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Court Dismisses Donors' Suit to Enforce Restrictions on Charitable Gifts
A Missouri appeals court rules that donors of a charitable gift lack standing to enforce conditions on the gift. Hardt v. Vitae Foundation, Inc. (Mo., Ct. App., W.D., No. WD 70525, Nov. 10, 2009).

Unified Senate Reform Bill Keeps CLASS and Elder Justice Acts, Medicaid Provisions
The new health insurance reform unveiled by Senate Democrats retains a number of key provisions from earlier committee legislation, including the CLASS Act, the Elder Justice Act, and Medicaid provisions.

Personal Savings Plan Beneficiary Designation Does Not Survive Subsequent Marriage
A Michigan appeals court rules that the beneficiary designation of a personal savings plan account does not survive the plan owner's subsequent marriage when the plan owner's wife does not consent to the original designation. In Re Estate of Ernest J. Lager (Mich. Ct. App., No. 276843, Nov. 3, 2009).