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Archiving Historical Documents for Associations and Private Clubs[1]  By Fred L. Somers, Jr., P.C.[2]   We are often asked to assist with or recommend the revision […]

Employee Manuals and Mandatory Arbitration[1] Recent court and administrative decisions require consideration of modifying employee manuals which incorporate mandatory arbitration of employee disputes. These pronouncements include […]

Electronic Balloting for Limited Liability Companies and Cooperatives[1]   In a recent blog, we observed “A growing trend for nonprofit and for profit organizations is to […]

          Allowing the unaccompanied (by a member) use of a private club’s golf course by non-members is an encroachment upon the club’s private status and tax […]

When may I stop paying club dues?1 The answer to this question may likely depend upon what you agreed to when you joined the club. Some […]

Private Status Remains Alive and Well1   On June 1, 2017, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the U.S. District Court (Mass.) entered judgment for the […]

Some private clubs formed in the last three decades of the 20th Century were formed by developers using redeemable or refundable deposits or initiation fees to […]

We often are asked how often or when a nonprofit private club or trade association should update their bylaws. The rule of thumb answer is at […]