In this video, Restatement of Charitable Nonprofits Reporter Jill R. Horwitz and Associate Reporter Nancy A. McLaughlin discuss Restrictions of Charitable Assets—including the creation, enforcement, modification, and release of restrictions.
The contemporary role of the state attorney general to protect charitable assets and interests, as well as the justifications for this authority, stemmed from the application of the Crown’s powers over charitable trusts by its senior lawyer, the attorney general.
