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In the November 30th Religion Law column in the New York Law Journal partner Barry Black analyzes the duties, powers and limitations of managing officers of religious corporations operating under New York’s Religious Corporations Law (RCL) and how two landmark New York Court of Appeals decisions affect the interpretation of the RLC. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/39HpZYo

Three recent SCOTUS decisions on religious freedom are analyzed in the Religion Law Column of the New York Law Journal by NMB partners Barry Black and Jonathan Robert Nelson. Check the full blog and article out here: https://bit.ly/31VDwHI

Following a five-hour Zoom hearing last Friday, we received a decision yesterday on motions to dismiss in the matter of Childers v Committee on Theological Education. The Permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) upheld the remedial complaint filed by the Sessions of four Presbyterian churches, who complained that COTE had violated the church’s constitution when it treated the San Francisco Theological Seminary as if it were not a Presbyterian theological institution. The matter will now proceed to trial, or mediation, or both.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be arranging to mediate a dispute between one of its committees and our client, San Francisco Theological Seminary.

In the May edition of the Religion Law column in the New York Law Journal, partners Barry Black and John Madden dive into timely, distinct issues facing religious institutions during the COVID-19 crisis. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/2XfqmDd

News coverage of a case which NMB partner Jonathan Nelson filed last month with the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)‘s General Assembly