Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: npquarterly: Two boards and an ED in handcuffs? What went wrong at this Minnesota-based nonprofit? http://bit.ly/boXQ5q npmaven: Nonprofit boards as ...

There was an amusing Federal Court of Canada decision last week covered today by The Star. In Mackay v. Canada (Attorney General), Justice Harrington ruled that a thesaurus is an educational textbook or supply not subject to the $1,500 limit on personal property for inmates. Here are the best parts: ...

Jorge M. Abril, Esq. is scheduled to speak at the National Business Institute's upcoming seminar entitled Protecting the Creditor's Rights During Bankruptcy, which takes place December 6, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Miami. The program description reads: Strategic Guide to Bankruptcy From the Credit ...

It is a fact [or at least truthy] that most younger people don't proofread. The Juice refers to this as "Spell Check Syndrome." There's a kid in Montana who is now likely cured of that malady. Here's how it happened, as reported by The Helena Independent Record: A Helena teen sent out a text mess ...

The authors of the Florida Collection Law Blog are pleased to announce the creation of Healthcare Provider Payment, a blog discussing news, legislation, and recent case law of interest to health plan administrators, healthcare practitioners, and other medical professionals, including hospital busine ...

What's coming up on Sunday Kos .... Dante Atkins will elaborate on the idea that all government spending is not equal. Steve Singiser will look at some of the demographic assumptions being made by pollsters in this cycle, how they deviate from past midterms, and whether they even matter in the p ...

By James Keller, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – What’s another word for unreasonable? A Federal Court judge has ruled a British Columbia prison was wrong to deny an inmate’s request to buy a thesaurus, rejecting the Mountain Institution’s argument that the reference book ...

Denver law firm Kamlet Reichert LLC will merge with Kansas City, Mo.-based Lathrop & Gage LLP, the oldest law firm west of the Mississippi. The merger will create a full-service firm with strengths in business transactions, real estate, oil and gas, and litigation and intellectual property. The ...

Kim Wright will be visiting Denver this month, and giving some presentations related to her new book (published by the American Bar Association). Below is what I know of her calendar. Lawyers as Peacemakers: Practicing Holistic, Problem-Solving Law September 15 - 9AM - 11AM Eloise May Pu ...

The LexBlog Network sees 111 posts on a relatively calm but still respectable day. Bryant Esquenazi continues to stay on top of major criminal and personal injury law stories making the news as he comments on the arrest of hip-hop artist T.I. and his wife. Washington Court of Appeals Finds C ...