Dorothy Were, a volunteer for the Luo Women in the United States Corp. in Maryland, was found liable for wrongfully filing corporate documents on behalf of the organization, enjoined from acting on behalf of the organization and ordered to pay Luo $21,000 in legal fees and $8000 in compensatory damages.
Penn State University has been prohibited from proceeding with an internal investigation of the conduct of a University trustee without advancing his legal expenses. A trial court in Pennsylvania has held that the trustee falls clearly within the protections required by the indemnification provisions of the University’s bylaws and has rejected the University’s defenses in part because they were “specious.”
Does a Chief Information Officer who asks for a medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act have a claim against an employer who terminated his employment during a reduction in force following a takeover by another nonprofit? That is a question for the jury, says a federal District Court in Philadelphia in denying a summary judgment to the employer Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia (“VNA”).
The Internal Revenue Service has recently issued new guides on political activity by charities and on qualifications and operations of supporting organizations.
A new suit has been filed by the National Religious Broadcasters and several Christian churches in Texas seeking a declaratory judgment that the “Johnson Amendment”, which prohibits 501(c)(3) charities from participating in political campaigns, is unconstitutional. It has already stirred a significant discussion of the future for the prohibition on electioneering by churches and other charities.
