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While it remains popular among settling lawyers and courts, the doctrine of cy pres in class actions (where defendants wind up paying charities with an ostensible link to the gravamen of a lawsuit) has been garnering criticism for some time
Greg Mortenson turned a passion for mountain-climbing and an interest in helping the women of Central Asia into a multimillion dollar charitable foundation and a bestselling book
In a recent Tax Court case, Jan Elizabeth Van Dusen v. Commissioner,136 T.C. No. 25, the court allowed a volunteer’s “unreimbursed expenses” incurred while taking care of stray cats in the taxpayer’s home for a 501(c)(3) charity
