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Boards must ask questions to avoid front-page headlines like this

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 26 2013

Board members of any organization must keep in mind that their oversight responsibilities require them to ask tough questions to avoid having their

Learning how to set fair executive compensation

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 1 2013

Nonprofit organizations face increasing pressure from a number of directions with respect to compensating their executives. The interplay between

A chronology showing the Penn State Board of Trustees acted appropriately

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 29 2011

Like a board of a corporation, the Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is the highest authority of the university with “complete responsibility for the government and welfare of the university and all the interests pertaining thereto including students, faculty, staff and alumni.”

When it comes to corporate minutes, less is more - revisiting the topic of taking minutes

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 1 2011

In order to keep the courtroom from invading the boardroom, saying less is often better

Directors’ safe harbor from intermediate sanctions under federal tax laws

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 7 2011

Federal tax laws impose penalties in the form of excise taxes, known as “intermediate sanctions,” if a charity pays more than reasonable compensation for services of directors, trustees, officers, key employees and others in a position to exercise substantial influence over the affairs of the charity

Questions to ask before joining a nonprofit board

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 23 2009

Many of us will have the opportunity to serve others by joining a nonprofit board