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Congress Looks to New Taxes on Charities
and Limitation on Deductions to Help Cure Deficit
Biggest hit would be limitation on deductions for clothes,
household goods, and other property given to charities

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Charity May Collect on Pledge
Unpaid Before Death of Donor
Language of Pledge Agreement provides
legal “consideration” to make promise binding

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Court Refuses to Review Suspension
Of Social Club Member’s Rights
It would not determine whether conduct would “interfere with the pleasant, friendly and congenial social relationship between the members”

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May Directors Remove Director for Cause
When Bylaws Are Silent on Their Power?
Answer depends on interpretation of the words “which” and “may” and absence of commas in Nonprofit Corporation Law

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Risk & Reward
The Insurance Industry Scandal:
What it Means to Your Nonprofit
By Melanie Herman
Nonprofit Risk Management

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Issues Notes

Follow-up on To The Point Questions During Thursday with the Editor
Kramer to talk on Barnes case

To the Point

Can personal legal ramifications (for example, safeguarding a board member's personal assets from lawsuit) be curtailed by establishing an indemnification clause in a nonprofit's bylaws?

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Lessons from Litigation  Full Article

• Courts continue to hold against uninsured hospital patient claims
• Attorney-trustee not liable for bad CRT investments
• Drug store can’t enjoin hospital pharmacy

Tax Matters

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Employment Law Full Article

• Employee may sue for wrongful termination
  if fired for defending minorities, refusing to inflate costs

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