Nonprofit Law: Year in Review Webinar

It has been a significant year in nonprofit law.  And next year may be even more significant.  Join Nonprofit Issues® editor Don Kramer for his Annual Review of what happened this year and what to expect coming up.  It is always one of our most popular webinars of the year.

Here are some of the topics he will be discussing:

• Challenges are pending on the Constitutionality of the Johnson Amendment prohibiting charity electioneering and the validity of the requirement for Schedule B of the Form 990.  The debate about donor advised funds continues.
• We now have a current judicial definition of how much electioneering is permitted for 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations.  It could change the role of “dark money” in politics.  But will it make any difference?
• Changes to the Tax Code next year could significantly affect contributions and the climate for giving, which was significantly changed by the last big tax bill.
• What is happening with higher education?  Has the Ivy League really broken America?  Will their endowments be taxed more heavily because of it?
• Will nonprofits be prohibited from advancing diversity, equity and inclusion?  Several courts and organizations have spoken.
• On corporate governance, there have been key developments in indemnification, membership rights and fiduciary duties.  Whatever happened to the National Rifle Association?
• With charitable trusts, several cases have affected trustee rights and obligations and the ability of a beneficiary to terminate a charitable trust because of trustee fees?
• On charitable solicitation registration, we used to say there were registration requirements in 39 states and the District of Columbia.  Now it is only 38 states and the District of Columbia.  Why and how are the requirements for registration changing?
• Can a fundraiser be stopped from using donor information gained with one charity when working for a new organization on the ground that the donor information is a trade secret?
• Does the Corporate Transparency Act affect nonprofits?
• Pennsylvania has begun to enforce a new annual registration requirement.  What must nonprofits do and what happens if they don’t?
• What is happening in nonprofit journalism?

Nonprofit Issues® editor Don Kramer will lead the discussion.  Kramer, who has more than 45 years of experience in dealing with the legal issues of nonprofits of all types and sizes, is listed among The Best Lawyers in America in the category of nonprofit/charities law.  Ashley Suhler Tobin, Standards for Excellence Director of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations, will facilitate the program.

Nonprofit Issues® is an Accredited Provider for Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education. CLE credit is available for PA lawyers participating in this webinar.  If you are a lawyer in a state that accepts CLE credits from other jurisdictions we can provide certificates of attendance and proof of our PA approval. CPE credits are also available for Pennsylvania accountants.