Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Charitable groups fight over ‘Big Sisters’ - Name change prompts lawsuit between two nonprofit groups

Charitable groups fight over ‘Big Sisters’ - Name change prompts lawsuit between two nonprofit groups: "Charitable groups fight over ‘Big Sisters’ - Name change prompts lawsuit between two nonprofit groups

By JON CHESTO
The Patriot Ledger

BOSTON - The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay’s CEO says his mentoring organization will continue to work on collaborative efforts with the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston despite a legal battle between the two nonprofit groups.

John Pearson, CEO of the Boston-based Big Brothers group, said he has instructed his staff to continue to assist Big Sister even though Big Sister filed a service-mark infringement suit against his organization on Friday."

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