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Document(s) published by this organization: 107
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Peter Chadwick; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 The well-publicized U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case has created a fair amount of confusion among charities. The decision is seen (accurately) as undoing some significant restrictions on political activity by nonprofits, which has led many charities to wonder what the new...
| | Delinquent Form 5500: Reducing and Eliminating Reporting and Disclosure Penalties
David P. Doyle, Frank A. Rubinetti; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 Under the reporting and disclosure rules in the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), most employee benefit plans must file an annual report ("Form 5500"), generally within seven months after the end of the plan's year. If the required...
| | Political Activity for Charities -- in 10 Words or Less
Colleen R. Donovan; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 If your organization has an existing lease with more than a year or so remaining on the term, you may want to consider approaching your landlord with an offer to restructure the lease. Nonprofit organizations are looking to reduce costs in the current economic environment, and restructuring an...
| | Addressing Conflicts of Interest
Warren J. Casey; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 Every nonprofit organization needs to have a clear and workable conflict-of-interest policy.
| | Tax-Exempt Bonds: IRS Expands Written Post-Issuance Tax Compliance with New Schedule K Question
Linda L. D'Onofrio; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 The IRS recently expanded the areas in which written post-issuance tax compliance procedures are being recommended and sought from 501(c)(3) organizations. In the new Schedule K to Form 990 for fiscal year 2011, the IRS added a Part V, which provides this text:
| | NJ Environmental Regs Waiver Targets Economic Growth
Thomas J. Malman, Christopher James Quinn; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 In response to Governor Christie's direction to state agencies to implement common sense principles, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") has adopted a rule to allow the agency to waive its own environmental regulations on a case-by-case basis. The Waiver Rule,...
| | Wage Theft Statutes and Written Employee Notice Requirements
Daniel L. Schwartz; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 When it comes to hiring and retaining employees, all employers, including nonprofit organizations, must remain aware of increasingly stringent written-notice requirements under various state laws. For instance, the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act ("WTPA"), which took effect April 9,...
| | Federal Court Strikes Down New NLRB Election Rule
Francine Esposito, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Patrick J. McCarthy; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia invalidated the National Labor Relations Board's ("NLRB") election rule that went into effect on April 30, 2012. The election rule limited representation hearings to the issue of whether an election should take place,...
| | EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records
Erika D. Cagney, John P. McLafferty; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 4, 2012, previously published on May 3, 2012 On April 25, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") voted 4-1 to approve an updated Enforcement Guidance titled "Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." The EEOC also issued...
| | Final Regulations on Reporting of U.S. Interest Earned by NRAs
Dina Kapur Sanna, Andrew N. Wogman; Day Pitney LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 On April 17, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (T.D. 9584) regarding the reporting to the IRS of U.S. bank deposit interest earned by nonresident aliens. These regulations, which go into effect January 1, 2013, are consistent with the recent trend by the IRS to gather more...
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