But the trustees aren't necessarily empowered by the terms of the trust to make the change they've proposed. The argument from the other side is that the donors who established and funded the trust over the years had an expectation that they were establishing and funding a particular type of institution, and that…

But it may not be within the power of the trustees to vote on that change. They may well have overstepped their authority with the "men"="mankind" interpretation. It will all really come down to the specific terms in the trust documents and CA law.

There's actually a pretty interesting legal issue here. The trustees aren't free to just reinterpret the trust documents any way they please, and I'm not sure the whole men=mankind interpretation will be allowed to fly. So the dissenting trustees may have a decent case to present. It will all really depend on the…

The planning I've seen done has been gays who support full equality and the repeal of DOMA, but who in the meantime say, "Well if those are going to be the rules, I'm going to hoist the government with its own petard."

Ha! I saw him and thought he's thinking, "Yuck it up mom, wait till you see the abusive nursing home me and my future partner have picked out for you."

So long as DOMA remains in place there is actually some pretty brazenly abusive stuff rich gays can pull off under the tax code, because so many of the anti-abuse and attribution provisions in the Code are keyed off of marital relationships. I've always thought highlighting these cases would be a great way to swing…

High-level Treasury Dept. officials intervened to get the IRS to issue GM a one-off Notice functionally exempting them from §382. The goal was to boost the value of New GM with a taxpayer funded stealth bailout in addition to the straight cash bailout they got. Made the pricetag of the whole package look smaller at…

The chief counsel's office is a bunch of cowards when it comes to going after these violations though. My recollection is they never touched anybody over the Prop 8 mess.

Is it bad that I was like "Eh...9% of covers, that's not too far off." But the rest of those stats are way depressing. 4% for black dudes is a travesty in a world that includes Isaiah Mustafa.

That's probably why students had been permitted to wear the symbol during regular school hours and functions, but schools are given much more latitude to regulate behavior with respect to extracurricular activities.

You don't need a crisis counselor, you need alcohol and a good bartender. Maybe someone here can recommend a good one (my recommendations may not be the best for the queer set)!

I really wish management/the private equity firms that own most of the major drug store chains would implement a policy of knocking $5-10K off the salary of any pharmacist caught doing this.

Fewer young Frat Bros. surviving to full Bonobo Bros. maturity controls the Bros. aggregate rate of reproduction and keeps them, as an invasive species, from overrunning the White-collar Eco-system.

Are we allowed to appeal to Darwinism in our defense?

Depends on the contract she signed. Very probably not thought.

I came here for an article about a crazy militant lactivist and will not be deterred. I insist upon viewing the story through that lens.

Exactly. He probably didn't even have to have an original thought. I'd stake $ that the idea for the merger was presented with a tidy bow on it, and a PowerPoint, by management.

The GS representative sat on the board at a time when this issue wasn't a major news story. There's no indication that the GS representative either supported or opposed the BackPage deal. There's also no indication, despite what you say, that GS has "enormous influence" over the company. We don't know if they hold…

"Something rings incredibly false about that statement. It's true they may not have been involved in the daily operations of the company, but when you own something, you do have some control over it."

The proceeds from which can go toward the best abusive nursing home money can buy!