UPDATED: What's in a name?

A lawsuit, if you're not careful. Two stories from the current news cycle:

One, a dispute between the San Antonio affiliate and national HQ of Habitat for Humanity. The issue: what the SA branch claims are improper new terms regarding use of the Habitat for Humanity name. San Antonio claims national Habitat's new affiliation agreement gives national too much control.

Why is resolving such questions important? Just look at religious groups, whose property battles following splits over doctrine are legion and legend. In the news today, this report from Virginia that an Episcopal Church property dispute among is costing so much--to the tune of millions of dollars--that the Virginia Diocese is in financial trouble. If not worse:

Meanwhile, the national Episcopal Church isn’t revealing where it’s getting the funds for its legal efforts. Some retired bishops have requested the information because they’re worried the church might be violating federal pension fund laws. And there’s another issue lurking here that often pops up in religious conflicts. It’s crucial to find out if the national church — or anyone else for that matter — is spending endowment funds for purposes other than the purposes designated by the donors.
[Washington Times reporter Julia] Duin follows the money on both sides of the legal battle:
The Anglican District of Virginia, representing the 11 churches, spent $1 million on legal fees last year and plans to spend another $1 million this year, Vice Chairman Jim Oakes said yesterday. Its members have pledged to raise $3 million.
“If people in the pews knew how much money was being spent on this stuff, there’d be pressure to put an end to this,” he said. “We just hate spending this money on lawyers.”

UPDATE: I've uploaded a copy of the complaint and contracts in the Habitat case, which, if you have a lengthy contract fetish, you can download here.