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Question of the Week

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July 29-August 5, 2025
Our Condo Association pays annual dues to a Home Owners Association in the community in which we are located.  Each individual condo owner pays dues as well.  Our treasurer made an error in paying the Condo’s dues to the HOA, with a double payment, AND forgot to pay her own individual HOA dues. The HOA applied the overpayment to the treasurer’s personal HOA account. I want the HOA to refund the overpayment to our Condo Association, and collect from the treasurer her past due HOA dues.  The HOA treasurer doesn’t want to issue a refund for the overpayment, and instead is asking… read more

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May 6, 2025
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Roger Colinvaux, a law professor at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University and a widely...

Employment Law

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July 22, 2025

A registered nurse employed by a nonprofit hospital under a contract with a medical staffing agency...

Nonprofit interns certified for FLSA collective action

A group of unpaid interns for religious…

Manager may proceed with whistleblower claims

A product manager for a nonprofit corporation…

Employee has no claim for “associational pregnancy”

A fundraiser for the New York Public Interest…

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Trump Litigation Watch

Trump Litigation Watch will provide brief summaries of arguments and outcomes on decided cases in the current torrent of litigation against the actions of the Trump administration. It will primarily cover cases brought by or on behalf of nonprofit organizations or significantly affecting the constituencies they serve.

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July 29, 2025

The federal District Court in MA (Allison D. Burroughs) has granted a preliminary injunction against...

First Circuit denies stay of DOE injunction

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has denied…

DC Court denies injunction to protect broadcasters

The federal District Court in the District of…

Lead Stories Search Articles

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July 29, 2025
A trustee of a nonprofit private secondary school is not an “agent” subject to protection from… Read more
IRS Proposes Deal to Ignore Johnson Amendment for Churches

The Internal Revenue Service has joined with…

Nonprofit Directors Immune From Defamation Claims

Directors of a Minnesota nonprofit corporation…

Lessons from Litigation

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An appellate court in Ohio has reversed a trial court and held that a member of a nonprofit...

Bankruptcy creditors can’t claim proceeds of restricted gifts

General creditors in bankruptcy can’t claim…

Nonprofit’s claim against treasurer not discharged in bankruptcy

The Yonkers Islamic Center in New York has…

Release in charity bike ride ineffective against city

The Supreme Court of California has reversed…

Tax Matters

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The Internal Revenue System has released three new technical guides that update and combine audit...

No deduction for gift of cell phone for recycling

Joseph J. Zajac, III had a bad day in the Tax…

Auction house not “qualified appraiser”

The Tax Court has ruled that an appraisal of…

Taxpayers’ valuation of property off by $11 million

The taxpayers valued the property sold to a…

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