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Churches in politics

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 29 2013

Organizations that are exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Code may not participate or intervene in "any political campaign on behalf of

Court of Appeal sends spot trailer bills to the dog house

  • Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 24 2013

For some time, I've been critical of that bit of legislative legerdemain known as the "spot bill". See See Spot Run. A spot bill is a bill that is

BLG Monthly Update

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 19 2012

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find

Administration does not object to renewed effort to challenge Affordable Care Act’s constitutionality

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 2 2012

U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. has decided not to challenge Liberty University of Lynchburg, Virginia’s petition to have the Fourth Circuit review its case contesting the legality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA

Westerville tax repeal issue rejected by Ohio Supreme Court

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 20 2012

In a unanimous decision on September 20, 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court decided in favor of Bricker & Eckler’s client, Westerville City Schools

Court stops city’s enforcement of disclosure law in soft drink tax fight

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2012

A federal court in San Francisco has issued a temporary injunction against the city of Richmond, California, to block enforcement of a law requiring campaign mailers to include information about “major funding from large out-of-city contributors.”

CalPERS suffers standing setback in spiking suit

  • Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2012

Last Friday, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P. Kenny ruled on demurrers to a petition for a writ of mandamus filed against the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees Retirement System, California Prison Healthcare Receivership Corporation, Judicial Council of California-Administrative Ofice of the Courts, and J. Clark Kelso

Tax exempt organizations engaging in political activity continue to face scrutiny

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 17 2012

Since the Van Hollen v. FEC decision was issued requiring organizations that make electioneering communications to publicly disclose nearly all their donors, tax exempt organizations have been hesitant to make electioneering communications and instead have begun making independent expenditures

Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 29 2012

On June 28, the much-anticipated decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius was released by the Supreme Court

Tax equal protection

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2012

Armour v. City of Indianapolis, 132 S. Ct. 2073 (2012) ruled that a city did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it chose to forgive remaining unpaid installments of a special assessment for sewage improvements but not to refund those taxpayers who had paid in full without choosing to pay in installments