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November 4-11, 2025
Our charity has just gotten its first qualified charitable distribution from a donor’s Individual Retirement Account.  Is there anything special we should do to acknowledge it?  —By email. Answer

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Ask Don Kramer your nonprofit legal questions

Ever have a quick nonprofit question that you think should be discussed with a lawyer? Not ready to hire counsel? Consider an Ask Don Kramer call.

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From picking a name and getting a venue, through sending the invitations, getting all the required permits, getting the right insurance, staffing the event, serving alcohol, acknowledging donations, and reporting to the IRS, there are a lot of technical rules to follow.  This webinar is for nonprofit board, staff and volunteers who have any responsibility for the event, outside event planners, and their professional advisers.  It can help your event be a spectacular success, instead of a continuing legal headache.

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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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November 4, 2025

The federal District Court in Rhode Island (Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.) has issued a...

MA Court holds foreign student deportation policy unconstitutional

The federal District Court in Massachusetts (…

CA Court temporarily restrains governmental layoffs

The federal District Court for the Northern…

IL Court enjoins deployment of Guard in Chicago

The federal District Court in Illinois (April…

Lead Stories Search Articles

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Lessons from Litigation

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Because Illinois does not recognize “aesthetic” injury as a basis for standing, the Humane Farm...

Only 20.9% of PA nonprofits file new annual report on time

Only 20.9% of the Pennsylvania nonprofit…

Congregants of church lack standing to sue on its behalf

Congregants of a church who have power to vote…

Who owns SMU?

Southern Methodist University was originally…

Tax Matters

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The Tax Court has finalized the excess benefits taxes and penalties due from a former Pennsylvania...

More than half 990 filers report assets less than $1 million

More than half of all 501(c) public charities…

No right to jury trial on penalty in Tax Court

A taxpayer contesting the imposition of a…

Childcare center owned and operated by for-profit LLCs is exempt

Real estate owned and operated by for-profit…

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Nonprofit Law: 2025 The Year in Review
December 10
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