee was out on sick leave
Court Approves Part Of Cy Pres Order on Fisk Art
Says trial court had no authority to require part of sale proceeds to be placed in endowment
Charities Lose Bequests When Donor Doesn’t Change Will
Handwritten instrument failed to provide bequest when man’s wife predeceased him by several years
To the Point
Can members overturn president elect
Our Gem & Mineral Club initiated a president-elect position in 2008. The membership approved it and for two administrations all was fine. This last election a group of "unhappy members" presented a floor nomination for president. On the day of the election it was explained that there could not be a vote for president because he was voted in the previous year. This group is crying foul, saying that "they didn't know what president-elect meant" and the election was skewed because the definition wasn't given at the time of the nomination. Is there any merit to the complaint and is ignorance of the rules valid?
Lessons from Litigation
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