The Tax Court has significantly reduced the charitable contribution deductions claimed for historic façade easements imposed on historic apartment buildings in Buffalo, NY, but has ruled that the difference does not justify a penalty tax for a gross valuation misstatement.

A federal District Court in Chicago has ruled that a plaintiff who filed Title VII employment discrimination claims against a nonprofit organization may be barred from pursuing her claims because she had failed to report her claims in a prior personal bankruptcy action.

An appellate court in Washington has held that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation breached its implied duty of good faith and fair dealing in an at will employment contract with a new Chief Digital Officer, but has apparently reduced the damages for which it might be liable.

An employee of a nonprofit pharmacy is not protected by the Florida private sector Whistleblower Act when she claims she was fired in retaliation for reporting an alleged breach of policy by the Pharmacist-in-Charge of the facility in which she worked.  A federal District Court in Florida has granted the pharmacy’s motion for summary judgment to dismiss the case.